Southampton City Council
A new look Southampton is emerging, creating a city comparable with the best in Europe and offering vibrant, exciting, well designed and maintained sense of place for all who live, visit and work in the city.
We care about business in the city. We are very aware that the way we provide our services can greatly affect your business profits. The quality of our services reflects issues where business people now have a right to expect a certain exemplary standard.
We recognise that successful businesses contribute a great deal to the welfare of the local community and that the needs of businesses are different from those of individual residents.
Southampton & Fareham Chamber of Commerce
Southampton & Fareham Chamber of Commerce is a partnership of nearly 2,000 businesses that together employ over 100,000 people. Our membership comprises businesses in all sectors of the economy, small and large, and including most of our region's major employers.
Businesses who join the Chamber of Commerce membership find that they have a voice - the chance to be heard and an opportunity to influence. The Chamber of Commerce is an independent organisation, and through our work at local, regional and national level we represent the interests and promote the competitiveness of all businesses, in and around the Southampton City region.
Hampshire County Council
Hampshire County Council is a top performing authority, rated as 'four star' through the CPA process by government. Our ambition is to keep it that way, while we continually improve our performance in the interests of the communities we serve.
Looking after Hampshire, our job is to ensure the county is safe and secure and to work towards enhancing the County's quality of place. Our aim is to lead and work in partnership with other organisations to remove barriers and improve choices whilst encouraging people to make their own decisions on the way they access services
We provide essential services to one and a quarter million people in Hampshire, through 1,100 outlets which are located conveniently to all residents.
Our website provides a comprehensive guide to Hampshire County Council Services.
Business Link
Business Link is dedicated to helping businesses and budding entrepreneurs develop and progress by ensuring they can quickly and easily locate and benefit from the broadest range of public, private and voluntary business support services.
Business Link provides local businesses with a single point of access to local business support services. We are dedicated to improving the competitiveness of your business, enabling you to meet the challenges of a changing business world.
The Hampshire Economic Partnership
HEP was established in 1992 and brings together business and local government to influence government policy and support the economic prosperity of Hampshire and its cities by:
- identifying and championing the needs and priorities of Hampshire business,
- providing an authoritative economic voice for business, and
- ensuring that the best decisions are made to deliver sustainable economic prosperity for the area.
Where HEP makes a real difference to the regional economy is through the important work that takes place in its 8 direct trade sector task groups. The Task Groups are led by some of Hampshire's leading business experts representing industry sectors across the county and ensures that HEP plays a vital role in addressing the priority issues required to build stronger and sustainable economic performance for the region.
The Oval Group
Oval Insurance Broking is one of the UK's top ten corporate brokers built on a foundation of providing authoritative advice and attentive service. Whatever the organisation, sector or issue our approach is the same. We build time into the review process to ensure genuine knowledge and understanding of your business strategy develops. This means that when we talk of 'understanding your business' it isn't just another service industry platitiude.
As part of the Oval group we provide insurance, risk management, healthcare and financial advice to organisations and individuals throughout the UK.
