News
May 2008
At the end of April we had a fantastic Business Exchange Evening at Metcalfe Stanley Hicks & Page Associates premises' in a marquee where over 90 people attended. With the amazing business card prize of a Hot Air balloon flight, won on the evening by Debbie Graffin, Office Angels it was truly a fantastic evening.
Our networking lunch at the new hotel in Tunbridge Wells, The Brew House Hotel offered members to chance to tour the wonderful modern and stylish rooms, as well as taste their delicious food.
Things are hotting up in the office with the exciting prospect of The Spa Valley Railway Business Exchange at the end of the month with a train ride to Groombridge and back. The golf day on the 4th June with loads of teams in place, we just now all have to hope for good weather for the day!
The closing date for the West Kent Business Excellence Awards is 27th June 2008, get your applications in for your chance to win an award.
April 2008
At our Business Exchange Evening in February at the Courier Media Group offices we launched The West Kent Business Excellence Awards.
These awards are organised by the Courier Media Group in association with the West Kent Chamber of Commerce and 2008 marks the inaugural year of the programme.
The awards programme is open to small/medium and large businesses in separate category divisions in both the private and public sectors. Our aim is to recognise and promote the very best companies and business people operating in West Kent.
For further information see the new webpages dedicated to this prestigious event in West Kent www.thisiscourier.co.uk/businessawards
March 2008
We are really looking forward to having a stand at the Kent 2020 Vision on 3rd April 2008 at the Kent Showground, Detling. It would be great to see many of you there, so please register here to attend, and come and visit us on stand RRR1. This would be good opportunity to meet our new member of staff, Lorraine Webb.
Our new members include:
Independent Training Providers
Page Associates
Loch Associates
Gener8 Finance Ltd
February 2008
We were delighted to welcome Lorraine Webb to our team, and hope you get to meet her soon at one of our events. Lorraine joins us following five years of looking after her daughter, previous to this Lorraine worked in banking in the City. She has already been an asset to the business, driving the Chamber forward!
January 2008
Our new members this month include:
BBS Building Control Ltd
Rumm Employment Law
Capital Currencies Ltd
Beacon Solutions
Sugar Marketing
Our recent letter and mailing to members
An Extract from the letter
"This year marks a very important milestone for the West Kent Chamber of Commerce and Industry as we celebrate our 150th anniversary. I am delighted to be able to tell you that Beric Webb of Tunbridge Wells-based Beric Webb Associates has accepted the Directors’ offer to be the Chamber’s President during this key year in its history"
Click here to read the full letter
Happy New Year to all
Common Purpose has been running leadership development programmes internationally for nearly 20 years. Click here to find out more information on their newly developed programme InsideOUT and find out ways to access funding of up to £1,200 (subject to eligibility)
November 2007
Annual Charity Ball - Friday 16th
Our Charity Ball taking place on Friday 16th November at The Spa Hotel, is gathering pace now, I hope those of you that are attending have your dancing shoes on! This year we are raising monies for Burrswood, a Christian hospital and place of healing.
Many thanks for all of our members that have kindly donated prizes to this event.
We are looking forward to enjoying the evening along with you.
Other news
Next year the West Kent Chamber of Commerce & Industry is 150 years young! We hope to be able to offer our members a packed programme of exciting events to help us celebrate this marvelous achievement. More news on this to follow shortly.
October 2007
At the end of October we circulated our Autumn Edition of our magazine 'The Business' accompanied by a letter from Jackie Matthias with regard to several of our members' being contacted by Kent Invicta Chamber. click here to view the letter
We had a extremely successful Autumn Lunch, sponsored by Calibre HR & Training Ltd. Our guest speaker, Lord Morris of Handsworth - better known as Bill Morris, former General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union spoke about his three great passions - cricket, work and education.
Our new members this month include:
4 Independance
Durlings
Eurofactor (UK) Limited
Piermont
Profile Locations
Regional Communications Limited
Replikar Ltd
Trevor Soma Transportation
June - WKCCI Events and New members
June continues to be a busy month, with a new event for 2007, our Garden Party held at the Hospice in the Weald on Thursday 21st June. Our regular Business Exchange Evening held this month at Burrswood, Groombridge and our Summer Lunch at Hotel du Vin, sponsored this time by Barclays Bank.
It would be lovely to see many of you at these events.
New Members include:
Outset (UK) Ltd
Alexander Calder Financial
The Horder Centre
The Cuban
To find out more about these businesses see their details in the members directory
As always anything you, as members would like to see featured on this page please let me know at vicki@wkcci.com
10/05/2007 - WKCCI Welcomes New Members
English Heritage Buildings Ltd
Ology
TMC Management Ltd
Dent Rewind
Apex Lifestyle
C'est Si Beau
To find out more about these businesses see their details in the members directory
10/04/2007 - WKCCI New website goes live!
Our new website has been launched, we hope you enjoy it!...
We would love to hear your views on our exciting new site, and also what you would like to see featured. Any suggestions, email us at info@wkcci.com