Network & Prosper
The Fine Art Trade Guild Regional Network

A good network is vital for business development. It can open up a wealth of opportunities including access to local support, funding, unadvertised jobs and the chance to make new contacts and share ideas.

The Fine Art Trade Guild recognises the value of networking and provides you with a variety of opportunities. Our 15 branches throughout the UK and four professional committees all give unrivalled opportunities for networking and influencing Guild policy. The Guild branches have Branch Masters to co-ordinate activity. The elected representatives serve on the Guild Court, as directors of the Guild.

We also have branches in Ireland and New Zealand and are constantly looking to grow. If you are not yet a member, you can join online or request a membership application pack through the post. Meeting people with a similar sphere of interest to your own offers excellent opportunities for sharing best practice. Our professional networks provide just such an opportunity.

Full contact details, plus information on what's happening in your branch (what you could be missing) can be found by clicking on the relevant area of the map below. Members are welcome to attend events in any other branch than those based where they work - contact the Membership Manager at the Guild office for an invitation.

Eire Eire Northern Ireland Scotland-North Scotland-North Scotland-North Scotland-South West Country West Country North East Wessex Cotswolds South East Anglia West Midlands London North West East Midlands Central Yorkshire Wales


Cotswolds: Gloucestershire, Berkshire & Oxfordshire
Branch Master: Peter Whistler GCF
Contact: Whistler's Gallery and Framing, 01367 253333
Meetings: 2 July 2008, 15 October 2008

East Midlands: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire
Branch Master: Ian Parsons
Contact: Gallery Stamford, 01780 753737
Meetings: 3 July 2008 (AGM), 16 October 2008

London: Greater London, Middlesex & Surrey
Branch Master: Ian Dixon GCF
Contact: Ian Dixon GCF Bespoke Framers, 01483 282059
Meetings: 17 July 2008, 24 September 2008, 12 November 2008

North East: Cleveland, County Durham, Northumberland, North Yorkshire & Tyne & Wear
Acting Branch Master: Maxwell Roberts
Contact: Headrow Gallery, 0113 269 4244
Meetings: 17 June 2008, 14 October 2008

North West: Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside
Acting Branch Master: Tony Gallagher
Contact: Lazy Daisies, 0161 483 4003
Meetings: 26 June 2008, 21 August 2008 (AGM), 20 November 2008

Northern Ireland
Branch Master: Rolf Lawson GCF
Contact: Pelican Picture Framing, 028 3884 9666
Meetings: 23 October 2008

New Zealand
Branch Master: Michael Masters GCF Adv
Contact: Old Masters Picture Framing, [64] 07 873 8955
Meetings: 2008 dates TBC

Republic of Ireland
Branch Master: Eamonn Burke GCF
Contact: A-Frame Plus, [353] 065 905 6653
Meetings: tbc June 2008 (AGM), 19 October 2008

Scotland - North
Branch Master: Alan Milne GCF
Contact: Cookney Picture Framing Workshop, 01339 880034
Meetings: 12 October 2008

Scotland - South
Branch Master: Richard Atkin GCF
Contact: Atkin Framers, 01506 440300
Meetings: 5 June 2008, 23 October 2008 (AGM)

South East: East & West Sussex, Kent
Branch Master: Jackie Armstrong
Contact: Imagen Gallery and Creative Framers of Hastings, 01424 447518
Meetings: 12 June 2008 (AGM), 16 October 2008

South West: Bath, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset & South Gloucestershire
Branch Master: Richard Broome GCF
Contact: Bristol Framing Supplies, 0117 957 4457
Meetings: 26 June 2008, 8 October 2008 (AGM)

Wessex: Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight & Wiltshire
Branch Master: Pierre Lafrance
Contact: Galerie Lafrance, 01202 582957
Meetings: 9 October 2008

West Midlands: Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands & Worcestershire
Branch Master: John Fish GCF
Contact: Tower Picture Framing, 0121 478 2110
Meetings: 17 June 2008, 14 October 2008

Anglia: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk & Suffolk
Branch Master: Position currently vacant
Are you a Guild member in this area? Your branch currently needs help to get back up and running.
Contact Samantha Marshall to find out how rewarding involvement can be.

Central Yorkshire
Branch Master: Position currently vacant
Are you a Guild member in this area? Your branch currently needs help to get back up and running.
Contact Samantha Marshall to find out how rewarding involvement can be.

Wales
Branch Master: Position currently vacant
Are you a Guild member in this area? Your branch currently needs help to get up and running.
Contact Samantha Marshall to find out how rewarding involvement can be.