Article: BUSINESS PROFILE: Reader the BCC righter? Ian Halstead talks to John Reader, who has been appointed Black Country Chamber's group chief operating officer after a management shake-up.(Business)

Byline: Ian Halstead

It's far too early to know if John Reader will succeed in transforming the Black Country Chamber & Business Link, but undeniably he knows where he wishes to be.

In common with Advantage West Midlands, the BCC was spawned in a haphazard and uncertain sort of way.

It has stumbled badly through its early years, losing both members and self--belief on a significant and worrying scale.

However, Mr Reader is confident that - like AWM's John Edwards - he can push, coax, cajole and sometimes even bully his organisation into ...

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