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2013 Apprenticeship offer from West Thames College

West Thames College offers you:

£3,000 cash back for employing an Apprentice aged 16-24* (£1,500 if located outside a London Borough)
Free Apprenticeship training for your Apprentice (we are currently waiving the employer contribution to training fees, so you can save as much as £1200 per apprentice)
Free recruitment, interview and selection to find you the right person for the job/apprenticeship (save as much as £2,000 on advertising costs and agency fees)

Consultation on extending 235 bus service to Great West Quarter

Transport for London (TfL) is seeking the views of local residents and stakeholders about the proposed changes to bus route 235 that would enhance services to the Great West Quarter Development (GWQ) in Brentford.

The route 235 currently runs between Sunbury Village and Brentford County Court but, under proposals discussed with the London Borough of Hounslow, it would be rerouted along Brentford High Street and Ealing Road to GWQ.

June News from Brentford Chamber

Upcoming Events:

Brentford chamber invites you all to Syon Park Drinks and digs with the Museum of London.

Brentford Chamber at St James, Kew Bridge West

On Tuesday over forty of us visited the glamorous marketing suite at St James, the latest development at Kew Bridge West in Brentford.

St James were very generous and treated us to a splendid buffet prepared by Gerhard of the Griffin who catered for our AGM, as well as keeping our glasses well filled.

Lionel Road Planning Application

brentford-football-club Brentford Football Club’s plan to develop a new home for the club reached another milestone on Friday May 31 when it submitted its planning application to Hounslow Council. Brentford Chamber will be submitting its thoughts on the development so we would welcome comments from our members as well as encourage you to submit your own views.

What is Thamesbank Credit Union

Thamesbank Credit Union – how we can benefit your business

I have attended a few Chamber meetings and enjoyed the company and the sense of being in a progressive business community, but in truth I have spoken to very few of you and have not explained what the Credit Union is about, and how and why you should support it!

Consultation on Hounslow’s Local Plan for Next 15 Years

The council is consulting on the Policy Options for the Local Plan – the first stage in developing a new plan for the borough that will set out its future development of the next 15 years.

The consultation runs for a period of six weeks, from Friday 14 June until 5pm on Friday 26 July. and we invite you to comment on the proposals set out in the consultation document.

Space Station Celebrates Thirty Years with Competitions

Space Station Self Storage, headquartered in Slough and with branches in Brentford, Uxbridge and Isleworth, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and is offering local residents the chance to share in the celebrations by launching several competitions. Prizes include tickets to the England v Argentina QBE International rugby match at Twickenham on Saturday 9th November 2013 and special 30th anniversary edition Swatch Est 1983 watches.

Local Youth unemployment at record lows

Brentford and Isleworth MP Mary Macleod today (13th June) welcomed new employment figures showing that local unemployment had fallen this month by 2.8%. Local youth unemployment also fell by 2.1% and is now 19% lower than it was before the 2010 General Election.

London Assembly member Tony Arbour says Small Businesses Should Have ‘Holiday’ From Minimum Wage

Companies with fewer than 10 employees should be given a ‘holiday’ from the minimum wage, according to Conservative London Assembly Member Tony Arbour.

Mr Arbour, who is LA member for the South-West constituency, is using a meeting of the Assembly’s Economy Committee today (June 12) to call for London’s small and micro-businesses to be given a short minimum wage exemption of up to six months in an effort to boost employment and growth.

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