Our Spring Brentford Dragons at the Holiday Inn was a glorious success, building on previous events and increased awareness and excitement by local businesses. The Holiday Inn at Brentford Lock generously sponsored the evening’s three course dinner which was enjoyed by 70 guests. The Dragons were, as ever, an interesting and varied group. Penny Jenkins…
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On Saturday February 8th Brentford FC (who are almost top of the league at the moment!) are playing Crawley and you are invited to attend at £20 for football and lunch beforehand at Siracusa. We’re getting quite a group together so it should be an afternoon of fun. Please confirm attendance by 31st January.
We then are meeting up for our Spring Brentford Dragons on February 13th at the Holiday Inn. The new dragons will be announced shortly.
Several members of Brentford Chamber Executive attended a business meeting at LB Hounslow this month to discuss the planned regeneration of the Golden Mile. LBH have several proposals that will improved public transport to the Great West Road, seeking to link nearby rail stations (Brentford, Syon Lane and Hounslow) to the HS2 and Cross Rail…
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Our Spring Brentford Dragons takes place next month, succeeding our launch event and Autumn Dragons last year.
We are delighted to announce that Holiday Inn Brentford Lock have graciously agreed to support this evening by sponsoring a three course, sit down dinner with wine and a welcome drink. The evening will commence at 6:30pm on Thursday 13th February.
A select number of business students will pitch their business ideas to the Dragons, who include Will Butler-Adam, Managing Director of Brompton Bicycles, Richard Lee, Brentford FC Goalie and successful entrepreneur, and Penny Jenkins, Director of Kew Bridge Steam Museum. Our final Dragon will be announced shortly. Our Dragons will quiz the Students and impart beneficial business advice on the feasibility of their project.
Brendon Walsh, Director of Regeneration, Economic Development and Environment. and Heather Cheesbrough, Assistant Director Strategic Planning, Regeneration and Economic Development invite you on behalf of LB Hounslow to a special event on Monday 10th February 2014 from 5.30-8.00pm at the Hounslow Civic Centre to discuss investing in Hounslow.
We are looking at strong economic growth levels in Hounslow with unprecedented levels of development and investment. In order for the borough to capture this growth for the benefit of its residents, the Council is taking a lead role in coordinating regeneration, economic development, skills, training and planning.
On 6th February Hounslow Council is holding a free Breakfast Business Fair to give local businesses the opportunity to learn moe about the business services that the Council provides. Businesses are invited to:
Clive Potts is doing a Master’s degree at the University of West London. As part of his degree he is writing a dissertation entitled “Graduate Recruitment by Small Business”. In order to write this he would like to interview several small businesses. The interviews would last no more than an hour. He would record them…
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You are invited to a free event, The Brentford Exchange, an speed date event to link and connect local businesses and initiatives.
From high street retailers to Sunday Market independents, this informal workshop will enable you to get to know each other better and explore themes that are important to you.
Mary Macleod MP welcomed the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon David Cameron MP, to Brentford on Monday to meet a number of small business owners to hear about their achievements and challenges and what more the Government can do to support them to be successful.
Our latest Chamber event on Tuesday, gave our members a privileged and fascinating tour of Brompton Bicycle’s factory and headquarters, one of Brentford’s, if not London’s,leading and thriving manufacturers.
We were shown around the factory floor and could see how the streamlined assembly lines worked, and how each individually designed component part was put together to form the iconic Brompton.