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New Year, New Plans 23rd January, 2012 A new year always heralds exciting opportunities and that is no different from the Penrith Chamber of Trade. As we approach our year end, the Executive Committe have been evaluating the past year and the great achievements we hav...more

Season's Greetings 22nd December, 2011 May I take this opportunity to wish all of you a very Happy Christmas. The past year has been a very challenging one for businesses in the town and I have no doubt that the next 12 months will be just as difficult but with the second phase of th...more

Presidents Blog Stardate 11th October 2011 11th October, 2011 So we are now entering the Peak season for trading and the nights are drawing in. Being in the lighting trade I consider myself slightly odd in wishing for dark ,wet,miserable nights so that everyone realises that they need new reading lights and b...more

Updates for August 12th August, 2011 So its been a while since I last reported what I've been up to...but it doesn't mean I haven't done anything!! We are now in the middle of August and the Fee Free Friday parking seems to be helping, certainly businesses I'v...more

Car parking update 13th July, 2011 Following last weeks meeting and the promise of looking into a period of free parking during School Holidays I received a reply yesterday quoting the following:- I have received a reply about the possibility of allowing one hour free park...more

What a week! 6th July, 2011 The impact of the closure of Brunswick Road on local businesses came to the fore, I had several phone calls from businesses requesting information and making valid points, last Monday I had BBC Look North, Border News and Radio Cumbria after comments on the...more

The annual dinner 24th June, 2011 Wow!!I think we have just changed peoples ideas about Chamber of Trade Dinners.That was a spectacular evening and as I was saying to Austin Powers, Stan Laurel and Elvis after everyone had left Penrith doesn't have many nights like that. T...more

Brunswick Road Closure 17th June, 2011 Presidents News Following the news that Brunswick Road will be closed for two weeks from Wednesday 22nd June,we have made contact with Cumbria Highways who say that it is for sewerage connection work for Booths .Unfortunately this needs t...more

Penrith Chamber of Trade 15th June, 2011 When I became President of the Chamber of Trade we were still going through the uncertainty of what was going to happen with the New Squares development and this was the subject which dominated the work of my predecessor Antony Penny.Now the decision...more