The Chamber

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
THAT THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHTH
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER
will be held at Jury’s Inn
at 12 Noon on Wednesday 23rd July 2008

Members are requested to attend

A G E N D A

1. To elect the President of the Chamber

2. To elect the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Deputy Vice Chairman of the Chamber

3. To receive the report of the Board from the Chairman

4. To receive the Statement of Accounts and Balance Sheet, and the Report of the Auditors

5. To agree the re-appointment of Edward Robinson as Auditors for 2008/09 and to agree to allow the Board to fix their remuneration

6. (a) To elect Council members retiring in rotation under Article 42 and who have signified their willingness to offer themselves for re-election

(b) Council are asked to NOTE the resignations of Council members.

(c)To elect members who have been recommended for election to Council, or who have signified their willingness to be elected in accordance with Article 39

7.  To formally agree to the adoption of the new “Code of Operation” to prepare for the future Governance of the Chamber.

Download a copy of the Code of Operation here [Word Doc]

8. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Book your place online at the Chamber website

Get directions to Jury’s Inn Liverpool

Continuing the epic tale of Liverpool Chamber’s Head of Membership Jenny Stewart’s preparation for September’s 5K Team Challenge…

Week Two

And what a weekend it was, between shopping at Liverpool One (for the smartest track pants you’ve ever seen…with a pink go faster stripe…) and sampling the yummiest restaurants that Liverpool has to offer, it was quite a shock to the system to realise that I had to get my running shoes out of the cupboard again on Sunday evening! But not to be deterred, we recommenced the training programme, increasing the number of running lamp posts and decreasing the number of walking lamp posts.

The distance to the top of the road is 4/10ths of a mile and with only three stops, I am definitely becoming a runner!  Turning round at the top of the road my sister persuaded me to slow the pace and just run without the lampost breaks, just to “see how far we could go”.  Some how I had obviously warmed up, and with only 2 lampposts to get back to the start, there was no point in stopping.  Rather, I needed to sprint!

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TUESDAY 29TH APRIL

Join us for a networking breakfast with a round up of the previous day’s activities British Chambers of Commerce Convention plus an opportunity to get a first hand look at some of our city’s most exciting economic developments.

STUDY TOURS 9-12.30

Following this choose from one of three study tours.

Port of Liverpool 

Encompassing the new Liverpool cruise facility, ‘Liverpool Waters’ development site, Freeport, Royal Seaforth Container Terminal and site of planned £100 million Post Panamax container Terminal.

Littlewoods Shop Direct HQ

See the future of on-line and home shopping at the newly refurbished £31m HQ, Skyways House in Speke

Liverpool One

A 900m private sector-retail led regeneration of Liverpool City Centre creating over 1.6m sq feet of shopping space.

To book call Sue Platt or Melissa Bush on 0151 227 1234.

Liverpool Chamber’s training arm, Trident Training Ltd, is offering NVQ Level Four qualifications, equivalent to a degree level qualification, in Management. The training is subsidised by the Chamber through the Learning & Skills Council, meaning that you or members of your staff can take this qualification for as little as £649.

For more information regarding the qualification please contact the Workforce Development Manager Simon Chadwick on 0151 236 5481

Liverpool Chamber staff took part in a special ’school sports day’ on Old Hall Street today to help celebrate Liverpool’s 800th Birthday.

In a series of classic events, like the egg and spoon race, sack race and space hopper, er, race, Team Chamber took on teams from neighbouring businesses and organisations.

Despite a quite horrendous level of cheating being displayed by some teams (mentioning no names, but Liverpool Vision and the Combined Armed Forces Team should be ashamed of themselves), the Chamber’s brave athletes scored a valiant joint second overall. And that was with hardly any cheating at all. Well, maybe just a bit…

All participants were awarded a special medal for taking part. The Chamber’s very own Paul also received some nasty scraped knuckles, a result of a desperate dive and roll to beat the an army to the finish line.

See pictures of the games and other events on the Chamber Flickr page.

Other events took place around the city, including pageants and parades and tonight will see a spectacular fireworks display at the Pier Head. There was even a medieval theme in Exchange Flags, with stilt walkers (very big in the 13th century, apparently), and real live birds of prey on display. Surprisingly, no pigeons were anywhere to be seen.

More details on the day’s events can be found on the Liverpool 08 website.

More pictures from the day can be seen on the Prazzi website.

As we’ve already mentioned, Old Hall Street and the surrounding area in the heart of Liverpool’s business district will be hosting a street party on 28 August to celebrate the city’s 800th birthday.

