Note from Norman Chambers

Norman’s Note

Norman Chambers Managing Director|NACFB

The year is 1992. A white-haired Democrat sits as President in the White House, and seismic events from Russia reverberate across the world. Look how far we’ve come?

Elsewhere in 1992, in a Birmingham pub, the NACFB was born. The Association was born of necessity, and some of the core tenets remain familiar drivers today. The NACFB was founded to help create a community of likeminded professionals, bound by common principles and united by a sole purpose, to empower UK SMEs. 2022 sees the NACFB celebrate its 30th year of empowering businesses. Now, whilst I’m not normally one for big birthday celebrations of my own, the NACFB – your trade body – deserves to have a suitable bash.

And that’s exactly what we’re doing. We’re hosting an exclusive summer birthday party on Friday 8th July in the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), near Old Street station. The event is ticketed but if you’re quick, and an NACFB Member you may just be able to secure one of the early bird tickets at an exclusively discounted rate.

The occasion is the perfect one to rub shoulders with the industry’s finest, from founding Member firms and lender Patrons to VIP figures and special guests. I look forward to toasting to our collective success and raising a glass to the NACFB’s milestone birthday at the open bar.

We look forward to welcoming Members from all over the country. For one, hopefully sunny, summer’s afternoon we’ll put aside talk of access to finance and levelling up (although more on that on p. 24) and instead look ahead to another 30 years of helping to fund UK business. I hope to see you there.