Welcome to the October-November edition of Contact, where we celebrate your success stories and provide updates on the Chamber’s campaigns to make the region the very best it can be.
The highlight of the Chamber’s events calendar, and indeed the North East’s business calendar, took place in September with our Annual Dinner in Durham Cathedral.
It was a stunning occasion, which I’m delighted to say raised £75,000 for the building’s Foundation 2020 restoration fund. We heard fulsome praise for us all from our guest of honour, TV architect George Clarke. He said our region’s grit and determination were epitomised by the cathedral and what it would have taken to build this World Heritage Site.
I also had the honour of speaking to the 630 members and guests about our region, and used the opportunity to lay bare the opportunities and challenges for us all at present. My frustration about the lack of clarity on Brexit was a dominant theme and it seemed to resonate on the night....
