The Redbridge Chamber of Commerce held a “Brains Trust”-style question and answer session at Redbridge College on Tuesday.

Business people quizzed Beverley Stratton, the council’s town centres manager, about plans for the borough at the college in Barley Lane, Little Heath.

Andrew Montlake of H Montlake & Co Solicitors in Cranbrook Road, Ilford, and Robert Jackson, an accountant also based in Cranbrook Road, were both on the panel with Geoff Hill, the chamber’s chairman.