News - Chamber News
Please view the latest news items on our site.
Year 8 pupils at Preston School presented their business ideas to a selection of Yeovil's Business minds. Competition was fierce but in th eend the Dragons voted for: 1st PODS (app to enable beat of music to alter to the pace of your running) 2nd BAKK Pack (School bag with scanner and electronic time table so you don't forget your books) 3rd (joint) Pear and Armadillo projects All teams will now be encouraged to enter a regional dragons den event and also a national competition cal ...
Items for discussion in closed session: Chamber Finances Somerset Chamber & LEP Update Chamber Membership 2012 Town Centre Partnership Town Centre Local Action Group South Somerset Together Update Events Plan for the New Year E-Newsletter & Website Chamber Page – Exec contributions
The Chamber President tries to meet with David Laws our MP on a regular basis throughout the year to keep David up to date with business issues . David is a keen aupporter of Yeovil Business and eager to know what our issues are. A lot of items of interest and note are exchanged at these meetings making sure that our local MP is kept up to date with Yeovil business views. We value these meetings as they give us a direct communication voice to our representative to c ...
The Exec of Chamber met and on the agenda for closed discussion were: Chamber Yearbook - ideas for 2012 Update on Somerset Chamber - our liason with SC and mutual items for lobbying government Football Club proposed development - contraversial plans for a new superstore. Town Centre Audit - the items to be refurbished are discussed
A great evening was spent at the Signature Viceroy. No speakers no presentations, just great food and the opportunity to speak with old friends and make some new ones from amongst Yeovil Business community.
Agenda points to be discussed in closed session include: LEP update - Where is this going and how does it effect us in Yeovil? Town Centre Partnership topics - there are lots! Future events - Christmas Social - Let's get together. Town Centre Audit - what needs doing in YTC? SOUTH SOMERSET TOGETHER Update - where is this going?
The purpose of this meeting is to set up a Local Action Group for the Town Centre. Chamber is chairing this endeavour, with the hope that it will give a communications forum between residents of the Town Centre both business and private with local government organisations such as the police councils and help reduce anti social behaviour in the area.
Avon & Somerset Constaulary have reported that an additional 24 police officers will be joining the ranks of Avon and Somerset Constabulary in January 2012. This reinforces Chief Constable Colin Port's determination to do everything possible to ensure front-line policing services are not only maintained but even enhanced in these financially challenging times. Like most other police forces, and other public sector bodies, Avon and Somerset Police has been undertaking an extensive pro ...
Due to a failure to check artwork drafts, the 2011 Chamber member window stickers do not show the year, and are less than ideal. Please accept our apologies. We have decided not to reprint, as 2011 is nearly over, and the 2012 stickers will show the date.
Want a Snow Shovel? SSDC have taken on board the criticisms of Town Centre Traders after the severe Ice and Snow problems of last two winters. Alongside several logistical changes, such as grit bins (with grit in them), arrangements for pavement and car parks to be more effectively gritted as a priority, plus others not mentioned here. SSDC have purchased a number of snow shovels to be issued to retailers who agree to take an active part in responding to a severe weather ...
Yeovil Chamber was invited to present to the Area South Committee on 7th September, at the Council Chambers Brympton Way. The main area of interest for Councillors was to understand Chambers role in relation to the new Town Centre Partnership (TCP) arrangement and to the Town in general. Councillors were briefed on progress made so far between the Chamber and the Town Centre Traders. Chamber was pleased to hear that Area South Councillors were supportive and offered collaboration and inclu ...
More than 20 town centre traders met at the Vintage Arts Cafe in Yeovil yesterday evening to hear a presentation by Derek Yeomans of the Yeovil Crime Reduction Team. Despite very little reported crime in Yeovil town centre, traders are aware tat there are issues concerning anti-social behaviour. Derek explained the benefit of joining the successful scheme that links traders via radio with each other, the police, and the CCTV control centre. Membership of the scheme cost ...
A very positive first meeting of the Town Centre Partnership (TCP) since Yeovil Chamber agreed to reperesent the town centre traders, took place today. The TCP consists mainly of Business People, Councillors, and SSDC, and is tasked with delivering events and initiatives to Yeovil. Town centre traders were unhappy with the way the town centre was being run, and after major organisational changes, this meeting of the TCP should herald a new era for Yeovil. So far, 22 town centre tra ...
Following the recent airing of a BBC Countryfile programme that suggested Yeovil is a dying town, the Chamber has called and held two meetings, on 20th April, and 6th June; each attended by over twenty independent town centre traders. Yeovil town centre independent traders are unhappy with the way Yeovil was portrayed by the BBC, and the way in which the town centre is managed. A letter of complaint has been sent by the Chamber to the BBC; and traders are suggesting that ther ...
Following the screening of this controversial item, over 20 owners of small independent town centre traders turned up for a noisy meeting called by Yeovil Chamber to discuss the way forward for their businesses, and the town. If you are a town centre independent trader with strong feelings about the way Yeovil was portrayed by the BBC, and you would like the support of Yeovil Chamber, please get in touch on 01935-804999 or at secretary@yeovilchamber.org Yeovil Chamber is run by local b ...
EMERGENCY CHAMBER MEETING - INVITATION TO BUSINESS Wednesday 20th April 2011, 6:00pm-7:00pm, The Gallery, Mulberry's Restaurant, Union Street, Yeovil BA20 1PQ. Following the BBC Countryfile programme, on Sunday 10th April 2011, we have been contacted by local businesspeople, who are really upset by the way Yeovil was cast in such a poor light - that it is on the scrapheap as far as independent traders are concerned, and a prime example of a declining rural town dominated by supermarkets. ARE ...
Viceroy and Signature Viceroy in Lower Middle Street had a successful 2010, which owner Luthfur Rahman would like to share. "We recruited a brand new Head Chef and rebranded Viceroy 2 as Signature Viceroy . Chef Khan trained in India and worked at 5 star hotels in the Maldives and Bahrain. He came to the UK in 2007 working as Head Chef for Lasan in Birmingham and Asia in Cambridge. We were delighted to recruit a chef of his calibre and he designed a new fin ...
GoYeovil! is set to launch it's plans for 2011 this month, following the huge success of GOYeovil! 2010. AgustaWestland, is again giving financial backing to the project, and many of the other sponsors and supporters, notably the Western Gazette have already indicated their continued support. Local NHS managers are supporting the Healthy Living Agenda and Yeovil Town Council and SSDC (Area South) are giving their support. 2011 events already lined up are: The 1st Yeovil Half- ...
Yeovil Chamber Executive Committee member, Dr Antoinette Young has been closely watching the quality of the rail links that serve Yeovil, and recently attended a meeting at the Pen Mill Hotel Yeovil. At this meeting it was confirmed that with effect from December 2011, a new route will run from Yeovil Junction to the Midlands, via Yeovil Pen Mill, Frome, Westbury, Melksham, Swindon, Oxford and Banbury. It is also planned to extend this route from Banbury to Birmingham ...
During your visit to the site, please take time to check your membership details. Potential customers continually visit our site. If your contact details are incorrect, you could be missing out on opportunities for business. Contact the Chamber Secretary as soon as possbile if your details are incorrect.
Employment conditions are expected to remain difficult throughout 2010 as businesses continue to struggle with weak demand. According to the British Chambers of Commerce's latest Monthly Business Survey, almost two thirds of employers (63%) intend to introduce wage freezes or pay cuts next year. Nearly one in five (18%) are looking at dropping employee benefits such as bonuses and gym membership. The squeeze on pay packets, is a sign that firms do not envisage the economy is likely to pick up d ...