THE Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in the Cotswolds has elected a new chairman.

Russell Warner, who runs Westend Office Suites which provides office space for small businesses in the village of Westend, was chosen as the new chairman of the Cotswold branch of the FSB at the group’s AGM.

He will now be heading up a group of over 1,100 small business owners – the biggest of the five active FSB branches in Gloucestershire.