Howard Burr
Chamber President
Howard runs 2 companies based in Love Lane: South Western Specialised Tape Ltd and Cotswold Labels Ltd. Both businesses have many local customers and he is keen to keep business as local as possible. He has a passion for business in Cirencester and wants to engage the more industrial elements of the town’s economy with the Chamber to push forward Cirencester as a great place to work and start a business. Howard was elected as President in September 2024.
Fran Coulter
Vice-President
Fran has worked in the Financial Services industry for nearly 10 years, beginning at St. James’s Place Wealth Management in Cirencester, before becoming a financial planner aligned to them in October 2017. JPA Financial Planning has an office in Fairford where Fran works closely with fellow financial planner Chris and the JPA admin and paraplanning support team. Fran focuses on retirement and investment planning but also loves mortgage planning, assisting clients with remortgaging or buying a new home.
Fran grew up and lived in Cirencester for over 25 years and joined the Committee to give something back to other established businesses and start ups in the local area. She was elected Vice-President in August 2021.
Hannah Hockley
Vice-President
Hannah has lived in Cirencester for most of her life. She is the managing director of The Apprenticeship Partner which provides tailored support to businesses looking to hire apprentices.
Hannah is passionate about developing opportunities for young people in the town.
“Young people have so much to offer and it’s important that we encourage them to seek opportunities in Cirencester rather than feeling they have to move away to find fulfilling careers. Cirencester has a huge range of businesses across a broad spectrum of industries. By developing links between businesses, education providers and young people we can foster relationships that benefit all sides.”
Hannah was elected Joint Vice-President in August 2021.
Howard Smith
Treasurer
Howard lives and works in Cirencester running a growing accountancy and business consulting practice the numbercrunchers on London Road. He specialises in paperless accounts, cloud technology and systems automation for small businesses using Xero and Dext. He enjoys the Chamber social and networking events with like-minded people and it seemed natural for him to take on the role of Treasurer. In his spare time, you’ll find him creating another feature in his house or garden.
Kate Lloyd-Evans
Committee Member
Kate has almost 20 years’ experience in marketing,
communications, and PR, across many sectors. After
facing redundancy at the beginning of the pandemic, Kate
launched her own boutique marketing consultancy in April 2020.
Over the past four years, Kate has worked with many start-up
businesses and established organisations to help them make
sense of and take control of their marketing.
Kate lives in North Swindon with her husband Trevor and runs her marketing consultancy business, KopyKat, from Watermoor Point in Cirencester.
Adam Vines
Committee Member
As the managing owner of Lounge Design based in Trent Lodge, Adam Vines has really embraced Cirencester since moving the business here in 2017. ‘It’s a great place to work and the welcome from the community has been amazing. I really look forward to giving something back to the area’. President of the Chamber from August 2021 to September 2024, Adam launched Together Gloucestershire in March 2022.
Derek Wetter
Committee Member
Derek has been in the Executive Search business since 1994 following a successful career in Finance and Operations.
He has recruited in many countries and is keen to help local businesses with their recruitment strategy and to help them with their growth plans.
Now enjoying living in Cirencester he is keen to develop local business relationships.
In addition to recruiting, he is a qualified clay shooting coach and is still learning to play the guitar!
Kevin Young
Committee Member
Kevin has worked in seven different industry sectors across the world,
had his own business improvement consultancy in London
and finished his career in Cirencester when he retired in
December 2019. He became Chairman of the Cirencester & Stroud branch of Parkinson’s UK in 2022 and has already raised over £60,000 through fundraising activities.
He brings to the Committee many years of business /
industry experience and a desire to help any business to improve and to represent charities in the business environment.