Federation of Small Businesses

The Federation of Small Businesses is the UK's largest campaigning pressure group promoting and protecting the interests of the self-employed and owners of small firms. Formed in 1974, it now has 210,000 members across 33 regions and 194 branches.

British Chambers of Commerce

The British Chambers of Commerce is the national body for a powerful and influential Network of Accredited Chambers of Commerce across the UK; a Network that directly serves not only its member businesses but the wider business community.

High on the BCC’s agenda is helping British business thrive so the BCC works with Government to shape policy affecting businesses, and focuses on key areas of activity including International Trade, Skills Development and Business Services.

British Occupational Hygiene Society

BOHS is both a learned society, publishing the world-renowned Annals of Occupational Hygiene, and the only professional society representing qualified occupational hygienists in the UK. They support, develop and connect their members with resources, guidance, events and training.

ArcGen Hilta

ArcGen Hilta is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of on site power equipment.  Their products include a full range of Generators, Welder Generators, Lighting Towers, Variable Message Signs, Water Pumps and Pressure Washers. They cater to all industries including construction, rail, petrochemical, traffic management, mining and quarrying, emergency response and event management.

Colmore Business Improvement District

Colmore Business District (CBD) is the commercial heart of Birmingham, home to some 500 companies, who employ almost 24,000 people. Often described as Birmingham's mini Manhattan, CBD has some of the most beautiful architecture in Birmingham, including 12 listed buildings which are the centerpiece of Colmore Row and the latest cutting edge design at One Snowhill.

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)

CILIP is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. It provides practical support for members throughout their careers and speaks out on behalf of the profession.

Bristan

Bristan is the UK’s largest supplier of bathroom and kitchen taps, showers, shower enclosures, decorative heating and bathroom accessories.

Bristan is part of the Bristan Group (owned by Masco), which also incorporates Heritage Bathrooms and Sirrus by Gummers. Bristan Group’s head offices are in Tamworth, Staffordshire.

Amadeus

Amadeus is one of the UK's leading event caterers. As the catering arm of the NEC Group it operates all its onsite catering venues as well as providing its skills and expertise to other venues such as Compton Verney, St. Martin’s in the Bullring and Kenilworth Castle.

Highcross

Highcross offers an awe-inspiring mix of fashionable stores, stylish restaurants and true city centre living that has reinvented Leicester and changed the perception of the city. Since opening in September 2008, Highcross has become Leicester's biggest and most successful re-development.

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

With around 100,000 qualified members and over 50,000 students and trainees in some 140 countries, RICS provides the world's leading professional qualification in land, property, construction and the associated environmental issues.

An independent organisation, RICS acts in the public interest: setting and regulating the highest standards of competence and integrity among their members; and providing impartial, authoritative advice on key issues for business, society and governments worldwide.  

Gummers

Gummers is part of the engineering heritage of Great Britain and has been at the forefront of producing thermostatic mixing valves and safe water controls for both domestic and commercial applications. The Sirrus portfolio offers a comprehensive range of safe, practical and easy to install plumbing solutions.

Broad Street Business Improvement District

The Broad Street Business Improvement District (BID) works to create a more attractive, better marketed, brighter, safer and cleaner business environment in the Broad Street area of Birmingham. The BID also represents and champions local businesses on issues of common concern.

London Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a hugely influential organisation, widely recognized as the Voice of London Business.  It remains an independent, not-for-profit business support and networking organisation that puts the needs and interests of its members and stakeholders at the heart of everything it does.

Birmingham City Council

Birmingham City Council is the largest city council in Europe. It serves over one million people; making it the most populated local authority in the United Kingdom.

British Water

British Water is the trade association for the water industry supply chain, representing the industry collectively to government, regulators, other institutions, customers and the media.

Touchwood

Touchwood in Solihull is an award winning, 650,000 square foot shopping destination which opened its doors in September 2001. Seamlessly woven into Solihull’s existing town centre, Touchwood has become a blueprint for in-town development thanks to its innovative design.

