South+of+Scotland+Chamber+of+Commerce+Incorporated

=South of Scotland Chamber of Commerce Incorporated=

Company Number: SC001308 Date of Incorporation: 24 December 1883 Contact Details: 19 Buccleuch Street, Hawick, TD9 0HL Operating Details: Dissolved 28 January 2005 Other names (if known): Function of Company*: Other business activities (7487) Headquarters/Base of Operations Location: Hawick Area of Operation: The Scottish Borders area


 * Taken from Standard Industrial Classification 2003, as used by Companies House in 2010

Records
No extant records of this company have yet been identified, aside from correspondence files with various organisations held in the National Archives of Scotland.

Related records: GB 233 Acc. 4447 National Library of Scotland- Newspaper Cuttings collected by the family of Thomas Craig-Brown of Selkirk

Company History
The Chamber appears to have existed before incorporation, although Thomas Craig-Brown of Selkirk was made President in 1882 and oversaw its registration with Companies House. At its incorporation the signatories consisted of Thomas Watson (President), Andrew Brown (Vice-President), George Wilson, Walter Laing, Thomas Laidlaw, John Morrion AD Cochrance junior, and Thomas Craig-Brown. All the committee were listed as manufacturers, and all haoled from Hawick, Galashiels and Selkirk.

In 1960 the articles of Association were changed. The signatories to this change were all listed as Company Directors and were Alex Goldie of Hawick, Alex Fairgrieve of Galashiels, Ebenezer Johnson of Galashiels, Ernest Tait of Hawick (also listed as Company Secretary) and Richard Rutherford of Galashiels (listed as Writer to the Signet). During the 1960s and 1970s the Chamber represented the struggling textiles and clothing manufacturers in the area. The Earl of Minto was president 1980-1982. The Chamber was still functioning in the 1990s, sitting on the Hawick Joint Holidays Committee.

This company has been succeeded by the Scottish Borders Chamber of Commerce which was established in 2004.