NWL Chamber appoints new president

A Lancashire entrepreneur will take one of the county’s leading business bodies into is centenary year having been appointed its new president.

He succeeded Malcolm Clarke of M C Associates, who has held the position for the past two years.

The former BP chief executive spoke to an audience of business leaders from across Lancashire about the potential opportunities for shale gas extraction in the county.

The new president has been a high-profile member of the local business community since his arrival in Lancashire from his native South Coast in 2008, when he set up OBAS UK’s distribution business following the acquisition of four failed businesses, bought from the receivers.

The North and Western Lancashire is one of the biggest business groups in the county with a membership of 1,600 members, which account for more than half the private sector jobs in the area. It provides a range of business information, business networking, training, seminars, and a wide range of business services, international trade services, business information tools, and legal advice and HR services.