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Who's Who

Chairman and Staff - Business Voice WM

Barrie Williams - Chairman

Bernadette Edwards  Business Co-ordinator

The Council – Governing Body of Business Voice WM 

Chairman - Barrie Williams

Association of Colleges - Norman Cave

British Ceramic Confederation - Laura Cohen

Chartered Institute of Building  - Geoff Minshull

Chartered Institute of Marketing  - Paul Connor

Civil  Engineering Contractors Association  - Brian Frost

Confederation of British Industries  - Peter Wall

EEF  - Richard Halstead

Federation of Small Businesses- David Caro

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales  - Barry Matthews

Institute of Directors  - Richard Ward

Institution of Civil Engineers - Len Threadgold

Midland Association of Restaurants, Caterers, Hotels and Entertainment - Michael Mason

National Farmers Union - Arthur Hill

National Federation of Retail Newsagents - Parminder Singh

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors  - Glyn Pitchford

Universities West Midlands - Richard Riley

West Midlands Chambers of Commerce  - Mike Ashton

The Council – Alternate Members

Association of Colleges - Ray Faulkner

British Ceramic Confederation - Chris Hall

Chartered Institute of Building - Martin Chambers

Chartered Institute of Marketing - Keith Barlow

Civil Engineering Contractors Association -

Confederation of British Industry -

EEF - Steve Jackson


Federation of Small Businesses - Bruce Undy

Institute of Directors - Gary Cowdrill

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales - John Kelly


Institute of Civil Engineers - John Blakemore

Midland Association for Restaurants, Caterers, Hotels and Entertainment - Hilary Hall

National Farmers Union - Cecil Thomas

National Federation of Retail Newsagents - David Bruton

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - Roger Stone

Universities West Midlands - Paul Richards

West Midlands Chambers of Commerce - Louise Bennett

Board Members – Business Voice WM Ltd

Chairman - Barrie Williams
Members: John Rider, David Caro, John Mercer, Richard Halstead, Richard Butler, Jerry Blackett,  Mike Cherry,Mike Ashton

 

Business Voice WM Members represent the business community on the below listed committies

Enterprise Board -

Barrie Williams -  Business Voice WM, Chairman

Peter Wall - CBI

Peter Henderson - West Midlands Chambers of Commerce

EU R&D Group -

Mike Hill - West Midlands Chambers of Commerce

Olympics Regional Leadership Group - under the auspices of Advantage 2012 West Midlands

Peter Rees- Steer - full member - Institute of Directors

George Marsh - alternate member - Chartered Institute of Building

ERDF Group - under the auspices of the  Department for Communities and Local Government

Barrie Williams - Chairman, Business Voice WM

Peter Shearer - Universities West Midlands

International Business Board - under the auspices of UKTI 

Richard Ward - Institute of Directors

Regional Finance Forum

Mike Cherry - Federation of Small Businesses

Regional Planning Officers Group 

Paul Williams - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Roger Stone - Country Land and Business Association

 Regional Resiliance Forum - under the auspices of Department for Communities and Local Government  

Karen Woolley - Federation of Small Businesses

Transport Executive - under the auspices of CENTRO

Brian Summers - West Midlands Chambers of Commerce

Birmingham International Airport's Flying in Formation Group

Bruce Undy - Federation of Small Businesses

Construction Action Plan Implementation Group

Ian Priest – Chartered Institute of Building

European and International Affairs Partnership – under the auspices of West Midlands Councils. 

Mike Cherry – Federation of Small Businesses
Arthur Hill – National Farmers Union

West Midlands Housing Froum  – under the auspices of the West Midlands Councils 

Jenny Dereham – Country Land and Business Association
Gurdip Chamba – Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

West Midlands Strategic Migration Partnership – under the auspices of the Home Office

Paul Hanna – West Midlands Chambers of Commerce

Met Office Warnings

Weather Warnings from the Met Office:

