January Chamber Meeting at the Docking Station

Friday, 27 January 2012

108highstreet Over 20 people visited the Docking Station during Jelly Week for our first meeting of the year. evdockingstation003

Jelly Week is a new worldwide initiative to promote co-operative working in shared facilities such as those provided by the Brentford Docking Station.

Andrew Dakers gave us a brief update on the history so far of the Docking Station and Steve Mathews briefed us on the workshops for businesses that he is running in Brentford funded by the Outer London Fund.

We had several new guests and hope to see them again soon.

The Community Sports Trust was out in force, making sure we had all got our invitations to the upcoming 25^th Anniversary.

We enjoyed a light buffet and several glasses of wine.

Brian Wilson

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

It is with regret that I announce the death, on January 23rd, of Brian Wilson, who was President of the Brentford Chamber of Commerce from 1982-1984.

Brian's funeral will be held at Mortlake Crematorium on Thursday, 2nd February at 12.00.

Flowers can be sent to H.G Brown & Sanders, 512 Great West Road, TW5 0TE (by 10.00 am 2nd February).

Members of Brentford Chamber are very welcome to attend the funeral and to join the family afterwards.

If you'd like to email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it I will pass on any messages to his family.

Brentford November Meeting at Audi Quattro Rooms

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Our November meeting was excellently hosted by Charlotte Reeves and her team at the Audi Quattro Rooms, the top two floors of the brightly lit Audi building that overlooks the A4. Floor to ceiling glass provided an unmissable opportunity to stand by the window and look out over Brentford, even in the dark a great sight.

2011-11-AudiQuattroRooms Over 50 of us gathered and networked over a glass or two before entering the presentation room where David Laycok and his team gave us a presentation focusing on the business potential of Ballymore's high street development. A free and frank discussion followed.

Charlotte briefly talked to us about Audi and the Audi Quattro Rooms and their superb facilities before we all went upstairs for a welcome buffet.

It was a most enjoyable evening and we look forward to returning next year.

Membership Fees for 2012

Monday, 16 January 2012

The Executive Committee discussed Brentford Chamber's annual fees in its December meeting and has decided to raise the fees as follows:

Annual Subscription Rates

Organisations employing 1-10 inclusive
Organisations employing 11-30 inclusive
Organisations employing 31-50 inclusive
Organisations employing 51 or more
One-off joining fee

£ 70
£130
£200
£265
£ 30

This is in accordance with 2004 AGM where members agreed an automatic increase in line with inflation.

Membership invoices will be issued in mid-February. Please ensure you send payment to the address on the invoice as we still have one or two payments going to Brentford High Street or worse.

Brentford Chamber October Meeting at Octink

Friday, 21 October 2011

Octink_Listening_to_Maria Around 40 of us joined Will Tyler and Mike Freely of Octink to visit their business and tour the factory. Octink are not only an award winning display specialist but are also committed to being one of the greenest companies in the country and have a commitment towards the local community that goes way beyond most companies' CSR.