Small Business

Grow your business

Tools to help you expand your business

Support to help develop and manage your growing business.

  • HR Advice Line and Document Library
  • Promotion and marketing services
  • Networking events

Includes Chamber Legal Advice Line and money saving services

Small Business benefits of membership

Growing your business has many challenges, from finding new customers to recruiting staff – so let the Chamber help

HR Advice Line

Members have unlimited access to the HR Advice Line, available 365 days a year. The lines are manned by very experienced advisors who can answer any questions you may have or help resolve issues. These are the kind of subjects the advisors can help you with:

  • Employment law
  • Guidance on access to web docs
  • Staff grievances and disputes
  • Disciplinary issues
  • Absenteeism
  • Disability issues
  • Medical capability
  • Equal pay
  • Maternity / paternity allowances
  • Shared parental leave
  • Contracts of employment
  • TUPE issues
  • Eligibility to work
  • Managing apprentices
  • Calculating settlement agreements
  • Redundancy
  • Calculating holiday pay / sick pay
  • Maternity leave
  • National living wage

HR Document Library

One of the main features of the HR Advice website is the comprehensive document library, which has free downloadable template documents.

  • Recruitment & selection
  • Induction & probation
  • Contracts of employment
  • Employee handbook
  • Performance management
  • Training & development
  • Employee reward & benefits
  • Grievance, mediation & discipline
  • Attendance management
  • Exit management
  • The Good Work Plan
  • Furlough
  • HR adminstration

Free One2One Review

We can offer you a complimentary One2One Review with a Quest Business Manager. They will take the time to understand the challenges you face, assess your compliance status and suggest solutions on how you can protect your business in these uncertain times.

Health & Safety Advice

A free and confidential advice line to discuss health and safety issues and your obligations as an employer.

  • Health and Safety issues covered include:
  • Start-up requirements
  • Protective equipment
  • Training
  • Gap analysis
  • Compliance issues
  • Completing risk assessments
  • Health & safety policies & documents
  • Fire safety
  • Accident reporting
  • First aid requirements
  • Hazardous substances
  • Employee safety handbook

Health and Safety document library

One of the main features of the Health and Safety website is the comprehensive document library, which has  free downloadable template documents covering the full range of health & safety matters.

  • Getting started in H&S
  • Developing a H&S policy
  • First aid & RIDDOR
  • Risk assessments & audits
  • Fire safety
  • Manual handling & lifting
  • Working at heights
  • Workplace equipment and vehicles
  • The working environment Vulnerable groups
  • Food safety
  • Physical & psychological hazards
  • Construction & CDM regulations
  • Chemical substance & biological hazards

Marketing and Promotion

Getting your business out there can seem daunting for a small business, but the Chamber showcase the success of businesses of all sizes. Marketing and promotion are included with your Chamber membership.

Publish articles on our popular member’s news website, yorkshire-business.com, and have them shared across our social media channels. Member’s news articles are selected for inclusion in the quarterly ‘West & North Yorkshire Business’ magazine.

Offer discounts to other members and promote these in the members section on our website

Pay by Credit / Debit Card

Join and pay online by credit / debit card. You will receive an invoice when your membership has been processed.

Pay by Direct Debit / BACS

Complete an application form, and we will contact you to set up a Direct Debit / Bank Transfer or other payment option.

Excluding VAT Including VAT
StartUp

StartUp

£200£240
  • Annual Membership
  • No Direct Debit payment option
  • First year of trading
Micro

1-3

£350£420
  • Annual Membership
  • Monthly Direct Debit
  • £35.00
Micro

4-10

£430£516
  • Annual Membership
  • Monthly Direct Debit
  • £43.00
Small

11-50

£520£624
  • Annual Membership
  • Monthly Direct Debit
  • £52.00
Medium

51-75

£635£762
  • Annual Membership
  • Monthly Direct Debit
  • £63.50
Medium

76-100

£700£840
  • Annual Membership
  • Monthly Direct Debit
  • £70.00
Large

101-250

£930£1116
  • Annual Membership
  • Monthly Direct Debit
  • £93.00
Enterprise

251-500

£1250£1500
  • Annual Membership
  • Monthly Direct Debit
  • £125