Bradford Chamber

Bragging or blogging? You decide!

Having been asked (told) by the Chamber marketing coordinator that it was about time I wrote a new blog, I found myself completely out of ideas. After a bit of ‘Googling’ I found a website called ‘100 Blog Topics to write about’. The top seven 100 topic suggestions included:

1. 10 Guilty Pleasures
2. How women use social media
3. My mother is on Facebook
4. Do rock stars need social media
5. When I feel frustrated
6. Interview with a veteran
7. I want to brag a minute

 

From this shortlist of seven, option one would not be appropriate for this blog and I don’t feel I am qualified to comment on numbers two and four. For number three, I asked my mother if she used Facebook and she looked at me as if I was speaking Swahili. As for the fifth option, ironically, when I feel frustrated, I like to write a blog. Finally, I couldn’t find a veteran at short notice. That leaves me with number seven which means I want to brag a minute. So here goes!

“In the last three months we have seen more and more companies using Chamber services and maintaining their membership along with more companies joining the Chamber for the first time. The main reason for this is the hard work of our membership team making sure more businesses are aware of the help and support available to all our members. We are by no means perfect but we will continue in our efforts to support Business in Bradford whenever we can and wherever possible.”

Technically that is less than a minute but I don’t like showing off!

Posted by Darren Precious

Pasties, Petrol and Politics!

Due to a busy week at work at the Chamber I only managed to catch snippets of the news and misheard some of the headlines, hence I was panicked into buying surplus pasties (currently stored in my jerry can in the garage) and was horrified to hear the planned 20% increase in petrol prices.

So, as a protest stance against the unreasonable pastry and savoury snack policies of the main stream parties, l voted for the Pride Party in the by-election. Only to find that it does not have a firm policy on pasties, pies or sausage rolls. The worst thing is that, unlike David Cameron, I don’t even like pasties! Meaning all that time queuing at Greggs at lunchtime rush hour was a waste of time.

(Only one of the above statements is partly true!)

On the subject of voting did anyone tune into FiveLive last Thursday to hear Chamber President Stephen Wright comment on the results of the by–election? To echo his sentiments, whatever your political persuasion, what is undoubtedly important to Bradford is the creation of jobs and a sustainable economy.  Here at the Chamber we will be doing our upmost to support local business regardless of pasties, petrol and politics.

Posted by Darren Precious