The fire breathing Dragons in the chairs this week were:- Jacqui McMillan – General Manager, Novotel Brentford Brian Burgess – Director, Lionel Road Developments Ltd Richard Fuller – Managing Director Fuller Smith & Turner Nick Green – Director, Property Services Group, Sky. Hosted at Brentford School for Girls, guests and contestants were welcomed with delicious…
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Syon House is currently looking for a friendly, enthusiastic person to work as a part-time Receptionist to support the Estate Office at Syon House and assist with general office administration.
The candidate will have:
The normal working hours are Monday to Friday 10.00am to 2.00pm. There may be requirement of extended hours occasionally as per the needs of the business.
British Airways cordially invites you to attend our Business Breakfast taking place on 24th March 2015 from 08:15 to 10:45 at our BA Head Office, with a continental breakfast included (will be served from 8:30).
We hope you can join us to discover how your business can develop a motivated, skilled and qualified workforce by taking on apprentices.
On the morning we will:
Brentford FC have been kind enough, once again, to invite Brentford Chamber members to the next Brentford FC Business Club Meeting.
Greg Leniston, the Regional Sales Manager of the NOHO Group, has very kindly offered to host this meeting and will be giving a ten minute presentation, and then a tour of Urban Villa.
The meeting is Thursday 19th March, 12:30pm to 2:00pm, and will be held at the Urban Villas, GWQ, Great West Road, Brentford.
You are invited to LB Hounslow’s Apprenticeship Open Day that will be on the 12th March 2015 from 16.00-18.00. It is an opportunity for businesses that already employ apprentices to share their experiences of taking on an apprentices, as well as businesses thinking of taking on an apprentices, but are not yet completely sure if…
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On 5th March, Parliament held a debate in support of International Women’s Day on March 8th. During this Mary Macleod MP mentioned many local women in business:
In my west London constituency, in Chiswick, Brentford, Isleworth and Hounslow, one of the most well-known female entrepreneurs is Cath Kidston, who opened her first shop in 1993 and now has 59 stores in the UK and 54 across Spain, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. She started making wash bags and aprons because she had over-ordered fabric.
Another entrepreneur from Hounslow is Shavata Singh, who is now famous for doing the eyebrows of the stars. Almost every department store now has a Shavata concession doing eyebrows—if you ever need them done, Mr Deputy Speaker. She has now established her flagship store in Knightsbridge and is doing amazing work. Angela Lyons-Redman, of My Plumber, is based in Brentford and Chiswick. She left her job as a solicitor because she thought she could offer a better, faster service in the plumbing world—initially working from her bedroom, with a plumber on a motorbike—and now employs 38 people and several apprentices. She is doing a great job with that company.
TfL is planning to modernise the traffic signal equipment at the junction of the A4 Great West Road with Ealing Road. The existing equipment which manages the operation of the junction is approaching the end of its operational life, and is in need of upgrading.
The current method of control has traffic circulating the roundabout receiving a green signal at the same time as Ealing Road, which means that traffic from Ealing Road is in direct conflict with traffic on the roundabout. To meet the current design and safety guidance this cannot continue so a new method of control will be introduced to separate the north and south flow to avoid conflicting movements. However, traffic modelling exercises showed that implementing an additional signal phase to allow north and south traffic to flow separately would create a build up of traffic at the junction.
West Thames College are running their Health and Safety in the Workplace CIEH accredited course On 20th March 9:30am – 4:30pm Cost £95 per person See West Thames College for further details. Please contact Cameron Ternent on cameron.ternent@west-thames.ac.uk or 020 8326 2421 for further details or to book your place.
The Claude Littner Business School, University of West London invite you to the Launch of the University of West London Best Practice Network.
Join us for an evening of insightful talks and a lively debate on UK Outsourcing trends.
Professor Khalid Hafeez, Dean of the Claude Littner Business School and Kerry Hallard, CEO of the National Outsourcing Association will be sharing their expert views with us.
Drinks and refreshments will be provided and the event is free of charge.
Audience and guests were welcomed to our semi-finals with a delicious buffet and good opportunity to meet other members of our Chamber. The students pitching their ideas did an excellent job of enthusiastically explaining and selling their genius to an audience and the Dragons in the theatre at Brentford School for Girls. Our fearsome Dragons…
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