Why Join?
Business Hunter Member Benefits
Choose the benefits that best suit your business
Business Hunter offers a range of membership plans to suit your business needs, whether you're looking for networking opportunities, business management support or direct engagement with the region's business and community leaders.
Through our affiliation with Business NSW, businesses can choose to be a part of Member+. Member+ helps us support, advocate and improve conditions for more Australian businesses.
Or, you can choose to join our exclusive Hunter First network of leading businesses and organisations from across the region. Hunter First has three membership levels.
MEMBER BENEFITS
Membership plans offer a range of benefits, including the following:
- Priority access to our comprehensive program of more than 40 events per year;
- Member discounts or free entry to ticketed events, depending on membership plan;
- Free entry entitlements to networking to events;
- Webcasts and webinars;
- Workplace Advice Line calls (Business Workplace and Hunter First members);
- Email updates to help you stay informed with business issues and opportunities, including regulatory changes, grants and upcoming events;
- Advocacy support harnessing the combined expertise and influence of Business Hunter and Business NSW;
- Input into our policy and advocacy agenda;
- 5% discount on legal services from Australian Business Lawyers and Advisors;
- Advice, tools and documents from Business Australia, to help members grow, improve margins and be better employers;
- Opportunity to vote on resolutions at member general meetings and participate in board elections. Read more about Voting rights.
Memeber+
Whether your business is big, small, new or established, helping you succeed is at the heart of what we do. Subscribe to Member+ and help us support, advocate and improve conditions for more Australian businesses.
Cost per month: $20 per month or $200 per year. Including GST.
How we help you
- Campaign for the rights of business owners in workplace reform, skills and education, infrastructure, tourism, and regional development
- Work with key bodies including the Fair Work Ombudsman, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), and Local, State and Federal Government.
- Deliver a range of free and cost-effective rescources, tools, and services for members to help them be better in business.
More information about Member+ can be found here or call 13 26 96 (9am - 5pm AEDT)
Your contribution will allow more business owners nationwide to access the support they need to prosper and for our business communities to grow.
hunter first membership
Hunter First member organisations receive a range of exclusive benefits including:
- access to high-level events and networking opportunities,
- forums with parliamentary leaders, industry leaders and key regional stakeholders,
- invitations to C-suite events exclusive to the Firsts network,
- personal engagement with the Business Hunter CEO and Board of Directors,
- input into the Business Hunter policy agenda,
- advocacy support,
- assistance with HR, IR, WHS, legal and marketing advice.
Visit the Hunter First pages for more information about membership or Hunter First Exclusive Events.
Local Business Chamber membership
Are you a member of an affiliated Local Business Chamber?
If so, you can get 20% off the annual membership fee for Business Networker or Business Workplace.