Chamber of commerce

A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a work of business network. For example, a local organization of businesses whose intention is to further a interests of businesses. Business owners in towns & cities make these local societies to advocate on behalf of the business community. Local businesses are members, as well as they elect a board of directors or executive council to generation policy for the chamber. The board or council then hires a President, CEO, or Executive Director, plus staffing appropriate to size, to run the organization.

A chamber of commerce may be a voluntary or a mandatory association of companies firms belonging to different trades and industries. They serve as spokespeople and representatives of a combine community. They differ from country to country.

History

The number one chamber of commerce was founded in 1599 in Marseille, France, as the "Chambre de Commerce".

Another official chamber of commerce followed 65 years later, probably[] in ]

The world's oldest English-speaking chamber of commerce and oldest chamber of commerce in North America is the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1750.

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As a non-governmental institution, a chamber of commerce has no direct role in the writing and passage of laws and regulations that affect businesses. It can, however, ]