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Exclusive Chamber Benefits

Chamber Advice Line - 24/7 FREE                   

Unlimited access to free 24-hour, professional advice on commercial and employment law, health and safety, data protection and tax related issues.  To find out more call the Chamber Advice Line on 029 2034 9610 (subject to current Chamber membership).

Chamber Business Choice Healthcare

AXA PPP has teamed up with Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Chamber of Commerce to offer members affordable private medical insurance with the Chamber Business Choice Healthcare package, to help small businesses such as yours.  AXA PPP have been providing access to private healthcare for over 65 years and offer a wide range of plans especially designed to help you protect your most valuable asset - your employees.

Chamber members get access to a flexible and innovative package which includes:

 50% discount on your Chamber renewal fees for three years for new direct customers.
 Telephone employee assistance programme (exclusive to Chamber members).
 No claims discounts.
 A wide range of options to suit your budget.

Within a small business time off work due to sickness can be very costly - take for example an employee suffering from a hernia on a salary of £20,000. Their absence as a proportion of their salary could cost your business nearly £7000 as they could be waiting for up to 15 weeks* for treatment on the NHS. This doesn't even take into account the cost of replacement staff and lost service or production time.

The Chamber Business Choice Healthcare package could help to reduce sickness absence by providing early access to investigation and, where necessary, treatment to help your employees make an early recovery and return to health - and back to work.

Medical insurance is also a highly valued employee benefit and should help you both recruit - and retain - good people.

Whilst medical insurance can drive down sickness absence by helping employees to return to work quickly, employers estimate that approximately 12% of absence is used to deal with personal, home and family responsibilities. Therefore a more holistic, proactive approach could be more beneficial to support your employees' wellbeing such as offering Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs).

AXA PPP healthcare offers a telephone based Employee Assistance Programme to help employees to deal more effectively with the pressures in their lives - whatever their cause, from difficulty with debts to problems with personal relationships.   Up until now offering access to an EAP for a small team may have seemed like an expensive luxury but we've included it as standard within our Chamber Business Choice Healthcare package.

You can call us first for more information on: 0800 38 77 54 quoting ref POR
(Lines are open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, calls may be recorded).

You can also visit http://www.axappphealthcare.co.uk/chambers to view the results of the CBI/AXA absence and labour turnover survey 2007 as well as access articles on sickness absence management for small businesses and general advice on growing your business.

*Source: http://www.hesonline.nhs.uk/Ease/servlet/ContentServer?siteID=1937&categoryID=202
All other statistical references are sourced from: CBI/AXA absence and labour turnover survey 2007

Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Chamber of Regional Business Centre, Harts Farm Way, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 1HR| Company No. 17877 is an introducer appointed representative of AXA PPP Healthcare

ChamberComm       

ChamberComm is an exclusive service in association with Uniworld Communications, a leading provider of a range of telecoms and data communications services to more than 8000 businesses.      

IP telephony                        For the next generation of telecoms now
Uniworld Gamma mobile       Fixed & mobile calls on one Uniworld bill
Outbound calls                     Choose our industry leading IP network as the best route for calls
Wholesale line rental            Competitive rates for line rentals
ADSL & SDSL broadband     With speeds & contention ratios to suit the your business
Crosslink                             Over-the-air software to reduce international mobile call costs
Mobility                               All the main networks with Uniworld as one point of contact
Inbound numbers &              For improved business performance
call handling packages
Myinbound.com                    Easy self-management of call handling & access to powerful management stats
Audio & video conferencing    Saving money and reducing the carbon footprint by cutting travel
MPLS / data                         High speed and flexible data connectivity across the UK
Value added services            From WLAN networks and EPOS to online data back-up and disaster recovery

We provide every customer with a named account manager and team without automated response systems or voicemail.

For more about how we can help you with your communications requirements, contact Claudine Stirling on Telephone 0800 027 4027 or chambercomm@uniworld.co.uk.

View the latest brochure under related resources

Chamber Fleet Assist

Chamber members are entitled to exclusive rates offering discounts of up to 58% on the AA's main business roadside assistance packages.  Contact the Chamber for current rates or download the dosument below.

Westfield Primary Health Care

This provides Chamber members with a low cost alternative to private medical

insurance for themselves and their staff.   Prices start from just £1 per week per employee and cover includes dentistry, optical, therapy treatments, 24 hour counselling and advice line and personal accident cover.    Contact 0845 602 1629.

