Membership

membership Your membership has never been so important to us.

When so many businesses are struggling to overcome the financial and emotional weight of the past months and look ahead at a new, uncertain landscape, I am acutely conscious that any financial investment or subscription has to have true benefits and value. As your local Chamber, we must always view our work from our members’ perspective. What is it that we do for you, with your membership support?

As a not-for-profit organisation, all Kingston Chamber income is generated almost entirely from membership fees and invested directly into providing valuable services to support long term and sustainable local business growth. Our remit is to work across the whole Borough: New Malden, Tolworth, Chessington, Surbiton and Kingston.

The value of your membership goes a long way. Without it, we would not be in the position to deliver the broad range of networking events, business support, bite-size workshops for start-ups and two business Expos each year. During COVID, your support has allowed us to provide regular business updates on all the Government grants and schemes and work closely with Kingston Council to ensure that businesses are listened to and communicated with properly and regularly.

With your commitment, the Chamber can work with our local strategic partnerships, such as Kingston Council, Kingston First, Kingston University, Kingston College and our local MPs. Before, during COVID and moving forward, these relationships are essential as we provide the platform to channel your business voice and influence local decision making.

Your membership does matter. It matters to us that you get the business, personal and local value. Your membership helps us to help the next start up or host the next Expo. In these difficult times, I want to say a big thank you for your continuing support and commitment to the Chamber, and the Kingston business community.

Forbes Low CEO, Kingston Chamber of Commerce