Chamber of commerce 1599 in Marseille, France. Another official chamber of commerce would follow 65 years later, probably in Bruges, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. The world's oldest English-speaking chamber of commerce is the Jersey Chamber founded in February 1768, the same year the New York City Chamber was founded, The oldest known existing chamber in the English-speaking world with continuous records, the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, was founded in 1783. However, Hull Chamber of Commerce is the UK's oldest, followed by those of Leeds and of Belfast in present day Northern Ireland. As a non-governmental institution, a chamber of commerce has
British Georgian Chamber of Commerce directors. As a bilateral company, BGCC carries out activity in the territories of the UK and Georgia. Its head office is located in London. The British Georgian Chamber of Commerce was founded in London by Lord Cromwell and Mako Abashidze in March 2007, as a non-political trade body, to facilitate business growth and contacts at senior levels between Britain and Georgia. The inaugural event of the Chamber was held in London on 27 June 2007. Ambassadors Denis Keef and Gela Charkviani were present along with Giorgi Badridze, the then Deputy Head of Mission, and currently outgoing Ambassador to the UK