From Sandy Bell, President of Chew Valley Chamber of Commerce For hundreds of years Chambers of Commerce have existed to help people get to know one another and do business together. That has usually involved social gatherings which have sadly been put on ice for the time being. Like many others we have resorted to Zoom meetings to keep people in touch. Whilst it’s not as good as a face to face meeting it still provides an opportunity for people to build up friendships and to

We’re a week into the new lockdown and the routines look depressingly familiar. Furlough has been extended until the spring and a fresh batch of business support grants are once again being offered to stave off the worst impacts. This is all well and good, but it is clear that our members are thinking carefully about what the long term future of their businesses is going to look like. They have done a brilliant job of re-organising the way they do things in order to keep the