Great Britain-Cyprus Business Association Membership

1. OUR OBJECTIVES

The principle objectives of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association shall be to:

a) Provide support and promote the business interests of each member of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association with a view to mutual financial benefit.

1. Provide a setting from where the Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association members can network with a view to increasing their business opportunities, by working with other members, to raise: Business opportunities for our members.

• Raise issues of relevance for general discussion.
• Promote ideas on how to expand the association and improve methods.
• Values of relationships.
• Generally, network in a business and social setting.

c) Act as an umbrella organization for all its members and where necessary, to make appropriate representations to various bodies and/or authorities for and on behalf of its member(s).

d) We are a non-political organisation and have no political affiliation to any political or municipal movement within the UK or Cyprus. Though we may discuss, talk to or report features regarding any political or municipal authorities we do not promote or endorse their views. We are not sponsored or backed by any political or municipal authorities and depend wholly on sponsorship, membership fees and fund-raising activities.

f) To encourage the membership to work together in the spirit of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association’s objectives; and abide by a code of conduct to provide quality services and high standards.

2. MEMBERSHIP

a) Membership of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association shall be composed of independent companies and/or individuals engaged in business and shall be properly established as a legal and bona fide entity.

b) Each member of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association must always possess display and exercise a sense of camaraderie, to be clearly manifested by actively promoting, exercising and/or displaying professional, united and friendly co-operation between members.

c) Members of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association agree to behave in a fair, business-like manner with proper administration and within the spirit of mission statement and ethos, whether express or implied.  Each member must have as part of their standard procedure, the practice of providing their clients with a clear copy of their standard written terms and conditions and/or a written agreement with the client(s), prior to the commencement of business.

d) Members shall be committed to Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association’s objectives to fully agree to; work as a team, encourage networking, so that business leads are properly nurtured and developed for members’ mutual benefit to assist in financially securing members’ futures.

e) Members must display a positive mental attitude, be able to accept constructive criticism and genuinely aspire to work as a member of the Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association team; with the ultimate aim of mutual financial benefit, with exercise at all times of friendship, fun and camaraderie, in the process.

f) Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association and its individual members are at liberty to cancel their individual membership without notice as the relationship between the member(s) and Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association is strictly voluntary. Membership fees will not be refundable.

g) Any business agreements between members of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association must be in writing to safeguard intentions otherwise any misunderstandings may cause serious issues that the association would not wish to be involved in and consequently, one or both members may have their membership revoked at the discretion of the association committee; all members are expected to work together, co-operate for their own good and that of all members.

h) No member of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association shall be held accountable and/or responsible for any other member’s accountability and/or liability, arising from another Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association member(s) actions or omissions; as each member is an independent legal entity in their own right and without any collective and/or inferred liability being assumed by Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association and/or any other member, not being a party to the particular agreement from which the question of liability may arise, whatsoever and/or howsoever arising, unless otherwise agreed in writing.

i) All members must make their own decisions and carry out all due diligence enquiries, independently of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association  in respect of all dealings between themselves, as Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association does not accept any responsibility for any agreement or contract or otherwise carried by any other party (irrespective of whether they are Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association members or not), unless the association has expressly agreed and/or is expressly party to any agreement. It must therefore not be implied or considered that any member of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association should enter in any agreement with any member simply based on their membership or other association with Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association

j) All members are expected to provide the best quality service, whereby we have set out the minimum standard expected, which can be best described as a Service Level Agreement, which together with actions that are in the spirit of sustaining a high standard should help secure work and inspire confidence in receiving recommendations, all members must therefore agree to the following:- i) Carry the required and valid Public Liability Insurance (if applicable), and Professional Indemnity Insurance (where applicable). It is up to members to check that any other member that they may have dealings with, carry the appropriate current Insurance policies relating to any potential contractual agreements. ii) Carry the required and valid Professional or registration Certificates in connection with the relevant trade bodies; iii) Provide transparency by giving written costs estimates/quotes.  Any extra work also to be agreed in writing. iv) Ensure that the strictest confidentiality is maintained with all matters of work carried out in line with “Data Protection Act” and “GDRP”  and where necessary, comply with Non Circumvention and Non-disclosure agreement; v) Comply with the Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association Constitution and the spirit of the Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association concept: and  vi) Ensure as a part of standard procedure, that clients are provided with your company standard Terms & Conditions and/or other written agreement with the clients, prior to the commitment of business.

3. OUR ACTIVITIES

In a few words our activities are:

• promoting networking
• Introducing your company to our Members and Associates in Cyprus and UK provided that we have your permission
• organising business International Events and webinars in London, Cyprus and around Europe, promoting Cyprus as the perfect place to buy and invest as well as the UK as a global Financial centre.
• promoting businesses in the UK and Cyprus mainly in UK and Cyprus but also worldwide.
• organising Roadshows
• publishing our e-newspaper monthly
• providing you with information from UK and Cyprus

Many Big Firms in Cyprus and UK have already joined us.

If you would like to become a member of our Association, the annual fee is £250.00.

4. WHAT A MEMBER IS ENTITLED FOR

1. We upload your logo, with direct link to website immediately, on our page, including a short description of your company, at the bottom of your logo (Max: 25 words).
2. A full A4 page advert in the next issue of the e-newspaper, once a year.
3. You are entitled to up to one article monthly to be included in our e-newspaper
   You will receive by email our monthly e-newspaper. As a member, you will be invited very often for an interview or to participate on our questionnaire.
4. You will have the opportunity to be voted as a member of the Board as soon as we have our annual meeting which will be announced after the end of the pandemic and the lock down.
5. You will be entitled to special discount or upgrades of your sponsorship during International events.
6. You will also have priority as regards participation as speaker or panellist at our International events.
7. We will introduce you to our members as well as to businesses you want to reach either in the UK or in Cyprus. My personal contacts in the UK and Cyprus are Law Firms with Immigration services, Big Accounting Firms, Financial Institutions, Real Estate Agents, Developers, Investing Groups, Food & Drink Suppliers, Importers and Retailers, wealthy individuals and much more.
8. We ask you to tell us which businesses you are interested to contact directly, and we introduce you to the top management or the right person you are looking for.
9. If you organise an event or a seminar or a webinar and you want us to promote it to our members and thousands of associates, we will be glad to do it. We can also organise an event in Association with you.

5. MEMBERSHIP FEES

• Membership is paid on an annual basis and the start date is from your payment has cleared in our account. The duration is for 365 days (including the date of payment cleared) thereafter.
• The annual fee is £250.00 (sterling) and is non-refundable.
• Your company must be clear of any County Court Judgements (UK) or the equivalent in Cyprus.
• Your company must be clear of any criminal or fraudulent activities.
• Your fee must be deposited in our account.
• Two Sponsorship packages are also available upon request.

On behalf of the Association

Savvas Kyriakides
Founder & President