Red Routemaster Moves to Dock Road

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RedRoutemaster (trading name of Attend IT) started only four years ago and has now outgrown its first operating base and has completed its move into a new site now known as RedRoutemaster Brentford Dock Rd Garage.

RedRoutemaster’s old location is under threat of redevelopment and like many smaller operators in Greater London it has struggled to find a suitable new location, but thanks to the support lobbying led by the local chamber of commerce, the Brentford Chamber, the London Borough of Hounslow and Brentford Dock Limited, they have managed to secure a new larger site complete with a full functioning office building which fronts the high street.

The move has also allowed the group which also has a IT division to move its head office and all other operating sites to one central location.

Meet Cultivate London

octink In the third of a series looking at quirky Brentford businesses in partnership with BrentfordTW8.com, we interview Adrienne Attorp of Cultivate London.

Who are you?

Cultivate London – a social enterprise urban farm and youth training programme based across multiple derelict sites in west London, including two sites in Brentford. We work with long-term unemployed youth aged 16 – 24 years old to help them gain employment, offering a volunteer training programme as well as paid internship and apprenticeship programmes. Working with these youth we grow a range of organically produced vegetables, herbs and flowers which we sell to customers across London, including at Brentford Market.

Opening Round of Brentford Dragons 2015

The Brentford Chamber of Commerce Dragons Den initiative strongly demonstrates the commitment of the Brentford Chamber to encourage and support new businesses and entrepreneurs in our local community. Now running for the second year in partnership with the University of West London the Dragons had the privilege recently of hearing 19 inspiring ideas from…
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Octink and its Community Mark

Octink are a small business that has continued to demonstrate their commitment to strategic community investment. The company has developed a number of long-standing partnerships and leveraged support from clients and suppliers, whilst providing time and expertise to support its local community. This approach has enabled Octink to deal with a skills gap in its workforce.

Social impacts

Employed four apprentices since 2009 through Spark! – Hounslow’s Education Business Partnership.
Supported Cultivate London to develop a brand and marketing strategy.
Supported 40 design students in undertaking a business project for the London Olympics, and leveraged £15,000 of investment from a business partner.

Spark! invites you to volunteer this Spring

As we start our 35^th anniversary year, we hope you share our excitement about what 2015 has in store. Your support for Spark! was recognised at the end of last year with our nomination for The Queen’s Award for Volunteering 2015 – so a huge thank you and well done! We will find out in May 2015 whether we have won the award, so watch this space….

Why not make a New Year resolution to volunteer with us to make a difference to the lives of young people? Throughout 2015 we have a range of inspiring opportunities for young people to gain invaluable life skills, develop their confidence and understand the world of work. These events not only make a huge difference to young people, but our volunteers always tell us about the satisfaction and enjoyment they get from working with young people. So, if you are interested in participating in one of our events, please drop us a quick reply!

December News from Brentford Chamber

Upcoming Events

We kick off next year with a closed assessment of those applicants who have progressed through our opening round of Brentford Dragons 2015.

January also sees the start of our Spotlight on Brentford events at Brentford Novotel.

Chamber News

We announce some changes to our executive.

We spoke at the Planning Committee which approved Ballymore’s application for Land South of the High Street.

Brentford to see a new High Street

Suzie Betlem spoke on behalf of Brentford Chamber at the Planning Committee meeting which approved Ballymore’s scheme for the Land South of the High Street.

Ballymore's vision of the High Street While we would have preferred the scheme to have been substantially re-written since it was initially rejected by the public in November 2012, we look forward to working with Ballymore to help them progress the scheme in the best manner possible. At the Planning Committee meeting Ballymore agreed to give a 20% rent reduction to all new business tenants within the London Borough of Hounslow opening in Brentford. As a Chamber we will continue to urge Ballymore to increase this amount for existing Brentford businesses.

Brentford Dragons 2015

We have closed our first round of Brentford Dragons for 2014, which received a record number of responses. In early January, 20 of the successful applicants will each give a brief presentation to our panel of mentors. This will take place in closed proceedings to enable the Panel to select the successful candidates who will go…
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Brentford Chamber Executive

It is with regret that as of the last executive meeting our past President Peter Hughes declared that he is resigning from the executive of Brentford Chamber. Please join us in thanking Peter for his past work and support of the Brentford Chamber. We wish him every success in his business as a commercial…
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Brentford Chamber Lays a Wreath

Brian Johnson, Treasurer of Brentford Chamber, and Garth Buckle MBE, executive member, attended the commemoration of Remembrance Sunday on 9th November at Brentford’s War Memorials outside Brentford Library. Brian laid a wreath on behalf of Brentford Chamber of Commerce. The ceremony was filmed by John Dale and can be seen below.

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