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Welcome to Borough BUSINESS
The Kingston Chamber of Commerce magazine for all Businesses in Kingston
As I write this, I struggle to believe we are entering the last quarter of 2023. It has been a very active year for Kingston Chamber and there is still much more to do.
The launch of the Kingston Borough Business Awards 2024 was held at FUSEBOX in September, and we were delighted to welcome key stakeholders, partners, sponsors, collaborators, and past winners. With uplifting speeches from our Headline sponsor, Kingston University, and gold sponsors Kingston Council and Kingston College, the launch emphasised just how important the Awards are to the business sector in Kingston. To read more, see page 24-25.
The true value of these Awards is to celebrate and showcase the amazing business sector we have in this borough. A number of last year’s winners were nudged to enter. They were either too modest or felt they did not have a good enough story. How wrong they were! The awards are truly open to all types and sizes of business so take a look and tell your story.
We are very excited to have the Chessington Business Expo back on Thursday 26 October.
Sponsored by Kingston Council, this is such a unique day of business support, a wealth of business advice to be shared and absorbed, speed networking, business seminars and a Kingston University hackathon. We have remodelled the structure a little this year so we will be having advisor zones so if you need to chat about your business, the stand holders will be there to help you. This energising day will be focused on helping your business grow further so sign up today for this free to attend event!
I am delighted to announce that a new business support programme will be coming soon to Kingston. With the invaluable Kingston Council support, the Chamber will be managing the Go Business programmes. This has just been agreed and so more information will be coming but watch this space as it will have plenty to offer you and your business.
Steve Jobs, the originator of Apple, once said, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” and General Enquiries
For me, this ‘trust in something’ is found in hard work, our values, humility and a collective effort. It is in the details and in observing a lot around us. We have to pay great attention, constantly, to what happens every day. The need to be aware of so many little pieces that could make a difference to how we improve.
As we head to the end of this challenging year, I would like to express our appreciation of the hard work from many of our Kingston Chamber members. Many businesses continue to dig deep in their determination to survive, innovate and succeed and we recognise these immense efforts. Your support at all our Chamber events has been wonderful. Thank you and take care.
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