You will benefit from being associated with a trade body that represents quality and professionalism, setting you apart from the rogue traders and a voice that has the strength to represent, support and promote you. You will also gain access to cost savings on a range of services, with expert knowledge and advice, making the everyday running of your business much easier and more cost effective. Membership is essential for anyone committed to improving the industry and running a professional and profitable business.
We know it’s important to find new business and we work hard to build consumer awareness. We’ll recommend you to potential customers and your business will be listed on the ‘find an installer’ search engine, on the APHC website. By displaying the APHC logo on your vehicles and stationery, you’ll be linked with quality and professionalism, setting you apart from the rest.
Our economies of scale gives us the ability to offer a range of exclusive discounts on business essentials such as insurance, pensions, debt collection, fuel cards, legal advice, card processing, gas notifications, competent persons scheme, training, website design and more. We also offer free in-house expert helplines for technical, health & safety, employment and industrial relations issues.
It’s really important to stay up to date on what’s happening in your industry. We make sure you have access to accurate information, available in a range of concise and convenient formats, so you don’t miss out or waste time searching. You’ll have access to the members area of the website, factsheets, advice guides, quarterly member magazines and regular e-bulletins.
We also support you behind the scenes, working with Government and other industry bodies to protect and represent your interests, monitoring existing legislation and helping to shape new legislation. We listen to you and use our collective power to lobby on your behalf, voicing your concerns to ensure you get a fair deal.
We operate three types of membership:
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Annual Fee (+ VAT)
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All business services
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£360.00 (£50* + £310)
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All business services & Competent Persons Scheme
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£585.00 (£275** + £310)
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All business services & targeted marketing channels
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£602.50
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*This is an application fee which is payable upfront and only applicable to the first year of membership. **This is an application fee which is payable up front for the approval of a members business with up to 5 qualified supervisors (this covered the inspection of two jobs). If a greater number of qualified supervisors are required, we will quote accordingly. This fee becomes an integral part of your membership subscription for the second year of membership (£585 + VAT per year)
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