Membership Benefits

Membership of the Institute of Business Consulting gives you the tools you need to succeed. We help you identify the right career path choice for you based on your existing skills and knowledge as well as developing and maintaining your skills and competence throughout your career.

Membership enhances your skills and career opportunities through access to approved qualifications and awards routes, a wealth of knowledge resources, networking opportunities and professional standards that encompass ethical behaviours and competences.

Whether you are an independent student embarking on your consulting career, an experienced practitioner, or employee of a consulting practice, we support you in all aspects of your working life and career development. 

Benefits to Members' Clients 

• Confidence that the project or assignment will be delivered with high levels of skill and competence
• Trust that the relationships and implementation will follow current best practice and the Institute’s Code of Professional Conduct and Practice 
• An easier process for selecting high quality advisers and consultants
• Assurance that the consultants and advisers they are employing are working within the aegis of an authoritative and respected professional body.

Benefits to Individual Members

• Networking opportunities through regional and central events
• Recognised training, qualifications and awards route to support your professional development
• Continuing professional development (CPD) online support - this allows members to record cpd activities and download a report.
• Access to standards of professional competence and ethics
• Access to our excellent Body of Knowledge which allows you to search our vast library resources extending to journals, periodicals, books, videos, podcasts, checklist. 
• Ask a researcher is a service we provide for members with little time to search our Body of Knowledge.
• Obtain Central London postal address by renting prestigious Savoy Court mailing address/forwarding service. Click here for application form
• Updates on Tenders and Job Opportunities
• Professional Manager magazine, packed with interesting features, news, book reviews and letters. Statutory members also receive the highly respected Management Today magazine and the online publication, the Business Consultant.
• Public Liability and Professional Indemnity insurance - preferential rates are available through our Management Information Centre.  Please contact Tim Evans on 0207 939 3400 or email
• Tender Alert to increase your business opportunities - preferential rates available to IBC members. To learn more, please click here
• Preferential rates to attend IBC training workshops

Business HR is a new a free service which provides members with quick access to a series of HR templates such as: contracts, handbooks, letters and forms.  You can also subscribe to an HR monthly newsletter which will keep you abreast of any changes to legislation which may affect your business. To find out more click here to read more.

For more information on membership benefits please 01536 207480 or email membership@ibconsulting.org.uk