Happy New Year from the Chamber Office.

Welcome to the first Chamber e-news for 2009. This year is undoubtedly a very special one in the history of the Chamber – it is our Centenary year. One hundred years of business 1909 – 2009.

Towards the end of 2008 you will recall that the Chamber moved to larger, more prestigious premises at 1 Kingsway, Altrincham. With this move now complete the Chamber is set to expand into the next one hundred years! The aim is to continue to introduce initiatives to benefit our members; to raise their profile and to attract new members. Undoubtedly the business variety is one of the key elements that attracts members and makes the Chamber one of the fastest growing in the northwest.

Looking ahead to the Centenary Year, we have an unrivalled schedule of events already planned. Details of the first of these are given below:

Friday 6 February – New Year Lunch, sponsored by Bridging Finance Ltd

Mere Golf & Country Club – Guest Speaker will be Vice Patron of the Chamber Graham Brady MP Graham will speak on ‘The Politics & Economics of the Credit Crunch’

Members £25 inc Non members £30 inc VAT

Monday 23 February – AGM, Cresta Court

Wednesday 25 February – President’s Centenary Mixer, sponsored by RadissonSAS, Manchester Airport

Observatory Suite, RadissonSAS, Manchester Airport

Members only £17.25 inc VAT

The networking events are extremely popular with the members, providing a structured and comfortable platform to do business. Please contact the Chamber office to reserve your places as soon as you receive the notices. Places are limited and we do not want you to be disappointed.

Details of all future events are available on the Chamber website www.altrinchamchamber.co.uk

The latest copy of the Chamber magazine Altruism will shortly be arriving on your desk. We hope that you enjoy the read. Should you wish to promote your business within the spring issue please reserve the space as soon as possible. As you can see this month’s e-news is sponsored by PJ Leasing. This is an excellent way to promote your business. We still have some months available for 2009 – but these are going quickly. Both the magazine and the e-news provide low cost advertising to a specific target audience. For further details please contact the Chamber office. We would like to wish all of you a prosperous new year and we look forward to continuing to work with you in 2009 - ‘Taking Business to New Heights‘