BOLTON and Bury Chamber has appointed Kathryn Czaja as commercial director to head up its new commercial services division.

Kathryn, who is a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, will help remember reduce their overheads and improve efficiency by accessing a new range of cost cutting business services.

During her career, she has worked for a number of "blue chip" businesses, such as the Boeing Corporation, British Aerospace, Westland Helicopters and the Granada Group, both in the UK and overseas.

Most recently, she was commercial director for the Chamber of Commerce East Lancashire.

Commenting on her new role, Kathryn said: "Quite simply, my job is to offer members access to high quality business services that will boost their operational efficiency and save them money.

"Already, we've helped members save thousands of pounds and we're confident that we'll help many more make dramatic cost savings."

She added: "Thanks to the combined purchasing power of our 1,200 members and their 40,000 staff, we an offer some exceptional deals on business energy, vehicles, telecoms, healthcare and financial services and we challenge companies of all sizes to test out their purchasing power against the Chamber."