ABOUT US

Serving Businesses
in The Chilterns

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Our Mission

To serve the interests of local businesses and promote economic prosperity and better quality of life across the Chiltern region.

Through our strategic priorities, we seek to facilitate success for our members and our region: support SMEs, particularly through information and networking; support skills and training initiatives; and work to ensure a positive economic and business environment.

Key Objectives

The Chamber has key strategic objectives and a number of closely interlinked objectives:

Support our
members

We facilitate success for our members and help them navigate and expand their businesses in a challenging marketplace. We do this by providing a suite of useful member services and benefits.

Provide Productive
Opportunities

Networking with like-minded individuals is a powerful marketing tool, offering an exchange of information, thoughts, ideas and experiences of others. The Chamber organises monthly ‘Breakfast Club’ meetings and monthly informal get-togethers which include a mix of social engagement, informational and topics. Events are open to members and non-members, though we do urge non-members to consider Chamber membership if they attend regularly and make use of our networking platform.

Create Conducive
Business Environments

The local business community is supported by identifying and developing strategies which will facilitate the growth of existing and future regional business and trade. We aim to provide a liaison and communication service to businesses, encourage major sustainable development of business and investment, and support business growth. We do this by identifying and undertaking tactical programmes for the benefit of business.

Encourage Future
Workforce

The development of skills and training especially in young people in the region is considered as a precondition of building for sustainable economic growth in the area.

The Chamber supports skills development via

  • Activities of Committee members
  • Sharing information relating to skills, training & vocational education
  • Encouraging our members to participate in work experience schemes
  • Support of initiatives, such as the inaugural Bucks Skills Show

Economic
Development

We aim to promote the standard of living and economic health of The Chilterns by championing positive quantitative and qualitative changes. This may include the development of human capital, infrastructure, environmental sustainability and other initiatives. We recognise that economic development is a policy intervention endeavour with aims of economic and social well-being of people and will therefore seek to work closely with local councils and UK authorities towards that end. Economic growth will be a process of economic development. A long term aspect of the economic development strategy will be to facilitate inward investment both from outside the region and overseas.

Our Values

  • Innovation
  • Accountability
  • Integrity
  • Excellence
  • Respect