Partners
Business Growth Clubs are in partnership with:
About RBS Group
RBS Group, which includes NatWest and RBS, are proud to be Britain's leading small business bank, with over one million small enterprise customers. That position has been earned because we have invested time and effort to understand the issues that matter to small firms. We have used this knowledge to develop products and services that meet their needs.
We believe in providing a full banking package for our customers, offering the widest range of practical benefits to support small businesses, from start up to stock market floatation. This support extends in all the important areas, not just financial.
NatWest and RBS business banking are committed to providing free face to face advice through locally based experienced managers, based across our network of 2,279 branches.
About BT
There are millions of UK small businesses, with more entrepreneurs starting up than ever before. They are the backbone of the British economy, so helping them to survive and thrive is imperative to the country’s long-term success. The launch of BCC Business Growth Clubs, which aims to support small businesses across the country develop and grow, will be significant in achieving this.
BT Business will work closely with the Business Growth Clubs to help companies better understand how strategic use of technology can support key organisation objectives, such as driving productivity and operational efficiency. This partnership extends BT Business’ commitment to the UK’s dynamic SME community.
BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to our customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.
In the year ended 31 March 2009, BT Group’s revenue was £21,390 million.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.
For more information, visit
www.bt.com/aboutbt
About Dell
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. Uniquely enabled by its direct business model, Dell is a leading global systems and services company and No. 34 on the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.dell.com, or to communicate directly with Dell via a variety of online channels, go to www.dell.com/conversations. To get Dell news direct, visit www.dell.com/RSS.
About Design Council
The Design Council’s aim is to inspire and enable the best use of design to make the UK a more competitive, creative and sustainable nation. We run practical programmes for business, the public sector, design and education. Our business support programme Designing Demand helps businesses become more innovative, more competitive and more profitable.
It does this by giving managers the skills to exploit design by spotting opportunities, briefing designers and running design projects that deliver. Find out more at www.designingdemand.org.uk
Pti Worldwide
Pti Worldwide are specialists in business growth, sales, marketing and people development. Partnering with the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) in the launch of the business growth clubs is a fantastic opportunity to be able to add real, tangible value for SME businesses.
Through a series of high impact workshops and other media we’ll be sharing the leading edge thinking and real world ideas on growing your business, sales and marketing. Our focus is giving you and your business the edge and helping you avoid some of the common pitfalls and mistakes businesses and their people make. Put simply our business is growing your business and unlocking your people potential.
That’s what we’re passionate about, that’s what we do and we’re looking forward to working with you. Find out more at www.pti-worldwide.com