  • Amber Warning of Snow for Wales Amber Warning of Snow for Wales : Denbighshire, Flintshire, Conwy, Wrexham, Gwynedd & Powys valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for Strathclyde Amber Warning of Snow for Strathclyde : South Lanarkshire, East Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, East Ayrshire & South Ayrshire valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for Grampian Amber Warning of Snow for Grampian : Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen & Moray valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for Central, Tayside & Fife Amber Warning of Snow for Central, Tayside & Fife : Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Falkirk, Fife, Perth and Kinross & Stirling valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for SW Scotland, Lothian Borders Amber Warning of Snow for SW Scotland, Lothian Borders : East Lothian, Scottish Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, Midlothian Council & West Lothian valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for North East England Amber Warning of Snow for North East England : Darlington, Durham, Northumberland, Stockton-on-Tees, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne, Redcar and Cleveland, Sunderland, North Tyneside & South Tyneside valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for West Midlands Amber Warning of Snow for West Midlands : Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire, West Midlands Conurbation, Worcestershire & Herefordshire valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for South West England Amber Warning of Snow for South West England : Gloucestershire & Swindon valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for Yorkshire & Humber Amber Warning of Snow for Yorkshire & Humber : East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire & York valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for East Midlands Amber Warning of Snow for East Midlands : Derby, Derbyshire, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire & Rutland valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for North West England Amber Warning of Snow for North West England : Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria, Blackburn with Darwen, Warrington, Halton, Merseyside & Blackpool valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for London & South East England Amber Warning of Snow for London & South East England : Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Greater London, Hampshire, Kent, Medway, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough, Surrey, West Berkshire, West Sussex, Windsor and Maidenhead & Wokingham valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for East of England Amber Warning of Snow for East of England : Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea, Suffolk & Thurrock valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for East of England Amber Warning of Ice for East of England : Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Luton, Bedford, Essex, Southend-on-Sea, Suffolk & Thurrock valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for Central, Tayside & Fife Amber Warning of Ice for Central, Tayside & Fife : Angus, Dundee, Fife, Perth and Kinross, Clackmannanshire, Falkirk & Stirling valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for Grampian Amber Warning of Ice for Grampian : Aberdeenshire, Moray & Aberdeen valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for Strathclyde Amber Warning of Ice for Strathclyde : South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire, East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire & Glasgow valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for London & South East England Amber Warning of Ice for London & South East England : Oxfordshire, Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Reading, Southampton, Surrey, West Berkshire, West Sussex, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham, Milton Keynes, Slough, Greater London, East Sussex, Kent, Brighton and Hove, Portsmouth & Medway valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for Yorkshire & Humber Amber Warning of Ice for Yorkshire & Humber : North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, York, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, Kingston upon Hull & North East Lincolnshire valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for West Midlands Amber Warning of Ice for West Midlands : Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire, West Midlands Conurbation & Worcestershire valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for South West England Amber Warning of Ice for South West England : Gloucestershire, Devon, Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Dorset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Swindon, Bournemouth & Poole valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for North East England Amber Warning of Ice for North East England : Durham, Northumberland, Gateshead, Darlington, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland & Redcar and Cleveland valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for SW Scotland, Lothian Borders Amber Warning of Ice for SW Scotland, Lothian Borders : Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian Council, Scottish Borders, Edinburgh & West Lothian valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for East Midlands Amber Warning of Ice for East Midlands : Derby, Derbyshire, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire & Rutland valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for Wales Amber Warning of Ice for Wales : Blaenau Gwent, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Powys, Rhonnda Cynon Taff, Swansea, Wrexham, Caerphilly, Bridgend, Cardiff, Newport, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan & Pembrokeshire valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for North West England Amber Warning of Ice for North West England : Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Halton, Lancashire, Merseyside & Warrington valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Snow for Highlands & Eilean Siar Yellow Warning of Snow for Highlands & Eilean Siar : Highland valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Snow for Northern Ireland Yellow Warning of Snow for Northern Ireland : County Antrim, County Down, County Londonderry, County Armagh, County Fermanagh & County Tyrone valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Snow for South West England Yellow Warning of Snow for South West England : Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth, Bristol, Devon, Dorset, North Somerset, Poole, Somerset & South Gloucestershire valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Snow for Wales Yellow Warning of Snow for Wales : Isle of Anglesey, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Monmouthshire, Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Rhonnda Cynon Taff, Swansea, Torfaen & Vale of Glamorgan valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Snow for London & South East England Yellow Warning of Snow for London & South East England : Brighton and Hove, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth & Southampton valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Snow for Strathclyde Yellow Warning of Snow for Strathclyde : Argyll and Bute, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire & West Dunbartonshire valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Ice for Northern Ireland Yellow Warning of Ice for Northern Ireland : County Antrim, County Armagh, County Down, County Fermanagh, County Londonderry & County Tyrone valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Ice for Highlands & Eilean Siar Yellow Warning of Ice for Highlands & Eilean Siar : Highland valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Ice for Strathclyde Yellow Warning of Ice for Strathclyde : Argyll and Bute, West Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire & Renfrewshire valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Ice for London & South East England Yellow Warning of Ice for London & South East England : Isle of Wight valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Ice for Wales Yellow Warning of Ice for Wales : Isle of Anglesey valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Ice for South West England Yellow Warning of Ice for South West England : Cornwall, Plymouth & Torbay valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb



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