Fine Art Trade Guild
 

Why will your business benefit from Guild membership?

  Cutting costs, maximising margins
  Maintaining standards
  Improving skills
  Staying ahead of your competitors

Join the Fine Art Trade Guild today, you could recoup your annual membership fee many times over!

Joining the Fine Art Trade Guild makes a powerful statement about your drive to succeed and demonstrates to others in the art and framing world that you are aiming for the highest level of achievement in your profession. Most importantly, it tells your existing and potential customers that you care about their interests - care enough to invest in best practice, knowledge improvement and skills development. The Fine Art Trade Guild is the trade association for the sector, working to promote, develop and inform the whole Art & Framing industry. By becoming a Fine Art Trade Guild member, you will have access to a wealth of intelligence and be able to call upon a vast resource of information and support services to enhance your business. Your membership includes a range of cost saving commercial benefits.
Your membership includes:
  • Free subscription to Art Business Today - the winner of the Trade Association Forum's inaugural magazine of the year award 2003.
  • Free 24-hour access to our legal helpline on every facet of the law - speak to a professionally qualified advisor on VAT, tax, consumer and employment law and all other issues affecting you & your business
  • Significant savings on merchant services - the Guild has negotiated its lowest ever rates. Guild members can earn more from every credit and debit card sale!
  • Huge savings on business, art and health insurance - precisely tailored for the cover you require
  • Free line classified advertising in Art Business Today
  • Additional marketing opportunity for your business on the online members' directory
  • Free entry into and copy of The Directory - the prime information tool and comprehensive annual publication for the art and framing industry that the Guild represents
  • Use of the "Member, Fine Art Trade Guild " Logo
  • Discounted advertising rates in Art Business Today & The Directory
  • Discounted member rates on all Guild products and on Guild publications
  • Export assistance
  • Eligibility to serve on the Guild Board of Directors and committees, or to lead your local Branch, contributing towards the industry's policy making, strategy, and activities for development and growth.
The Guild office offers a range of services to assist members, including the Guild information hotline - fielding over 1200 enquiries per annum on a diverse range of topics related to the art & framing industry.
The Fine Art Trade Guild exhibits at many trade shows, both to recruit new members and to provide a convenient source of support and information for existing members.

Who should join
Membership of the Fine Art Trade Guild enables publishers, printers, galleries and artists, as well as framers and suppliers of framing equipment and materials, to devise strategies for the growth of the whole industry.
Over 1200 individuals and businesses in the art and framing industry are convinced of the benefits of Fine Art Trade Guild membership, which can amount to as LITTLE AS £5 A WEEK, and is FULLY TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
What are you waiting for? JOIN NOW

Please click the appropriate category from the links below that reflects the business you operate, to find out more about all the amazing benefits:

| Artist/Artists' Agent | Contract Framer | Picture Restorer |Distributor/Publisher | Printer |
| Trade Supplier |Retailer/Framer/Gallery |

JOIN the Fine Art Trade Guild to receive the information you need to run your art & framing business.
JOIN the Fine Art Trade Guild to add your voice to the growing number of companies who are shaping the future of the art & framing industry.
JOIN the Fine Art Trade Guild to show your support for the only trade association exclusively dedicated to art & framing industry.
You should be a Member? Join Now

What members say about the Fine Art Trade Guild
'Every credit and debit card sale costs me LESS thanks to the Guild' - Guild member David Wilkie GCF, Eagle Gallery

'Guild funding has given me the opportunity to go to Decor Expo, New York, as well as other shows which I could not have done otherwise. The Guild is always there to help' - Keith Siddle, Artist Member

'The Guild gives artists a sense of belonging and helps us develop awareness of the business world. You can turn to the Guild for support and advice - Gordon King, Artist Member
Based in Ireland? Click here
Based in New Zealand ? Click here
 
  Based in Ireland
Welcome, Although the Guild office is in England,the Guild in Ireland is very much your own trade association. Getting involved will help you engage in improving the industry in your country.


Regional network
We have a full-fledged branch in Ireland and are constantly looking to grow. Full contact details, plus information on what's happening in your branch can be found by contacting your branch master. Details are as follows:
Branch Master: Eamonn Burke GCF
Contact: A-Frame Plus, [353] 065 905 6653
2007 Events: 21 October 2007

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  Based in New Zealand
Welcome, Although the Guild office is in England, the Guild in New Zealand is very much your own trade association. Getting involved will help you engage in improving the industry in your country.


Regional network We have a full-fledged branch in New Zealand and are constantly looking to grow. Full contact details, plus information on what's happening in your branch can be found by contacting your branch master. Details are as follows:

Branch Master: Gary Wright
Contact: Rosedale Gallery & Framing Studio, [64] 09 415 6979
2007 Events: 1-2 September 2007 (Wellington), South Island meetings for 2007 TBC

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