We’ve now got a few more details of what you can get up to:

• Old Hall Street will be closed outside the Post & Echo building, 11.30am - 3.30pm but visitors can get round - there will be a traffic management company and stewards to re-direct traffic to car parks etc.
• Geraud markets will be selling fine foods at six stalls, plus CAMRA real ale tasting. Seven companies (including Liverpool Chamber) will be taking part in school games
• An Echo chip van will be selling chips wrapped in special commemorative Echo
• Cake making competition - a cook-off contest between chefs.
• Local pubs will be taking part - Exchange, Cross Keys, Lion are all in the real beer festival starting on the birthday, plus fine foods will be available. Cross Keys - history of stadium/boxing display - former boxers visiting.
• Exchange Flags will be decked up with a Medieval theme - including falconry (to keep the local pigeons on their, er, toes), archery, jousting and the like - 11.30 - 15.00.

Over 80 guests attended Liverpool Chamber’s Cocktail Party at Knowsley Hall on 27th June. They were greeted by a champagne reception followed by a wine tasting session provided by J L Lees and Purple Wines.

Guests were free to explore the the lavish home of the Chamber’s President, Lord Derby while networking and chatting.

You can see photos from the event on the Chamber’s Flickr pages.

Liverpool Chamber held a Business After Hours event with new members, 3345 Bar & Hotel. Guests enjoyed a lavish Mediterranean inspired spread from the bar’s talented in-house chef.

MD, Thomas Lang and Chief Executive, Gary Millar described the development work that they’ve undertaken after successfully buying the premises from rock group, Genesis. The team have doubled the value of the building and developed the business space, board room and hotel that form part of the complex.

Gary explained how the building is now fully tenanted with a range of both creative and mainstream businesses, including Parr Street Studios. This forms the UK’s largest recording studio outside London and has seen such greats at Diana Ross, Coldplay, Pulp and Barry Manilow record there.

Pictured above are (Top)Thomas Lang, Carol O Conner, Hotel Manager & Gary Millar, and (Middle) Carl Finney, 3345,  Graham Helling, Liverpool Chamber and Thomas Lang

Chester Zoo is offering an e-Bay item with a difference - a walk on the wild side with lemurs.

The zoo is giving one lucky bidder the chance to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience to get up close and personal with their pack of ring tailed lemurs whilst raising money at the same time.

The auction starts today and is open for 10 days only. The highest bidder will receive:

• Free entry for up to 4 people to Chester Zoo
• Trip on to Lemur Island to feed the Lemurs
• Lunch at Chester Zoo’s Oakfield Restaurant
• A Lemur Adoption
• One nights B & B accommodation, plus complimentary use of the Spirit Health Club, for up to 4 people at the Holiday Inn, Runcorn. For more information about the hotel please visit the Holiday Inn Website.

Make your bid and be in with a chance to experience Chester Zoo’s Lemur Island here.

More about lemurs:

Learn more about lemurs at Wikipedia.

The Lemur Conservation Foundation.

The funniest lemur photo ever.

Pilates (pronounced pil-ah-tays) is a method of body conditioning based on the work of Joseph Pilates (1880-1967). He called his method The Art of Contrology which refers to the way that it encourages the use of the mind to control the muscles.

Pilates strengthens the core postural muscles of the body, stabilises the torso and improves the body’s flexibility and strength without building bulk. It also involves concentration and the co-ordination of breath and movement, helping to balance the body and mind.

The result is a more balanced body with increased strength and flexibility, enabling your body to move more efficiently and effectively.

Pilates can benefit anyone at any age or level of fitness and it can also be an excellent way of releasing tension and stress for those living and working in a busy environment.

The Chamber’s very own Pam Holstein says “Every woman hates a part of her body and I hate my lower abs! Any exercise I’ve ever done has always been around trying to do something about this. I’ve tried swimming, weights and ‘crunch’ classes in a number of different gyms and have never really achieved results that I’ve been satisfied with.

“Once I began to do an hour of mat based Pilates once a week, I saw the benefits pretty quickly - I had the flattest, most toned lower abs that I’ve ever had in my life! I stopped going to ‘crunch’ classes because I realised that that 80% of the exercises in the class were not reaching the parts of my body that I wanted to work on and I was spending too much effort trying to keep up rather than concentrating on being in the correct position, focusing on the muscles that I wanted to work and breathing correctly.

“I’m not a gym bunny, I don’t really like exercise but the benefits of Pilates are the greatest motivator that I’ve ever had!”

Flex Studios is a unique, exclusive, private members-only club located in the heart of Liverpool’s financial district. The studio boasts a wide range of specialist Pilates equipment and machines, unrivalled anywhere else in the North West. Facilities also include a separate matwork studio, changing rooms, mezzanine café area and landscaped yard. All teachers are Body Control Pilates® qualified and class sizes are kept to a minimum as we believe this is the best way to offer a first class personal service.

If you would like to find out more or perhaps book a free trial session at Flex studios, then email info@flex-studios.co.uk and quote ‘Commerce Newsletter’ or visit the website at www.flex-studios.co.uk

This offer is only valid for readers of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce News.