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VALUE VALUE PROPOSITION Business Hi-Lite Magazine : This glossy B2B magazine is To To be be the “voice of business” of business” promoting promoting an environment an now Business in-house, Hi-Lite produced Magazine quarterly, : This with glossy set B2B themes magazine for environment for growth for and growth sustainability and sustainability through maintaining through each is now edition, in-house, adding produced relevant quarterly, topics and with information set themes / for maintaining strong, proactive strong, relations proactive with relations both with internal both and news each of edition, what's happening. adding relevant It also topics features and information/ Chamber internal external and stakeholders, external stakeholders, including including provincial provincial and local activities news and of what’s developments happening. the It area. also features Chamber and government, local government, member member companies, companies, other business other activities and developments in the area. business organisations organisations and organised and organised labour. labour. Trade & Information : Aside from trade assistance and information, Trade & Information Chamber is : Aside also from certied trade to assistance issue Geographic Geographic areas areas of operation of operation Border-Kei Border-Kei Chamber Chamber of Business (BKCOB) has offices in East London and Certicates and information, of Origin the for Chamber exporting is companies. also certified to issue of Business (BKCOB) has offices in East London and Certificates of Origin for exporting companies. Queenstown Queenstown (Komani) (Komani) which which serve serve the the greater greater Border- Border- Kei region. Invest Buffalo City : A collaborative initiative where Kei region. Invest Buffalo City : A collaborative initiative where members can nd various economic information on members can find various economic information SERVICES AND BENEFITS TO MEMBERS Buffalo City. It provides a platform to attract SERVICES AND BENEFITS TO MEMBERS on Buffalo City. It provides a platform to attract BKCOB offers the following key services: international investors, as well as provide exposure for BKCOB offers the following key services: international investors, as well as provide exposure for local companies. local companies. Member listing : After joining, members receive the Member listing : After joining, members receive the member listing as part of their package. Committees : The Chamber has a robust and effective member listing as part of their package. Committees : The Chamber has a robust and effective committee structure to facilitate members' Membership Certicate : New members' induction committee structure to facilitate members’ participation, participation, and to enable the chamber to full its role and Membership networking functions Certificate – the : New chamber members’ holds six induction new and to enable the chamber to fulfil its role as the “voice as the “voice of business”. Over 120 voluntary business members' and networking induction functions and – networking the Chamber functions holds six new of business”. Over 120 voluntary business professionals professionals participate. annually, members’ and induction these provide and networking a valuable functions informal annually, but participate. structured and these opportunity provide a valuable to meet informal a broad but range structured of businesspeople. opportunity to meet a broad range of businesspeople. TURNOVER TURNOVER BKCOB BKCOB represents represents over over 650 650 member member organisations organisations that that Letters of of support : The : The chamber Chamber provides letters letters of of generate generate an an estimated estimated annual annual turnover turnover of R73-billion, R73-billion, and support to to members bidding for for government tenders, and that that employ employ some some 58 000 58 people 000 people who earn who an earn estimated an and and letters letters of of introduction for for members members attempting to to estimated annual annual income income of R19-billion of R19-billion in total. in total. expand expand their their business footprint. Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Noticed. www.bkcob.co.za
KEY BKCOB CONTACTS Chamber Focus PROMOTING BUSINESS IN THE REGION Les Holbrook, Executive Director of the Border-Kei Chamber of Business (BKCOB), highlights the reasons investors should look no further than Eastern Cape. More More flights ights and and greater greater flexibility exibility have have created created greater greater opportunities opportunities for for Buffalo Buffalo City City and and the the attractiveness of the region for visitors. attractiveness of the region for visitors. Undoubtedly the connectedness of a destination Undoubtedly the connectedness of a destination determines its potential to grow - and prices determines coupled with its an potential increase to in operators grow – and and prices ights coupled have changed with an the increase face in of operators Buffalo City. and Whereas flights have business changed remains the the face core of Buffalo of travellers, City. Whereas more and business more cruise remains liners the are core bringing of travellers, visitors more from and all more over the cruise globe. liners are bringing visitors from all over the globe. Port expansion remains one of Chamber’s Port expansion main remains focus areas, one with of Chamber’s Transnet still main the focus main areas, stakeholder with keeping Transnet the still future the of main our region stakeholder and investors’ keeping interests the future alive. of Present our region lobby and refers investors’ the interests expansion alive. of the Present Container lobby Terminal, refers to the the widening expansion and of deepening the Container of the Port Terminal, itself. As the simple widening as it and is, those deepening three activities of the Port will itself. in fact As simple as it is, those three activities will in fact make Buffalo City a more desirable location. make Buffalo City more desirable location. Widening the net also remain one of our Widening the net also remain one of our guiding guiding principles, principles, and and engaging engaging with with as many many stakeholders as possible as possible toward toward economic economic growth sits growth at the sits top at of the our top agenda. of our agenda. As we engage we we focus on on the the collaboration rather than the exception and recently a a number of of MOUs have been agreed in in structuring those engagements. The The Chamber’s Chambers own projects succeed because we invite participation, and and the the Call-2-Action Call-2-Action with with related related waste waste recycling recycling has has introduced introduced a a new new way way of of approaching approaching the the everlasting challenge of littering and waste everlasting challenge of littering and waste collection. collection. On the record, the Border-Kei Chamber of On the record, the Border-Kei Chamber of Business Business has and will continue to support the has development and will continue of to the support N2 Wild the development Coast road of development, the N2 Wild Coast with the road strong development, belief that with the the new strong highway belief will that usher the new in highway a new corridor will usher of/for in a new development corridor of/for – a development feature this Region – a feature is sorely this region lacking. is sorely lacking. T: +27 43 743 8438 F: +27 43 748 1507 www.bkcob.co.za Chamber House, The Hub, Bonza Bay Road, Beacon Bay, East London EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Les Holbrook | info@bkcob.co.za HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS / Hi-LITE EDITOR Candi Ferreira | communications@bkcob.co.za INVEST BUFFALO CITY Drayton Brown | ibc@bkcob.co.za www.investbuffalocity.co.za LES HOLBROOK Biography Les Holbrook has a National Technical Certicate as well as a Certicate in Management from Rhodes University. Prior to his appointment as the Executive Director of the Border-Kei Chamber of Business, he was the Deputy General Manager of Beier Industries of Transkei and Executive Director of the Transkei Chamber of Industries.
