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Future Faces’ success takes to the main stage
Stage set for Future Faces dinner (left to right): Alexandra Hutchinson (vice-president), Hayley Porter (vice-president),Sian Averill (president) and Anna Assinder (Future Faces manager)
By John Lamb
The young professionals’ arm of Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce (GBCC) will celebrate record growth over the past year at their annual dinner at the stunning Symphony Hall on 31 August. Future Faces, managed by Anna Assinder, has
more than doubled its membership in the past 12 months and last year its annual dinner sold out for the first time, with entries for their awards growing by 148 per cent. Paul Faulkner, chief executive of the GBCC,
said: “This is a phenomenal achievement by Anna and her team of elected officials. They have worked hard to develop the Future Faces product and the reward has been this amazing growth. “Future Faces’ membership reflects what a
brilliant array of young talent there is in Greater Birmingham. The magnificent Symphony Hall will be a fitting setting for their annual dinner in August and it promises to be yet another outstanding event on the Chamber’s extensive events calendar.
“Holding the dinner at Symphony Hall is really
special due to the limited opportunities to host dinners there, so the Future Faces dinner will be a chance to experience something they may not have done before.” Anna said: “I am delighted by Future Faces’
recent success. The growth and diversity of our membership strengthens the opportunities provided at our networking and professional development events every month. Future Faces is a very much cross-sector and membership comes from across the Greater Birmingham, not just the city centre. Among many benefits, members get free access to Aston Business School’s MBA taster events programme, additional discounted tickets to theatres and other entertainment venues across
the city plus free Independent Birmingham cards. We are always building on the benefits for members each month.”
Further details on Future Faces are available at:
www.greaterbirminghamchambers.com/futuref aces. For dinner tickets and awards entries go to:
www.greaterbirminghamchambers.com
• More Future Faces news – page 36.
Record month for new members By Philip Parkin
A record 101 businesses joined Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce during January, which the organisation says highlights the growing strength of the local economy. Among those who have joined is the
world famous Jockey Club, which is set to hold its annual racing festival at Cheltenham this month (see page 30/31) and Heathrow Airport, the second busiest airport in the world. According to the Chamber’s head of
group membership sales, Howard Blow, Heathrow has joined the organisation in order to connect with the local supply chain in the West Midlands and beyond. The Chamber is now on course to boost
its membership numbers from 2,900 to 4,000. Howard said: “An expanded membership base gives all members a greater opportunity to grow their businesses. It bodes well for 2018 and reflects the resurgence in the local economy, with many businesses relocating from the capital, who see the advantage of connecting to a local network by becoming Chamber members.” Among recently-joined members is Birmingham city centre based Beeline Promotional Products, a provider of bespoke merchandising products. Beeline director Craig Harrison said: “We
were delighted with not only the assistance provided by the Chamber in the initial joining process but the ongoing support of our dedicated relationship manager, who took the challenge of growing Beeline almost as personally as we did.”
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