Chamber Health & Safety                   

comprehensive health and safety solution delivered via a dedicated health and safety 

advice line and web site.

Specifically ChamberH&S offers:

*         A Compliant Health and Safety Policy.

*         Template organisational responsibilities and structures.

*         Downloadable health and safety arrangements.

*         Regular health and safety updates.

*         Access to over 150 downloadable policies, forms, documents, templates and     fact sheets.

*         Unlimited access to a 24/7 health and safety advice line.

*         Locally delivered on site health and safety training and consultancy.

Chamber H&S costs just £45 + VAT.  View the information sheet here.

Further details can be found at www.chamberhs.co.uk and the service can

be accessed by calling the Chamber on 023 9244 9449

CHAMBER HR                                   

Due to the increasing burden of employment legislation and the proliferation of "no

win, no fee" offers dealing with employment issues is becoming increasingly difficult, time

consuming and costly.

Chamber HR is a comprehensive human resource service delivered through the Chamber

HR website and a dedicated human resource advice line. Specifically it includes:

* A compliant Contract of Employment

* A compliant Employee handbook

* A compliant Health & Safety Policy

* Access to over 150 downloadable policies, forms, documents, letters and fact sheets

You will need a login and password to access the downloadable documents. If you don't have this

already then contact the Chamber of Commerce for your login ID and password (please note, this is

different to the member login used for chamber.org.uk).

To read a member's opinion of this particular service click on Chamber Testimonial

Basic information can be found at - www.chamberHR.co.uk or call 02920 349614 for advice

Meeting Rooms 

Meeting rooms for hire.  There are four rooms available for business meetings, ranging in capacity from 8 - 25 people.  Available to hire at the Regional Business Centre near Broadmarsh in Havant.  Location adjacent to A27/A3 network.

Member Rates are £7 + VAT per hour and a projector is available at an additional £30 per day.   Non member rates start at £10 + VAT per hour.  A video player can also be hired and cabling to allow Internet access on your laptop is available for use in two of the rooms.  Equipment should be pre-booked at time of room reservation.

Tel: Linda Weaver on 023 9244 9449 for further details.

Chamber Moneyzone      

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has teamed up with the world's largest foreign exchange specialist, bringing you exclusive offers when sending or receiving international payments.

Exclusive member offer!
Send foreign exchange drafts free of charge for up to one year when you sign up to the Travelex service. For more information call 0870 010 7675, email cfx@travelex.com quoting ref. BCC05.

Chamber Office Supplies

An exclusive service for Chamber members giving substantial discounts on office  stationery and supplies.  Next day delivery is guaranteed and extra discounts are available for on line ordering.  Global purchasing allows products to be discounted by up to 85%.  Phone 0800 027 4022 to take advantage of this service and reduce your overheads.

Download the latest offers at bottom of page.  Chamber Office Supplies is provided by Clares

CHAMBER PR

• Contact from a Chamber PR Company

• A review meeting of a maximum of 1 hour duration

• A press release will be written

• Once approved, it will be sent to the relevant local media

• You will receive a copy for your records and use

• Coverage guaranteed on ExpressFm and in the Chamber's Business News magazine.

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Chamber Risk Insurance

Are you confident you have the appropriate insurance cover to protect your business?

Many SME businesses in the UK are facing serious risks by not having suitable business insurance cover. We are working with AIG Europe (UK) Limited, part of American International Group, Inc (AIG), one of the world's leading insurance and financial services organisations, to provide an extremely comprehensive and competitive insurance solution through Chamber Risk Insurance.

This is a special proposition for BCC Accredited Chamber of Commerce members and not available to the general market. It includes:

• Employers Liability, Product and Property Liability
• Directors and Officers Liability
• Equipment Breakdown
• Office Disaster Recovery
• Medical and Vocational Rehabilitation
• Personal Accident

The offer

10%* discount against AIG Europe's standard rates for this class of policy

* Subject to minimum premium levels

Contact us now

For more information on how Chamber Risk Insurance can help protect your business please contact the Chamber on 023 9244 9449.

Chamber Risk Insurance

Chamber Utilities    

You can save money on your utility bills with this FREE service.  Many organisations have already benefited from significant reductions in their overheads, and you could be another. In fact, 9 out of 10 organisations have cut their overheads most by £100s, some by £1,000s a few by £100,000s.  Phone 0845 120 2410 to take advantage of this service and reduce your overheads.
 

 Chamber Utilities