The Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce (The Chamber) is a not-for-profit membership-based service organisation that has been the home and voice of business in the Waitaha Canterbury region since 1859. Comprised of over 2,600 member organisations, our purpose is to empower people in business by providing advisory and consultancy support in employment relations, human resources, health and safety, international trade, migrant support, manufacturing, research and development grants, training and development, and events to inspire, inform and educate our members. With a long history of providing business support in the region, we are highly regarded as one of the leading business support organisations in the country, alongside our BusinessNZ Network, and a valued stakeholder of decision-makers at a local and national level.