SECRETARY of State for Trade and Industry Stephen Byers is the guest speaker at a Bolton and Bury Chamber dinner tonight (Fri Feb 23).

And business people from the Bury area will be among those attending the event, to be held at Bolton Town Hall.

Chamber chief executive (designate) Andrew Ratcliff said: "This is an excellent opportunity to find out more about the Government's competitiveness agenda, meet key local political figures and make the voice of Bolton and Bury business heard in the corridors of power."