Arundel Chamber of Commerce

Arundel Chamber of Commerce’s mission is to represent the 350 plus businesses in Arundel, from sole traders to limited companies and those with a ‘High Street’ presence through to virtual ‘home-workers’.

Objectives:

• To give local businesses an ‘official voice’, so their concerns and priorities are heard at all levels of Government from Town, District, County to national levels, plus with other stakeholders such as the Highways Agency, South Downs National Park Authority and Arundel Festival.
• To bring together local businesses to build new collaborative relationships, share best practice and provide practical support to each other.
• To promote, encourage and support a vibrant and sustainable local economy.
• To encourage new businesses to locate in our beautiful town.

The current 2021/22 Committee are:

• Chair – Sharon Blaikie (Landon Sounds Events)
• Treasurer – Suzy Willis (Parkgate Arundel Ltd)
• Becky Grover (Lulamae’s Café)
• Emma Mina (Osteria & Pappardelle’s)
• Jonathan Brantigan (Pallant of Arundel)
• Nikki Richardson (Arundel Lido)
• Sarah Meadham (The Book Ferret)
• Victoria Holland (Victoria Holland Architecture)

The Chamber is exploring affiliation with the Sussex Chamber of Commerce to tap into a broad spectrum of business sectors for expertise, sharing good practice and collaboration with other successful Chambers.

The Chamber runs a programme of Evening Networking Events (open to all businesses) and Breakfast meetings (for members only), which are hosted in various business venues around town including the Castle. There are also regular informative bulletins sent to members.

The Chamber collaborates on many marketing initiatives throughout the year with Visit Arundel and also the annual ‘Arundel by Christmas’ marketing and PR project. The Visit Arundel website gives all Chamber members a discount on their website listing.

Chamber members are also eligible for a 20% discount, worth £60, on the annual parking permit (currently £300 in 2020) for the Fitzalan Pool car park at the Lido. Please contact The Arundel & Downland Community Leisure Trust at the Lido to organise a qualifying letter before approaching Arun District Council to purchase the permit - https://www.visitarundel.co.uk/listing/arundel-lido/

The Chamber always welcomes new members and current membership continues at a discounted rate of £25 pa (previously £50). To apply, please send a completed copy of the Membership Request Form (see pdf template on this page) to arundelchamberofcommerce@gmail.com Or make contact via our Facebook page (facebook.com/ArundelChamberofCommerce).