CHAMBER NEWS
Are you maximising your Chamber membership?
Follow the steps below to ensure that you are getting the most out of your membership 1. Update your business profile in our online directory Profiles that have logos and descriptions, as well as website and social media links, stand out from the crowd so be sure to add these to your directory profile.
4. Advertise your events/workshops Got an event coming up that you want to promote to other Members? Be sure to add it to our website. The event will also appear in our weekly events update for the four weeks leading up to your event.
2. Download your membership logo Log into the Members Area on our website and download your Membership logo. Display this on your website, email signature etc.
5. Add and browse Member to Member offers Take advantage of special offers and discounts from fellow Members or create your own offers to build interest in your products and services.
3. Browse and book onto free and discounted networking events We regularly hold networking events throughout the region which are a great way for you to make connections with like-minded business people. Head to the Events section of our website to find out more.
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For further guidance, please contact the team on 01244 669988.
6. Editorial opportunities Send any news that you might have; we will then post this on our website and share on our social media streams. All news items are then considered
Meet our new Export Documentation Officer M y career started in a large insurance company based in Liverpool, where I worked for 18 years. I started off as an office clerk and then a telephone advisor. I progressed on to a team leader of an admin team and gained my NVQ Assessor qualifications and Coaching qualifications based in customer service, until I eventually left for pastures new back in 2005. In 2005 we decided as a family to take a risk and emigrate to Australia. It was a risk, but what an adventure! Once there, I got a job for a few years as an Office Manager in a local winery, close to where I lived in the Barossa Valley. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the winery, it gave me the opportunity to meet so many different people who came into the cellar door from far and wide. I also learnt so much about wine itself and how it was made and then bottled. In the latter few years of me being in Australia, I moved to the Commonwealth Bank of
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Australia, where I worked as a Personal Banker and attained my financial planning qualifications. This position gave me the ability to help customers look at their personal finance needs and guide them to utilising their finances in the best way possible.
Returning to the UK in 2011, I worked as an Office Manager in a PPE company for a couple of years before joining another North West Chamber of Commerce. I gained my export documentation certification and spent my time there on the export, finance and membership teams. I also helped when I could at any events. With this in mind, I like to see myself as a can-do person and also an all-rounder in chamber life, where I am able to assist our exporters, and indeed members, whenever I can. It has been lovely for me joining the team here at the West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber, where I have been made to feel so welcome. I look forward immensely to what the future has to hold in export documentation and working with your business to assist in the smooth running of all your export documentation needs.
Hayley Gray, Export Documentation Officer at the Chamber