Brentford Chamber

Considering Starting a Green Enterprise?

Do you have an idea for a green enterprise? If so, come and join London Sustainability Exchange for a one-off day event focusing on helping you to develop your business idea successfully including talks on how to secure funding, to creating a business strategy, and how to identify and target the right market for your business. On the day there’ll also be s Green light bulb kills workshops on how to effectively pitch your business idea and talks with former trained green enterprise entrepreneurs to give advice and tips on how to make your enterprise a success – you won’t want to miss out!

Spark! invite you to their summer celebration and film premiere

Spark! We are organising a joint summer celebration for our dedicated volunteers, alongside the premiere of our Young Filmmakers Competition ‘Jasmine’. As a Brentford Chamber member we would like you to join us for an evening of networking and nibbles – Thursday 14th July 2016 from 4.30 pm – 6.30 pm at Watermans Arts Centre.

Invitation to Discover Capability Brown at Syon House

Syon Park conservatory 300w

Capability Brown, born 300 years ago, designed over 170 parks including Syon Park.

Syon House invite you to join their celebration of Capability Brown on July 13th at the Visitor Centre from 6pm with drinks and nibbles to accompany the exhibition and wine tasting.

Guides will take you on a tour round the gardens from 7pm, showing off Capability Brown in Syon as you visit the Grand Conservatory and circle the lake.

Essential Living Public Consultation about Morrisons Site Redevelopment

essential living

Essential Living is holding a public consultation event for residents on our initial proposals for the redevelopment of the Morrisons site on Brentford High Street.

Essential Living is planning to bring forward a retail and residential scheme on the site, and the event will provide an opportunity for you to tell us about your priorities for the High Street and your feedback on our early ideas. The consultation is being held on Wednesday 20^th July, between 3pm and 7.30pm at Waterfront 4, Holiday Inn Brentford Lock, Commerce Rd, Brentford, London, TW8 8GA. Local representatives can attend before 1.30-3pm.

Invitation to pitch to the Brentford Dragons

Brentford Dragons 2016

If you’re thinking of starting a business, why not pitch their business idea to a panel of local business dragons for the chance to win a cash prize to help progress their idea.

Register and get your information pack at dragons@uwl.ac.uk. The deadline for submission of 2 minute video pitch is 8th June.

New exhibition showing Capital Interchange Way Proposal

You are invited to a second public exhibition for the land at Capital Interchange Way in Brentford, designed by Professor Will Alsop OBE, founding director of aLL design.

Some of you may have attended the first exhibition last October of the proposals for a mixed use scheme including 350 new homes, business pods, a car showroom, raised park and a new bus depot.

A planning application is expected to be submitted in August.

Brentford School for Girls Art Exhitibion

BSFG Exhibition

You are invited to the preview of the Arts, Photography, Textiles and Media Exhibition for Brentford School for Girls.

This is an opportunity to view the work that GCSE and A level students have produced over light refreshments and nibbles.

Preview night: Thursday 23rd June 6-8.30pm

Employment and Skills Bulletin

National Policy Developments UKAEA crowned apprentice team of the year (SFA) Engineering apprentices from the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) have been named the country’s apprentice team of the year.They battled off tough competition from seven other teams after proving their logistical, team building and communications skills and delivering a community project that involved…
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Degree Apprenticeships at University of West London

UWL Career

Come along to our Degree Apprenticeship Information Evening and find out how these new apprenticeships will benefit your business.

Degree Apprenticeships are a really good way to attract and retain the best talent for your business.

At the event, you will have an opportunity to network with industry specialists, as well as discuss Degree Apprenticeships and how the apprenticeship levy may affect your business with staff from the University of West London.

Interim Report on Business Rates Retention

London Councils is urging the government to give careful consideration to the issue of appeals as it looks to move local government to 100 per cent business rates retention by the end of this Parliament. The cross-party organisation spoke out as the House of Commons’ Communities and Local Government Committee published the interim results of…
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