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Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce delivers a number of programmes designed to help businesses realise their growth aspirations. It can also help identify other schemes that may be applicable to your particular industry.
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A growing team will offer better support
GBCC is expanding its group sales team following the launch last month of a refreshed membership package which reaffirms its aim to ‘Connect, Support and Grow’ local businesses. Group Membership director Mandy Canny
said: “As the region’s largest business support network, it is vital that we continually update and improve the services that we offer to member companies, which now total more than 2,600. As part of that development, we are committed to maintaining a strong business development and sales team of the highest quality.” The latest two new additions to the team are
business development managers Muhammed Ahmed and Jennifer Campbell, whose roles will be to further membership growth. Before joining the Chamber, Muhammed
worked as a senior recruitment consultant but he is also experienced as a financial services
mortgage adviser. For the last seven years, Jennifer has been a director of a talent management company, specialising in head- hunting “stars” in retail and marketing.
‘Being able to help enhance the Chamber’s reputation is a great opportunity’
“It’s an exciting time to be joining the Chamber and I’m looking forward to being part of its continued development,” said Jennifer, while Muhammed added: “Being able to help enhance the Chamber’s reputation is a great opportunity.” The refreshed membership package, which is
being delivered by an integrated membership team, has been welcomed by GBCC chief executive Paul Faulker as part of its ‘ambitious plans for growth.’
Diane Rance (left) and Ann Thadzi Increase well-being
in the work place Employment specialist Remploy featured at an event aimed at minimising the costs associated with sickness absence in the workplace. Ann Thadzi, of Remploy, spoke at the
workshop, where she described the free services available to employers to help avoid staff absence and support an early return to work. The event, hosted by Diane Rance, Creating
L-R: New recruits Mo Ahmed and Jennifer Campbell together with Mandy Canny (second left) and Howard Blow (right), membership and business services manager.
Value with People on behalf of the Birmingham branch of the CIPD, which represents the human resources community, was held held at Beckett’s Farm Conference Centre, Wythall, and was open to anyone with an interest in reducing and managing employee attendance and well-being. With more than 70 years’ experience supporting employers and disabled people in mainstream employment, Remploy has created various specialist services to help businesses create ‘a more supportive’ environment for all staff, which is aimed at helping improving staff turnover and reducing the costs of sickness and absence. Ann said that Remploy’s aim was to keep
people in work, but, from the point of view of employers, retaining workers was a way of reducing costs and not losing valuable skills from the workplace.
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