The Priory Rooms prides itself on delivering excellent customer service, outstanding facilities, implementing ethical and fair operating policies and being a not-for-profit organisation.
Our Memberships and Accreditations
Our values are reflected in the associations we have chosen to join and the accreditations we have been awarded.
Acquiring the Industry Standard mark means that your business has followed government and industry COVID-19 guidelines, has a Risk Assessment in place and a process to maintain cleanliness and aid social distancing
In April 2016 the government introduced a higher minimum wage rate for all staff over 25 years of age inspired by the Living Wage campaign – even calling it the ‘national living wage’.
However, the government’s ‘national living wage’ is not calculated according to what employees and their families need to live.
Instead, it is based on a target to reach 60% of median earnings by 2020. Under current forecasts this means a rise to less than £9 per hour by 2020.
For under 25s, the minimum wage rates also take into account affordability for employers.
The real Living Wage rates are higher because they are independently-calculated based on what people need to get by. That’s why we encourage all employers that can afford to do so to ensure their employees earn a wage that meets the costs of living, not just the government minimum.
More than 500 venues and service suppliers across the UK have proudly achieved AIM Accreditation, which is endorsed by the HBAA and more than 35 UK business tourism destinations. AIM-accredited venues and suppliers are audited against a strict 50-point criteria including:
Assures buyers of your quality, professionalism and credibility
Audits your business to improve internal processes and procedures
Demonstrates your commitment to operational excellence
Meets government department procurement criteria
Is recognised by agent members of the HBAA and Calder Conferences
Great sales leverage tool for conversions and new business
Motivates and aligns your team to industry best practice and improves staff retention
We are the leading global authority on social enterprise.
We are the biggest network of social enterprises in the UK.
We are a strategic partner to 6 government departments and have led public policy on social enterprise for 15 years.
We have unrivalled business relationships working with some of the biggest companies in the UK to support social enterprise through their supply chains, people and networks.
Our membership is a network that includes all the leading lights of the UK social enterprise movement from multi million pound health care and public service providers to community organisations and retail businesses.
We have created the world’s largest commitment to social procurement through the Buy Social Corporate Challenge.
Social Enterprise UK (SEUK) is the UK’s membership body for social enterprises. We lead the world’s largest network of businesses with a social purpose who together are helping to create a fairer economy and a more sustainable future for everyone. We exist to be a strong voice for social enterprise, to evidence the difference that social enterprises are making and to demonstrate solutions and influence decision-makers to create an environment in which social enterprise can thrive. We work with mainstream businesses and public sector institutions to help them bring social enterprises into their supply chains.
Colmore Business District is a business improvement district (BID) established to project manage improvements and services to the business quarter of Birmingham.
A BID is a defined geographical area within which local businesses collaborate to invest in projects, services and initiatives which improve the environment in which they work.
We set out in 2004 on a mission to revolutionise business sustainability, starting with waste and recycling.
Today we help over 30,000 UK businesses with zero-to-landfill waste collection, over 25 other recycling collection services.
And along the way we’ve implemented lots of innovative tech to help us deliver a hassle-free, low impact, reliable service that’s good for our customers, as well as the planet.
Acquiring the Industry Standard mark means that your business has followed government and industry COVID-19 guidelines, has a Risk Assessment in place and a process to maintain cleanliness and aid social distancing
In April 2016 the government introduced a higher minimum wage rate for all staff over 25 years of age inspired by the Living Wage campaign – even calling it the ‘national living wage’.
However, the government’s ‘national living wage’ is not calculated according to what employees and their families need to live.
Instead, it is based on a target to reach 60% of median earnings by 2020. Under current forecasts this means a rise to less than £9 per hour by 2020.
For under 25s, the minimum wage rates also take into account affordability for employers.
The real Living Wage rates are higher because they are independently-calculated based on what people need to get by. That’s why we encourage all employers that can afford to do so to ensure their employees earn a wage that meets the costs of living, not just the government minimum.
More than 500 venues and service suppliers across the UK have proudly achieved AIM Accreditation, which is endorsed by the HBAA and more than 35 UK business tourism destinations. AIM-accredited venues and suppliers are audited against a strict 50-point criteria including:
Assures buyers of your quality, professionalism and credibility
Audits your business to improve internal processes and procedures
Demonstrates your commitment to operational excellence
Meets government department procurement criteria
Is recognised by agent members of the HBAA and Calder Conferences
Great sales leverage tool for conversions and new business
Motivates and aligns your team to industry best practice and improves staff retention
We are the leading global authority on social enterprise.
We are the biggest network of social enterprises in the UK.
We are a strategic partner to 6 government departments and have led public policy on social enterprise for 15 years.
We have unrivalled business relationships working with some of the biggest companies in the UK to support social enterprise through their supply chains, people and networks.
Our membership is a network that includes all the leading lights of the UK social enterprise movement from multi million pound health care and public service providers to community organisations and retail businesses.
We have created the world’s largest commitment to social procurement through the Buy Social Corporate Challenge.
Social Enterprise UK (SEUK) is the UK’s membership body for social enterprises. We lead the world’s largest network of businesses with a social purpose who together are helping to create a fairer economy and a more sustainable future for everyone. We exist to be a strong voice for social enterprise, to evidence the difference that social enterprises are making and to demonstrate solutions and influence decision-makers to create an environment in which social enterprise can thrive. We work with mainstream businesses and public sector institutions to help them bring social enterprises into their supply chains.
Colmore Business District is a business improvement district (BID) established to project manage improvements and services to the business quarter of Birmingham.
A BID is a defined geographical area within which local businesses collaborate to invest in projects, services and initiatives which improve the environment in which they work.
We set out in 2004 on a mission to revolutionise business sustainability, starting with waste and recycling.
Today we help over 30,000 UK businesses with zero-to-landfill waste collection, over 25 other recycling collection services.
And along the way we’ve implemented lots of innovative tech to help us deliver a hassle-free, low impact, reliable service that’s good for our customers, as well as the planet.