The Londonderry Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1885, is one of the oldest and most historic in Ireland. It is also, in latter years, one of the leading Chambers on this island and the 2nd largest in terms of size in Northern Ireland. Many within the Chamber movement and indeed many external stakeholders both in the North West and further a field consider the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce to be the pre-eminent Chamber in Northern Ireland in terms of delivery of services, effective lobbying campaigns and provision of a range of networking opportunities to members.

In the last 6 years, the Chamber has grown significantly. The focus has been on increasing the profile of the organisation as the leading business representative organisation in the North West. The quality, number of and variety of events and services have quadrupled.

The Londonderry Chamber of Commerce now represents a strong pro-active group of businesses, which is the representative voice for local business and industry and has the ability to influence the business environment. A wide range of services are provided by the Chamber:

• Lobbying and representation at local, national and European levels
• Enterprise development and inward investment activities
• Promotion of cross-border trade
• Facilitating networking and the development of business contacts through the organisation of business lunches, dinners, seminars, meetings and golf outings.
• Dissemination of relevant and timely business information amongst members
• Provision of a valuable discounted Certificate of Origin service to exporters
• Access to Membership Database
• Member Company promotion
• Access to an Information, Advice and Guidance Service
• By attending events and taking a proactive role in the Chamber, our members not only enjoy the significant benefits that the Chamber can yield, but also gain satisfaction from knowing that they are making a difference to the community.

In challenging trading conditions the need for organisations to promote themselves and connect with their customers has never been greater. With this in mind, the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce that throughout 2012 there will be a number of unique opportunities available to the business community to partner with the Chamber of Commerce in promoting their products and services to the wider business community throughout the North West.

As the premier business support and networking organisation within this region, the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce can provide your company with an unrivalled opportunity to directly target the business community in the North West in a cost effective manner both raising the profile of your brand and heightening awareness and interest in your product/service offering.

Currently over 450 companies from this region are members of the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce. Our membership is drawn from a diverse variety of business sectors which range in size from a wide number of SME's to large corporate organisations. There is much happening in this City and the wider region and it is an exciting time to be involved with the Chamber. Next year Derry/Londonderry will host the return leg of Clipper Round the World Yacht Race and will host a stopover in the City in July 2012. The following year, in 2013, Derry will be the first UK City of Culture reaching a global audience of 465 million.

As a pivotal organisation within this City, the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce is well informed, well respected and can help your organisation to build its presence within the City and maximise the new opportunities which are unfolding here. To this end, we are interested in exploring partnership/sponsorship arrangements at all levels and are particularly interested in speaking to organisations that wish to become corporate partners, patrons of the Chamber or sponsors of the numerous high profile events that we organise in the City annually.

In fact, many of the events that we organise are established fixtures in the City's business calendar and some of the high profile events that we hold annually include the Chamber President's Annual Dinner, the President's Annual lunch, the Chamber of Commerce's Annual Golf and Barbeque event and the Annual Business Awards. As well as the opportunity to sponsor these high profile and well attended events we are also interested in speaking to organisations that wish to avail of the opportunity to exclusively promote their organisation and product or service at a series of scheduled business breakfast meetings or lunches taking place throughout 2012. Finally, we also offer organisations a unique opportunity to sponsor any one of the number of high profile Ministerial visits that we will host in this City over the course of next year.

To discuss how the Chamber can help you to promote your organisation and connect with the business community in the North West simply contact Christina or Jonathan on 028 71 262379 to arrange an appointment.

Click here to download Partnership Opportunities for 2012