Corporate Affiliates Network

Key Privileges for Affiliates

Network Benefits

The IOP's Corporate Affiliates Network (CAN) represents a thriving community, with more than 60 organisations of all sizes. Being a member of the CAN will strengthen your engagement with the Institute of Physics and further enhance your connections with businesses that rely on physics and physics-trained staff.   Download our printable brochure (468 Kb, Adobe PDF) and application form (298Kb, Adobe PDF), which presents our most up-to-date list of membership benefits.   Membership of our network, which is structured on a number of different levels, will benefit your business through:   giving your staff inclusive IOP memberships - keeping them informed about the Institute's news and enabling them to access to our professional development services opportunities to hear about latest developments in innovation. Our next event, entitled Show Me The Money, will take place on 18 February 2009 and explores funding options for SMEs substantial networking opportunities such as our biannual Key Insight Business Briefings, which attract high-profile speakers and participants from business, government and finance. See our past events section for more information making your opinion count through sharing your responses to government consultations and IOP position papers, and advising the Institute on industry focus and policy enhancing your knowledge through free places to our cutting edge conferences giving you access to high calibre graduates at our careers showcase evenings, allowing you to present yourself as an employer of choice by exhibiting your company vacancies expanding the professional skills of your staff, through our face-to-face and online transferable skills courses. Existing courses include financial awareness, people management, presentation skills and media awareness, and are run throughout the UK gaining professional business and personal legal advice through the IOP Law Advice Centre on any legal issues (supplemented by a helpline on Levels 1 and above) advertorial space, on joining, in our quarterly e-bulletin, keeping CAN members informed about events, relevant developments in government policy, and other activities, and a prominent hot-link from the IOP website sponsorship opportunity of a one-day IOP event (Levels 2 and above only), including a free tabletop display and use of company logos on literature, subject to space and availability   Below are full details of the various service level packages that we offer. To discuss membership for Levels 1, 2 or 3 in greater details, please contact Steve Bird, Business Development Manager, on 020 7470 4883 or e-mail steve.bird@iop.org.

Level 1

• Two IOP membership subscriptions
• Two tickets to the Key Insight Business Briefings
• Two tickets to CAN events
• Careers Showcase subsidy (10% on any catering)
• Two online courses
• Two face-to-face courses
• Six calls to IOP Law Advice Centre, offering business and personal legal advice, and unlimited access to IOP Law Advice website
• Free advertorial in the CAN e-bulletin on joining, and listing on IOP website
• IOP policy papers, and input to IOP responses to government consultations
• Online access to the MyIOP CAN network

Cost: £490+VAT, representing a saving of 50% on the full price of individual items.

Level 2

• Four IOP membership subscriptions
• Four tickets to the Key Insight Business Briefings
• Four tickets to CAN events
• Two tickets to IOP conferences
• Careers Showcase subsidy (free use of IOP facilities and a 10 % discount on any catering)
• Four online courses
• Four face-to-face courses
• 10 calls to IOP Law Advice Centre, offering business and personal legal advice, and unlimited access to IOP Law Advice website
• Sponsorship opportunity of a one-day IOP event (free tabletop display and use of company logos on literature, subject to space and availability)
• 15% discount off the cost of our Endorsed Training Provider Scheme
• Free advertorial in the CAN e-bulletin on joining, and listing on IOP website
• IOP policy papers, and input to IOP responses to government consultations
• Online access to the MyIOP CAN network

Cost: £1680+VAT, representing a saving of 40% on the full price of individual items.

Level 3

Flagship package, tailored to your specific needs. Pick and mix from the following benefits and services:

• membership subscriptions, KIBB tickets, Careers Showcase, online and other courses, CAN events (e.g. SME event), conferences, calls to IOP Law Advice Centre, sponsorship of conferences, Lab in a Lorry.

If you have other requirements please let us know. Contact us for a quote (e-mail business@iop.org, or telephone +44 (0)20 7470 4883).

Micro companies (up to nine employees)

Assuming that at least one employee is an individual member of the IOP (if not click here to join online), micro companies can join the network at no charge and will have access to services delivered electronically, such as our policy consultations and quarterly e-bulletin. Micro members are welcome to attend CAN and KIBB events at the ticket price (£30/£70).

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