Melksham Chamber of Commerce, or the FSB
Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2008-11-12 12:16:23 - Graham EllisUpdate - January 2010 This article is from my "blog" - written personally, and does not reflect any official view from either organisation mentioned. I would like to apologise if it has mistakenly given any 'official' signals at any point prior to my adding this clarification.
Yesterday, my email box received a number of messages concerning the Federation of Small Businesses, where the National Executive have fired the solicitor running their disputes and disciplinary procedure because the D&D committee came up with the "wrong" verdict.
And yesterday evening, the Melksham Chamber of Commerce and Industry met at Well House Manor, to elect its committee for the coming year, a new president, and to listen to the Mayor of Melksham talking on the local issues of the closure of a main shopping street for several weeks, and on how the town council and others are working to help promote late night shopping evenings to boost trade, and other councillors went through next year's Melksham food festival, and updated us on the move to a Unitary Authority and how it will effect local representation.What a contrast! The sacking of solicitors at the FSB and all the associated infighting has turned a once-useful local organisation into something of a laughing stock, and the Chamber of Commerce, which suffered something of a split a few years ago when the town centre traders and other businesses in the town disagreed on out of town developments, is coming very much back into its own again - and long may it continue to grow.
I'll be at a Wiltshire Council meeting this evening. Need I even tell you that's it's under the arrangement of The Chamber rather than the FSB?
Local links (updated, 1.2010):
| Federation of Small Businesses | Chamber of Commerce |
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| General Information Diary News Issues | General Information Diary News and Issues About Melksham Business Listing |