A founder member of The 1700 Business Networking Club has become the first North Lanarkshire business to sign up for the prestigious Lanarkshire Chamber of Commerce Partner Plan.

Malcolm Southern who heads up Southern Financial Services, a firm of Independent Financial Advisers/Mortgage Brokers has had a lengthy and varied association with the Chamber movement locally spanning more than 12 years.

He was President of the former Motherwell and District Chamber and chaired the informal Lanarkshire Chambers Group which led to the formation of the Lanarkshire Chamber of Commerce six years ago.

He has been a Director since its inception and became President in 2003.

The aim of the Partner Plan is two-fold:

• to offer larger companies additional services and value-add opportunities, and create managed opportunities for members to engage with potential customers.
  
• to provide members with access to local and national political figures and key policy bodies, and work with the Chamber on shared objectives.

Chamber President Maurice Logie said: “It’s a great pleasure to welcome our latest recruit to the Chamber Partner Plan, especially in view of Malcolm’s lengthy and known commitment to the Chamber movement, not only in Lanarkshire but across Scotland.

“As the Chamber’s status as ‘The Voice of Local Business’ in Lanarkshire is continually being enhanced, we are finding larger companies want to become more visibly associated with the Chamber, and this Partner Plan enables a stronger bond to be created.”

Companies currently members of the Partner Plan are Bank of Scotland, Rolls-Royce, Philips, University of the West of Scotland, Moviecom.tv., and now Southern Financial Services.

Website: www.southernfinancialservices.com