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VW west london

Shame VW have followed Audi's lead in saying they are in west london, at least Mercedes say they are in Brentford, well they have always had more class don't you think !!!

Saul Whitmore ● 5902d6 Comments

Well said Peter, could not put it better myself, cheers.

Saul Whitmore ● 5902d

Adam, thats the point...VW were happy calling it VW Chiswick !. If you say 'West London', the customers won't know where in West london ?. Until they are told... oh west london.... in Brentford.

Saul Whitmore ● 5902d

Hopefully so, I am Brentford Born and Bread and am proud of the history Brentford has, if companies who move in did any research into Brentford they should realise that and be proud to use Brentford as their location.

Peter Hawkins ● 5902d

Hopefully Peter, Brentford will get its just rewards and be rid of the saddos, who for reasons of their own, are ashamed to be where  in fact they are !.

Saul Whitmore ● 5902d

Or, from a commercial point of view, isn't it simply common sense from a business perspective to ensure you don't accidentially define your 'catchment' area to a specific town ?.  Barratt Homes is based in Brentford for example, but it is their West London region, Baratt Brentford would not only sound stupid it would indirectly 'narrow' their catchement area.  Secondly, Gillette Corner is a long way from Brentford Town centre anyway.  If I owned a large company with several regional offices within London and it was adjacent to the A4 I'd call it West London, if I owned a small one off business in a site like the Premier Inn I'd call it Brentford.  Of course you'll quite rightly point out VW was perfectly content to use Chiswick in its address before it relocated ;-)

Adam Beamish ● 5902d

Agreed, Its just another large group who refuses to acknowledge Brentford just like those who prefer to say they are in Kew Bridge rather than Brentford.

Peter Hawkins ● 5902d