AIS KickStart - practical help, support and advice for personal and business development within the interiors sector.

AIS recognises that many interior companies value AIS membership and would like to join, but currently do not meet its strict vetting criteria.  Part of any trade association’s remit is to raise industry standards, be it through education, training or practical advice.  AIS KickStart programme has been designed to do just that.

New businesses:
AIS offers support and advice to new companies that aspire to be AIS members but do not currently meet its stringent application criteria, primarily because they are unable to provide two sets of final accounts.

Existing businesses:
It is inevitable given the strict vetting criteria AIS imposes for applicants that some will fail to meet its criteria.  AIS offers companies which aspire to be AIS members, but do not meet the membership criteria business support to help them develop and become AIS members.

Benefits:
• Access to selected secure documents on the AIS Member Zone including AIS Factfile information sheets.
• AIMS document and relevant supporting documentation
• Receive regular AIS e-bulletins
• Editorial opportunities in Interiors Insight, including article writing
• Promotional advertising in Interiors Focus and Interiors Insight at a discounted rate
• Attend members’ meetings
• Free copies of Interiors Focus (biannual) and Interiors Insight (quarterly)
• Attend the Annual Conference and the President’s Lunch at the standard rate
• Discounted stand rate at easyFairs Interior Fit-Out exhibition
• Credit Insurance at AIS rates
• Free Credit Checks
• AIS helplines
• Advertise job vacancies on the AIS JobSpot
• Attend AIS or NISTG Training Courses at NISTG rates

Cost: £400 + VAT per annum

Terms and conditions:
• Companies may subscribe to AIS KickStart for a maximum of three years
• Companies must complete the registration form
• Companies must agree to abide by the AIS code of conduct.  Failure to do so will result in immediate removal from the programme
• Companies must not in anyway infer they are AIS members.  However, they may promote the fact that they subscribe to the AIS KickStart programme, and are actively working towards membership of the Association.