Acorns

Acorns Children's Hospice provides care and support for children and young people who have life limiting or life threatening conditions. Acorns is currently supporting nearly 600 children and 800 families, including those who are bereaved. Their specialist nursing and support services provide a vital lifeline for these families who would face a much tougher challenge coping alone.

Birmingham Forward

Birmingham Forward is an independent, inclusive, not-for-profit, membership organisation. Established in 1990, its role is to promote the strength, range and depth of services that its members offer to the widest possible audience. At the same time it wants to promote Birmingham and the region as an ideal place to do business.

Birmingham Chamber of Commerce

The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Group creates excellent opportunities for their members to do more business. The extended network connects up two of the West Midlands strongest economic areas and improves the services available to members across the Group. The Group works to ensure that the views of their members make a real difference at all levels of the decision-making process.

GVA Grimley

GVA Grimley is a leading property consultant providing a comprehensive range of property solutions to UK and international owners, occupiers, investors, lenders and developers.

Rees Bradley Hepburn

RBH is a full service, independent, marketing communications company. They’re dedicated to helping clients deliver the right message, to the right people in the right way. Whether that means one of the constantly growing specialist opportunities you’ll find in the digital world; or the more familiar territory of TV, outdoor, POS, radio, press and direct mail.

Service Birmingham

Service Birmingham is Birmingham City Councils' joint venture with Capita Business Services. By providing world-class information and communications technology (ICT) systems, Service Birmingham is transforming the way the Council operates, by improving services, cutting costs and increasing job satisfaction. Investment in ICT also forms the bedrock of the Council's transformation programme, which aims to deliver cost savings of £1billion over 10 years.

Ofwat

Ofwat (The Water Services Regulation Authority) is the economic regulator of the water and sewerage sectors in England and Wales. 

Retail Birmingham

The Retail Birmingham Business Improvement District (BID) works to ensure Birmingham city centre’s retail area achieves its full potential as the region’s principal shopping, leisure and lifestyle destination and maintains its top ranking position amongst UK retail centres.

Style Birmingham

Style Birmingham is a Birmingham based fashion magazine, responsible for running the yearly 'Style' events which include fashion shows, catwalks, beauty treatments, shopping promotions and events in Selfridges, House of Fraser, Harvey Nichols and more.

Birmingham Voluntary Services Council

BVSC is one of the largest voluntary sector support organisations in the UK. It works to provide people with opportunities to make a positive difference to their communities, provide voluntary and community organisations with the resources to help them achieve their goals and champion the voluntary sector as an influential force for positive change.

LBRO

Britain needs a strong economy, but the local regulation of businesses by environmental health, fire safety, licensing and trading standards services can place unnecessary burdens on them, hampering economic growth. LBRO was set up to address this issue, combining an independent, expert perspective on local regulation with the statutory powers required to drive progress.

Capacitybuilders

Capacitybuilders works to ensure that charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises working across England are able to access high quality advice and support.

North Somerset District Council

North Somerset is a unitary authority in England. Its area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters are in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare. North Somerset covers an area of around 145 square miles (380 km2) and has a resident population of some 193,000.

Curve Theatre

The Curve Theatre is Leicester’s state of the art theatre; a place for exciting, diverse and daring theatre, embracing different theatrical styles and cultures. It was designed by architect Rafael Viñoly and is based in the heart of the new Cultural Quarter on Rutland Street.

Women's Resource Centre

The Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) is a charity which supports women’s organisations to be more effective and sustainable. It provides training, information, resources and one-to-one support on a range of organisational development issues. 

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is situated in the heart of Solihull town centre, a part of the West Midlands conurbation, and located 9 miles southeast of Birmingham city centre. Historically part of Warwickshire, Solihull is one of the most prosperous towns in the West Midlands and home to Touchwood shopping centre.

Leisure Sec PLC

Leisuresec PLC specialises in the provision, training and supervision of independent security providers to the leisure industry.