The BWDMA WAS a “broad church”, an inclusive organisation, open to all companies and individuals that have an interest in the new media sector. BWDMA is influence-driven rather than membership-driven.
The Association seeks to improve e-business standards through sharing knowledge, understanding, and propagating best practices. To further its aims and objectives, the association actively solicits constructive relationships with industry, government, academia, and other bodies that may have common goals or purposes.
Business And The Digital Economy
The Association seeks to assist all industries with adopting and applying Internet and related technologies to encourage development in the digital economy. The BWDMA endeavours to provide a gateway for businesses to purchase with confidence from reputable suppliers through the free procurement service Web Project Guide.
Collaboration
The Association proactively operates a Industry Collaboration programme with reputable digital economy trade bodies. Additionally, we actively support the development of associations, network organisations, and community groups that share our values. This reflects a genuine commitment to knowledge sharing. For details of these activities, please click here.
Industry Initiative
BWDMA created and manages Internet Integrity, an industry initiative to improve the culture of the UK internet and promote industry collaboration for cybercrime prevention activities.
Law Enforcement
The Association has established an effective working relationship with the National High Tech Crime Unit and collaborates to support the NHTC and BWDMA initiatives for Cyber Crime issues.
Business and Government
The Association is an active participant in the Digital Content Forum (a DTi partnership with industry initiative). DCF provides a platform to exert an influence and also capitalise upon cross pollination and collaboration opportunities with other trade organisations.
Business Class Members
To support the Web Project Guide service, Business Class Members are committed to our code of conduct for fair-trading and have passed our evaluation process and in the case of Certified Corporate Memberships have been subject to the scrutiny of five references obtained from their clients.
Personal Members
From a broad spectrum of society including all areas of new media, students, entrepreneurs and people interested in our industry sector also agree to abide by a code of conduct.
Global Presence
BWDMA is outward looking and collaborates with overseas organisations and companies that can assist with realisation of our aims and objectives to promote British Industry abroad.
Education Training And Skills
BWDMA is committed to the creation collaborative initiatives with academia and industry to promote the higher standards of learning and attract talent to the sector.
Source And Application Of Funds
Income is generated from private funding, subscription fees, corporate sponsorship, advertising, and event management.
Income is applied to administration, and organisation supporting the provision of a professional service to members and buyers of new media services.
The Association does not earn commissions upon recommended services from Members Value Alliance Partners unless specifically stated; the beneficial value of such commissions is passed directly to members by way of reduced price for services that members may purchase from Alliance Partners. Training services from the alliance partner Skills Pride generates revenue, part of which is retained by the Association with the remainder committed to subsidising member training costs.
Principles receive no direct or indirect financial or benefit in kind from the Association; they donate their time on a voluntary basis. No expenditure has been committed to PR, as the Association prefers to win recognition through industry initiatives.