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April 2014 News

Upcoming Events

Wednesday April 30th

Meet Joe Swindells, Ballymore’s new Senior Development Manager for an update on progress on South of the High Street.
 

Thursday May 8th

Our AGM is at the Hock Cellar where we shall enjoy Fuller’s marvellous beers (other drinks are available) and eat Gerhard’s food from The Griffin. Our guest speaker is Brendon Walsh, Director at LB Hounslow.
 

Sunday May 25th

Sharid invites you to the two year celebration of Sami’s Spice.Join the celebratory lunch from 1:30pm on May 25th. Please RSVP.

Mentoring Scheme for Students

As an extension to our successful Brentford Dragons events we have introduced a Mentoring Scheme for students in the Entrepreneurs’ Group at the University of West London.

Mentoring involves giving help and guidance to budding entrepreneurs as they develop their business ideas.

Local Election Hustings

Tuesday’s hustings was an opportunity to question candidates up for election to London Borough of Hounslow on the 22nd May. The candidates don’t have to be finalised until next week and some candidates were clearly last minute additions who hadn’t done much homework.

Ian Speed (ICG) and Cllr Theo Dennison (Labour) exchanged a few harsh words about the current and previous administration but were the clear winners, speaking clearly, confidently and with knowledge.

Cllr Mel Collins (Labour) was genuinely upset after 4 years of service by the questioner who asked “Why should I vote for any of you when you’ve done nothing to impress me?” especially when he realised that he had personally successfully helped the gentleman in question.

Mary Macleod welcomes tax cuts for local high streets

An estimated 500 local shops, pubs and restaurants in the Hounslow Borough could see their tax bills cut by a third because of tax cuts for small businesses taking effect this week.

Local MP Mary Macleod welcomed the news that will support the high streets in Chiswick, Brentford and Hounslow, boosting jobs and growth.

February 2014 News

Upcoming Events

We had over 40 guests booked for our trip to Griffin Park which was sadly rained off. We are doing it all over again on 8th March against Bradford. You are once again invited to attend at £20 for football and light lunch beforehand at Siracusa.

You are invited to “Apprentices Mean Business” on 5th March, where you can meet existing apprentices and learn how apprentices can help your business.

Local elections are coming up and we will hold hustings for Brentford and Syon wards in St Paul’s Church on 15th April. Please come along.

Spring Brentford Dragons and sponsors

Spring Brentford Dragons at the Holiday Inn

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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January News from Brentford Chamber

Upcoming Events

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.

Golden Mile

Future of the Golden Mile

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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Do you have an hour to spare?

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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Suzie Meets With David Cameron

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. 

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