SWIB membership survey 2015
Thank you to all those members who took the time to respond to our survey earlier this year. If you'd like to read the report, you'll need to sign in first here.
The results of this are now available to members in the summary report.
SWIB website Terms & Conditions have changed
Our website Terms & Conditions (T&Cs) have changed in relation to services and items purchased through this site, in order that we comply with the most recent EU Directive on distance selling. We have also made some related changes to the website.
The changes can be summarised as:
- your rights to a refund should you no longer wish to proceed with a transaction are increased from 7 to 14 days
- your refund (if valid) will be paid within 14 days (or when an item is returned) instead of 30 days
- we have provided a form for you to request a refund, although we will still accept telephone cancellations of event bookings
- we have added links to the T&Cs when you make a booking, apply to join or buy an item from the swib shop
- we have added a link to the refund form at the foot of every page of the site to make it easy to access (the link is Returns and Refunds)
swib's site is already compliant with other aspects of these new regulations.
You will find the revised T&Cs here which explain what can and can't be refunded, and you will find the refund form here.
Changes to member offers
One of the benefits of swib membership is the ability to make special offers to other members. You have always been able to make "permanent" offers, lasting for the duration of your membership, but in the past, there was a charge of £50 for special limited-time promotions lasting up to 90 days. This charge has now been removed, so all member listings are now free.
Running a special event and want to offer swib members a discounted rate? Trying a new product and want to offer it at an introductory price to swib members for a period? The limited-time offer is perfect for these and more.
You can see the existing range of offers here, and create your own.
Guide to being a director
If you are interested in serving as a director of a company (or you are the director of your own company), then you may find the Guide to Directors from Morton Fraser to be a very useful read.
Primarily aimed at directors of private companies, nevertheless it is also helpful reading for those who are (or wish to be) directors of public companies or trustees of charities. In these cases, there are additional regulations and laws that apply, but this guide is an excellent starting point.
Results from SWIB's member survey 2013
Earlier this year we asked members to let us know their views on the benefits of membership – what benefits are useful and what could be improved?
We received an excellent response to this survey. You can find the full details on the findings, and what swib is doing next, here.
Some of the key points:
- All of our members pointed to the usefulness of our networking at events, with a whopping 93% saying they had definitely found this useful. Great news!
- 74% of members have found the member directory useful (which serves as a good reminder: are your details up to date?)
- Member offers are considered possibly useful, but may have lacked visibility – we’ve changed that on our website and you can now find them here
- 80% appreciate the vouchers which reward members for recommending swib
- swib could be doing more to pass on information about Glasgow Chamber of Commerce events (which swib members can attend at member rates, as a representative of swib)
Members also provided a great many useful suggestions which we’re following up, and very helpful comments and observations. The following is typical of the feedback to our events – thank you so much!
“I enjoy coming to events to meet new and interesting people in great venues and enjoy good food with great banter. The speakers are always interesting and informative. I have made some business connections but more importantly some people I would now call friends.”
Thanks to all members for their time and helpful suggestions. We will feed back to you any further progress through this website, our social media channels and our newsletter. In the meantime if you have any questions on the survey please contact president@scottishwomeninbusiness.org.uk.
NOTE: One of the actions was to invite members to meet with the leaders of the Association of Scottish Businesswomen (ASB) who shared their plans for the organisation and how swib members can be part of that. You can find out what was said and presented here.
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