Branch Masters
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 14 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 can be found by scrolling down. Members are welcome to attend events in any other branch than those based where they work. To see Branch pages, including meeting invitations and reports, members should log in and go to MyGuild Site
Anglia: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Hertfordshire & Suffolk
- Branch Master position currently available
(Members in this area are automatically invited to East Midlands Branch)
Central Yorkshire: East Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire
- Branch Master position currently available
(Members in this area are automatically invited to North East Branch)
Cotswolds: Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire & Wiltshire
- Peter Whistler GCF, Whistler's Gallery and Framing
- Tel: [44] 01367 253333
East Midlands: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire
- Andy Rossiter GCF, Hereward Gallery & Picture Framing Studio
- Tel: [44] 01778 394664
London: Greater London, Middlesex, Surrey
- Malcolm Baxter GCF, Village Framing Ltd
- Tel: [44] 01895 824394
North East: Cleveland, County Durham, Northumberland, North Yorkshire & Tyne & Wear
- Mike Bisby, Artisan Collectables
- Tel: [44] 07949 293651
North West: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire & Merseyside
- Branch Master position currently available
Northern Ireland
- Branch Master position currently available
New Zealand
- Michael Masters GCF Adv (Textiles), Old Masters Picture Framing
- Tel: [64] 07 873 8955
Republic of Ireland
- Branch Master position currently available
Scotland – North
- Martin Burbridge GCF, The Picture Framer
- Tel: [44] 01343 548877
Scotland – South
- Stephen Banks GCF, Links Gallery
- Tel: [44] 0131 665 9907
South East: East Sussex, Kent & West Sussex
- Jackie Armstrong, Imagen Gallery and Creative Framers of Hastings
- Tel: [44] 01424 447518
South West: Bristol, Cornwall, Devon & Somerset
- Richard Broome GCF, Bristol Framing Supplies Ltd
- Tel: [44] 0117 957 4457
Wales
- Branch Master position currently available
(Members in this area can choose to attend Branch Events in the nearest Branch in England or Ireland if they wish)
Wessex: Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight & Wiltshire
- Pierre Lafrance, Galerie Lafrance
- Tel: [44] 01202 582957
West Midlands: Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands & Worcestershire
- Kim Smith GCF, School House Art & Framing
- Tel: [44] 01547 530504