CHRIS Parkhouse, managing director of Cambridge-based business development specialists Deyton Bell, is the first chairman of Business Link East, based in Hatfield and covering eastern England. It succeeds, among others, Business Link Cambridgeshire which,

CHRIS Parkhouse, managing director of Cambridge-based business development specialists Deyton Bell, is the first chairman of Business Link East, based in Hatfield and covering eastern England.

It succeeds, among others, Business Link Cambridgeshire which, until last week, was based in St Mary's Street, Huntingdon.

The organisation provides Government-sponsored support to small businesses.