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From left: Lichfield and Tamworth Chamber vice-presidents Clive Poole and Lesley Walker, James Blackman, Paul Uppal, GBCC chief executive Paul Faulkner and Haines Watts’ Tamworth partner Steve Butler
New faces join Chamber committee
Six business people have been appointed to the Lichfield and Tamworth Chamber of Commerce’s executive committee. The new committee members are Fiona Rouse
from Pi-KEM, Nick Biden from R+D Tax, Jason Challoner from ValYou Recruitment, business coach Anna Kavanagh, Julie Scott from Great Scott Group and Amanda Bailey from Talent Match. They were officially welcomed onto the
committee at the Chamber’s annual general meeting and celebration lunch, held at Drayton Manor Park. Fiona is operations director of Pi-Kem, a
supplier of advanced materials and equipment used for research based in Tame Valley Business Centre, Tamworth. Nick is owner of R&D Tax based in The Beck in
Tamworth, which specialises in preparing and reviewing claims for research and development tax relief. Jason is the managing director of independent recruitment agency ValYou Recruitment, based in
Apollo’s support for
health and well-being Tamworth-based Apollo, the UK’s largest privately-owned liquid adhesive, sealant coating and primer manufacturer, is to appoint 10 new mental health first aiders as part of its ongoing health and well-being support for employees. The Amington Industrial Estate-based firm
timed its decision to coincide with last month’s World Mental Health Day. Managing director Ian Cornelius said: “Our
employees are our most valued asset and providing an enjoyable and supportive working environment for them is of paramount importance.” The staff attended a two-day adult mental health
first aid course delivered by St John Ambulance, which has given them an understanding of what factors can affect well-being.
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Burntwood, which acts for the construction, technical and building services sectors. Anna was previously director of quality and
business at Tamworth-based fertility clinic, Midlands Fertility Services, and is now a business coach.
‘Membership engagement is through the roof, and the growth in membership and awareness has been very clear to see’
Julie joins with a long standing association to
Tamworth and a career in sales, currently as managing director of marketing and sales consultancy, the Great Scott Group. Amanda is chief executive of Talent Match
Staffordshire, a project which supports young people into employment, and helps young entrepreneurs to set up their own business.
James Blackman, president of Lichfield and
Tamworth Chamber of Commerce, said: “I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our new committee members. “My vice-presidents Clive Poole, Lesley Walker
and Amanda Bailey have been incredibly supportive in running the sub committees which has allowed us to really focus and deliver on our polices this year. “Membership engagement is through the roof,
and the growth in membership and awareness has been very clear to see. “This will be my last year as president and my
successor will be selected within the next few months. My aim for the 12 months is to really drive Future Faces, a young professionals Chamber, memberships across Lichfield and Tamworth and continue to aid businesses through the choppy waters of Brexit.”
• See page 27 for more on this year’s Chamber AGM.
Council to make funding bid
Tamworth Borough Council has begun work on progressing i ts application for town centre funding from the government’s Future High Streets Fund. The town is one of 50 bidding for a share of
£1bn government funding to ‘renew and reshape town centres’. For the second phase of the bidding
process, the council now has to develop a full, detailed business case for any funding, and what it would be spent on. Tamworth councillor Jeremy Oates said: “It’s
great news that we have made it through to the next round of the Future High Streets Fund as part of an extension to the scheme.
“But now the real hard work starts.
Preparing the business case is not going to be easy. It’s a very strict process which has to comply with various government guidelines. “We will have to go into great depth to
evidence, qualify and quantify our proposals, including demonstrating the strategic, economic, commercial, financial and management case. The regeneration of Tamworth town centre is a key priority and we have been seeking people’s views about how it should be developed to ensure it survives and thrives into the future.” Successful bids are due to be announced in
a year’s time.
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