Affiliated Town Chambers Dorchester Chamber for Business
www.dorchesterchamber.co.uk We play an active role helping to promote local business and enterprise, representing a wide range of businesses both large and small. Our priority is to help our members work together to boost trade. In addition, we are also working with community partners on our Retain & Retrain campaign to promote apprenticeships and similar initiatives to further enhance employability in Dorchester.
Bridport Chamber of Trade and Commerce - Bridport Business
www.bridportbusiness.org.uk A Voice and a Champion for businesses in Bridport. Our mission is to ensure that Bridport provides the ideal environment for businesses to thrive and supply the goods and services the town and surrounding area need to remain economically vibrant. Our vision is that the Chamber will represent and work with the business community and others to promote the town and increase prosperity for our members. Membership provides access to networking events, email updates, free online promotion and the chance to raise the profile of your business.
Ferndown Chamber For Business
www.ferndownchamber.org.uk Ferndown Chamber For Business works tirelessly FERNDOWN CHAMBER FOR BUSINESS to make Ferndown a great place to do business. We work with the Town Council and local organisations such as the Rotary Club to put on events in the town to bring the public and businesses closer together whilst promoting the town in a positive way.
Gillingham Chamber of Commerce
www.gcci.co.uk Gillingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been around since the 1930s and continues to have nearly 100 members. Many of our members come from outside the High Street where diversity encompasses old family firms, industrial estate Units and new modern work from home and digital businesses. We are very much involved in local initiatives and other groups such as Town Council, Gillingham School, Gillingham in Gear, Dementia Friends, Town Team in particular. We are becoming more visual within the town and host monthly networking happy hours where we often have local speakers talking to our members.
Shaftesbury Chamber of Commerce
www.shaftesburychamber.co.uk The Shaftesbury Chamber has around 100 members from its two business parks and independent High Street businesses. They hold monthly networking meetings and are very active in the development of the town’s economy. Unlike many other towns, Christmas lights and activities are entirely run and paid for by Chamber members.
Sherborne Chamber of Trade and Commerce
www.sherbornechamber.co.uk The Sherborne Chamber of Commerce exists to promote its members’ businesses and the wider business community. It has a membership in excess of 150. The Chamber is involved in just about every event that takes place in the town, supporting the Sherborne community, attracting media interest and creating a memorable experience for visitors to the town.
Swanage & District Chamber of Trade
www.swanagechamberoftrade. co.uk Swanage Information Centre won another award in the South West England Tourism Excellence Awards and now holds a Gold and Bronze Award for Visitor Information Service of the Year. Swanage Town Council has funded and refurbished the Information Centre and four of the twelve toilet blocks in the town. It is great to see in this current climate investment in facilities that give a better visitor experience for people visiting Swanage.
Weymouth & Portland Chamber of Commerce
www.wpchamber.co.uk The Chamber has been supporting firms in Weymouth and Portland for almost 90 years. We’ve helped many people to find their feet in the local business community, by providing an environment where they can connect with likeminded people. In recent years we’ve represented the concerns of businesses to the local councils, contributing to a significant cut in the cost of car parking charges.
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