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Joint Membership of North of England Excellence
and the British Quality Foundation

BQF LogoMembership of both North of England Excellence (NoEE) and the British Quality Foundation (BQF), the national body for excellence and quality – two memberships for the price of one.

  • Access to the NoEE telephone advice service
  • One business improvement health check annually from the NoEE team
  • Exclusive access to the "Business Case for Excellence" research material
  • Introductions to other members to share best practice, network, and benchmark
  • Substantial discounts on all NoEE and BQF products
  • Free subscription to UK Excellence – the BQF's quarterly magazine
  • Access to benchmarking data to compare performance against the North's leading businesses
  • Access to the NoEE self assessment resource library – for members' exclusive use
  • Licensing rights for use of the NoEE and BQF logos on company stationery and advertising material
  • Hot desk facilities in NoEE's Warrington Head Office

Plus...

  • Networking Groups
  • Toolkits – unique and streamlined EFQM self- assessment tools
  • WorkshopsandConferences
  • Best Practive Visits to the North's leading organisations
  • AwardsandRecognition
  • InnovationUnit
  • LeanSixSigmaAcademy

New for 2012 – Partner Members

All the benefits of Joint Membership plus:

  • Ten places at the Chairman's reception plus a table for ten plus at the annual
    North of England Excellence Awards – value £1250
  • One free assessor place for the North of England Excellence Awards – value up to £600
  • One free place at all NoEE conferences
  • Two places for the price of one at all NoEE training courses
  • Advance notice and the first opportunity to book places for all NoEE events
  • An annual one day excellence health check using the Excellence Toolkit with a comprehensive
    report on strengths and areas for improvement – value £1000
  • Informal benchmarking service – best practice sharing, benchmarking, and networking
    with other Partner Members
  • Annual Partner Member's lunch and conference with speakers and networking opportunities
  • Free monthly copy of the CQI magazine "Quality World"
  • Inclusion of logo and web site links on the NoEE web site, and reference to the support
    of Partner Members in the annual awards brochure and at the annual awards ceremony

Download the 2012 Membership Benefits and Application Information.

2012 Joint North of England Excellence / British Quality Foundation Membership Fees
Employees Net Fees VAT (20%) Total (incl. VAT)
1-20 £275.00 £55.00 £333.00
21-50 £340.00 £68.00 £408.00
51-250 £510.00 £102.00 £612.00
251-1000 £820.00 £164.00 £984.00
1001and above £1,570.00 £314.00 £1,884.00
Partner Membership Fees
Partner Membership £2,750.00 £550.00 £3300.00

Note: Departments of large organisations may join and be categorised according to the number of staff in the department. However in such cases membership benefits are strictly limited to that department.