The category in the online profile is intended to help people find members by what they do, rather than by name or searching for specific text, for example to find the accountants within SWIB.
You can choose up to 2 categories. If you really can’t find a suitable category, please use the “Other” option to suggest a category. This will be reviewed by SWIB to see if it should be added to the list. You will appear in the “Other” category while this review takes place.
Current categories
Administration: eg virtual assistant, book-keeping
Agriculture/Fishing/Forestry
Animal welfare & services: e.g. vet, animal & owner trainers, dog care
Architecture/Surveyor
Beauty & Salon Services
Business Services: eg consultancy, event management, sales but not marketing, recycling, concierge/virtual assistant, printing, commercial cleaning
Charity/Social Enterprise: note that social enterprises are free to list under their business sector, eg childcare
Coaching: eg business, personal, career coaching
Construction
Creative Services: e.g. artists, landscape design, interior design, clothing design, writers
Design: eg interior design
Domestic services: eg child care, fashion advice, concierge, cleaning
Energy
Engineering/Technical
Environmental services
Events: eg event management, event venues
Financial services: eg accounting, business investment, book-keeping, financial advice, debt recovery, invoice factoring
Food/drink
Government: eg government relations, public sector
Health/Fitness: eg fitness instructor
Hospitality/Leisure
HR/Recruitment
IT/Technology: eg IT support, development, WEEE disposal, software development
Legal
Logistics/Storage: eg businesses involved in transport and storage of goods
Manufacturing
Marketing & PR: eg branding, consultancy, web design
Media: eg video, audio, photography
Medical/Health/Social care: eg adult care, child care
Photography: Photography
Property: eg property letting, property maintenance
Retail & Fashion: eg online retail
Science: eg life sciences
Security
Tourism/Culture
Training/Education
Utilities
Wellbeing: eg fitness instructor, healthy living products, counselling
