WHY JOIN TRADE ASSOCIATIONS?
The first port of call for many new businesses is to join business association, membership of a professional trade organisation could be prerequisite for their sector, often it can be simply that the business owners see the association as an opportunity to ‘network’, secure new clients, and suppliers. Over the last decade there has been an ever increasing number of new business associations setting up. With the development of the Internet we have seen considerable growth in ‘online trading network communities’. However, there has been a few international trading communities specifically for women owned businesses such as the Bag Lady!
