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Contact: Chris Plant T: 0845 603 6650
Attending the AGM (from left): Chamber vice-president Nik Hardy, Judy Naake, Monica Douglas Clark and Chamber president Simon Chapman
Ursula Cameron joins
Women in Business Guest speaker at the latest Chamber Women in Business event is Ursula Cameron, a creative business coach and mentor. Ursula (pictured) will be offering advice
and tips on personal development skills and tips at the event, which is at the Mercure Newton Park, Newton Solney, on 6 July. With an international career spanning 20
Chamber welcomes council members
Burton & District Chamber of Commerce has appointed four new council members. The four were elected at the Chamber’s recent annual general meeting, held at Burton Albion Football Club. The four include the club’s commercial
director, Fleur Robinson, one of few women to have broken through the ‘glass ceiling’ in the male-dominated world of football (see page 60). The other three are: David Alexander, chief
executive officer of Alexander Accountancy in Burton; Monica Douglas-Clarke, creative director at industrial supplies firm Jones and Clarke; and Neil Howie, commercial insurance account executive at insurer Swinton Group. Chris Plant, divisional director of Burton Chamber, said: “We were delighted to announce the four new council members at our AGM this week. To have fresh ideas and opinions in the Chamber council is vital to ensure all our projects are always relevant, and welcome to the people in the town.
“I am looking forward to working with David,
Monica, Neil and Fleur as I know they will provide a wealth of knowledge and experience to help shape our plans with a wide range of stakeholders. Looking ahead, we are all committed to making a difference to the area and to continue to improve our services as a chamber for the business community.” The new Council Members were nominated
and voted in to the group, as highly respected members of the business community in the area, Burton Chamber council has a chairperson,
three vice-presidents, and 14 council members, who meet on a monthly basis. Their role includes getting involved in a range of issues supporting local and regional business and Chamber activities. The Chamber council has just joined forces
with East Staffordshire Borough Council and Staffordshire County Council to help create a blueprint for the East Staffordshire Town Centre Regeneration programme.
Record success at sell-out expo
A sell-out Staffordshire networking event has been declared the most successful yet. The ‘Let’s Do Business Expo’ event at
Uttoxeter Racecourse showcased 140 of the region’s leading businesses, and was attended by more than 1,200 delegates. The event offered a platform from which
Staffordshire businesses were able to network, form mutually beneficial partnerships and spread awareness about their businesses. One attendee was sales training company
Sandler Training, based in Fenton, Stoke-on- Trent, who have forged a successful partnership with a firm they met at ‘Let’s Do Business Expo’, Prompt PC. Roy Johnson, managing director of Sandler Training, said: “At Let’s Do Business we were lucky enough to meet with Prompt PC which
led to not only a new client, but now a fantastic strategic partnership which has contributed to a 300 per cent growth in our business over the last 18 months.” Guest speaker at this year’s event was Nick Holzherr, who was runner up in the 2012 series of BBC’s The Apprentice, who shared his story and experiences. Chamber director Chris Plant said:
“Staffordshire is spectacularly successful at breeding and encouraging new, small, exciting firms full of dynamism and promise. There is no shortage of enterprise in this county but there is a shortage of shouting about it, so full marks to everyone who exhibited or attended our exhibition.”
years in the coaching profession, Ursula will help the delegates create their own positive solutions for issues they face. They will also pick up tips on how to use psychology to get the best out of a business environment. Women in Business partner Claire Twells,
who is a partner at Smith Partnership Solicitors, said: “We are so pleased to welcome yet another top class professional speaker to our summer event, Ursula Cameron, who is also a Prince’s Trust mentor and an associate lecturer at Derby University. “The Women in Business partners always
strive to book high-quality and inspiring speakers for each event and I know they ladies won’t be disappointed in July. We will also continue to raise money for a fabulous local charity Every Cloud, which buy gifts for people undergoing breast cancer treatment.” Ursula said: “I feel very honoured to have
been asked to speak at Women in Business to help them boost their personal development skills, which will ultimately improve their businesses. “I have trained people all over the world,
from teams in huge corporations to individuals. I find the work extremely rewarding and I love to see my clients create their own solutions and ideas, to shape their business and sometimes transform their lives.”
Investment seminar
takes over Pirelli Barclays has held an investment options seminar for its premier customers at the Pirelli Stadium, home of Burton Albion FC. The seminar was attended by more than
50 people, and was aimed at providing Barclays’ clients with guidance and support in a range of investment areas, including mortgages and pensions. Kim Radley, vice president, relationship banking, said: “In my role I believe that strong relationships build trust, and by understanding the needs of our clients, we are able to help them to plan and prepare for their financial future.”
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