Business Support for Scotland’s Graphic Communication Industries

Features and Benefits of Membership

• Use of Graphic Enterprise logo on Marketing Material.
• Industrial Relations and Employment Law Advice through the use of a full time team of experts. The service is aimed at ensuring employment issues are dealt with according to legislation and thus avoiding costly Tribunals. Where cases go to Tribunal we have negotiated favourable terms with McClay, Murray & Spens, terms only available to members.
• An annual Safety Audit.
• A free Risk Assessment by our affiliate Insurance Management Group, Glasgow.
• Services of our Affiliates in law, finance and insurance.
• Advice on Accreditation — Safety, Quality, Environmental.
• Opportunity to attend seminars on topics of interest to running and developing businesses eg. Marketing, Carbon Footprint Measurement, Cash management, etc..
• Attend free seminars on small business advice workshops organised by our Affiliate Chiene & Tait (Accountants) Edinburgh.
• Attendance at an annual Parliamentary event with members of the Scottish Parliament.
• Lobbying of the European Commission on legislation that affects member company operations through our independent membership of Intergraf, Brussels.
• Financial support for training eg. Modern Apprenticeships through the Scottish Training Scheme, exclusively administered by Graphic Enterprise Scotland as an Approved Centre by the Scottish Qualifications Agency.
• Participation in the Governance of the organisation through membership of The Executive Board, The Finance and Resource Group, The Training Group and ad hoc committees that act as Project Teams on specific topics affecting business development.
• Annual Negotiation of the National Agreement in Scotland with Unite, the union where appropriate.

To find out more about our work contact us today by email or telephone 0131 220 4353.
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