We’re aware that the Chamber has seemed a bit quiet over the Christmas period but we have been busy in the background.
We are pleased to invite you to our next general meeting on the 22nd February at BMI Clinic at 6.30pm Drinks and nibbles will be provided and there will be a short presentation from BMI about what services are available there.
We held a workshop on Business Resilience In October 2010 of which you can view the presentation.
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Brentford was once again prominent at the recent Partnership Challenge. There was a display of the Brentford High Street Challenge which impressed all the visitors and this initiative received a Highly Commended certificate and was just pipped at the post for the Jubilee Cup by Eton College.
The scrutiny review can be read on the council website .
The executive summary of the report available in full at the above link reads as follows:
1.1 As ward councillors and scrutiny members we are all aware of the impact of these recent events on our residents, businesses and surrounding area and it was felt quite strongly that further lessons should be identified to help improve plans in response to an emergency.
Breakfast Meeting on Tuesday 23rd November, from 8am-10am, at London Welsh Rugby Football Club (Old Deer Park, Richmond upon Thames).
John Taylor, London Welsh RFC Managing Director, is the history-making British & Irish Lion who victoriously toured New Zealand in 1971 and who is now a highly regarded ITV commentator – recently in action at the Commonwealth Games in India.
A unique brand awareness and direct response marketing campaign opportunity at London Welsh RFC who are a fully-professional national Championship league club – playing one level below the Premiership with an impressive West London membership base, large crowds on match-days and a lucrative business community network. Off the pitch, we’ve successfully and strategically combined sport…
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Investment Strategy Consultation 2011/12-2013/14 – from the London Development Agency
Our Investment Strategy sets out the strategic direction the London Development Agency will take to invest, innovate and influence for the capital’s economic development.
The radical improvements we have made as an Agency since May 2008 are delivering real and positive results. Over a year ago we said we would deliver fewer and larger projects – we would be investing on the basis of better returns and better value and working differently with our partners. This has happened and we will continue on this path in 2010/11 and beyond even though the LDA will cease to exist by 31 March 2012. Given increasingly limited resources, we have already become much more of a catalyst, an enabler and a strategic commissioner, rather than the funder of projects. We have become tougher, clearer and more consistent with the criteria that drive our investment decisions. Those processes and the rigour behind them will continue.
Reminder: Business Resilience Meeting at Holiday Inn on Monday 18th October from 5.30-8.30pm accompanied by a light finger buffet.
Next General Meeting: Topnotch Health Club on Wed 27th October 2010 at 6.30pm
Scott Jones, the manager of Topnotch invites you all to an evening at Topnotch with light refreshments. There will be tours of the facilities and a presentation on Topnotch Health Club. A health therapist will be there to discuss what’s available and there will be several evening classes to observe if not have a try at (kickboxing, dancing etc.) Sue Payne will also be inviting you to take part in a Charity Golf Day next March for EBCC (Ealing & Brentford Consolidated Charity). Topnotch is next to PC World on the A4, with entrance round the back.
Brentford Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a stall at the Brentford Festival again this year. I hope you’ve already got it marked in your diaries but it is on Sunday September 5th, between 12 and 4pm.
We shall again have a alcoholic tombola to raise money for our charity for the year, Brentford School Charitable Trust and we are asking for donations from you. If you could please drop off any bottles, cases, kegs to Quilliam’s on Brentford High Street they will be well looked after.
Garth Buckle has asked me to circulate details of two Work Experience Preparation mornings to you in the hope that you may be able to help. The dates and schools are:
Friday 2nd. July Chiswick Community School
Wednesday 14th. July Gunnersbury School for Boys (email for details)