Welcome Return to Hythe Late Night Shopping

Late night Christmas shopping evening is returning to Hythe!

For several years the Hythe Chamber have tried valiantly to introduce a family fun day to tempt visitors to the high street, but for various reasons this has not worked too well and they are making a return to late night shopping!

The evenings entertainment will include music from the Salvation army and schools, performance by a swing singer, competitions and special offers. There is a fancy dress competition for the little ones and a chance to win a family ticket on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway.

So when is it... put the date in your diary, come along, bring the family and have some good old fashioned fun. THURSDAY 11th DECEMBER from 6pm until 9pm... I am certainly going!

Annual General Meeting

We are getting ready for the AGM tomorrow - its quite an interesting process listing down everything that we have done in the past year, and its satisfying to see that there is a wide variety of events from last year.

We are planning 2009's events - so tell us, what sort of events do you want to attend?

And if you would like to attend the AGM a reminder that it is at 12noon Friday here in the Business Centre.

Blogging Back On

About three years ago we set up a blog for Channel Chamber... I wrote a few articles and it did not really catch on!!

Fastforward and we now have The Insider - which is a weekly email to over 1000 subscribers and more and more local businesses are embracing web.2 and its time to revisit the blog.

Here at the Chamber we are getting ready for the Chamber Xmas lunch - there are still places free and its a great way to socialise and entertain at less than £30 a head

We have signed up some new members - most recently this morning the View in Folkestone - visit the Chamber site for more information on them....

Also on my linkedin site I posted a question...


What should a modern Chamber of commerce look like?
In these trying times, needs and priorities change - as businesses people, some members, some non members, what are you looking for from a chamber of commerce/membership organisation that is not just about networking ?

So comments please... thats all for now.