Author: Chamber of Commerce

BCC welcomes new Brexit support fund for SMEs 

12 February in Business News, Chamber News

Commenting on the announcement of the fund, Suren Thiru, Head of Economics at the BCC, said:      “This is a welcome first step in dealing with some of the major issues that small businesses trading with the EU are facing. With their finances already under a significant squeeze firms, particularly those which export, are...

BCC Brexit survey: Half of  UK exporters  report difficulties adapting to changes relating to EU-UK goods trade

12 February in Business News, Chamber News, Member News

Results from the first major business survey for 2021 by the British Chambers of Commerce on Brexit found that half (49%) of  exporters  are  facing  difficulties  in adapting to the changes in the trade of goods following the ratification of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) on 1 January 2021. The survey Fieldwork for the survey, which received 1,000 responses, mainly from SMEs, was...

Laptops for Kids & Cash For Connectivity campaigns aim to get disadvantaged young people online

04 February in Member News

Laptops for Kids is a charitable organisation that facilitates the donation, secure erasure and distribution of used digital devices, enabling children from disadvantaged backgrounds to have access to the technology they need to participate in remote learning. Laptops for Kids, Help with home-learning Companies, big and...

Rotherham manufacturing firm donate £400,000 to provide laptops for schoolchildren

02 February in Member News

A Rotherham manufacturing firm has donated £400,000 to supply laptops to children who need them for remote-schooling. Some £300,000 of the funds, given by AESSEAL plc, will provide for 1500 refurbished laptops across Rotherham, which is around half of the estimated need in the South Yorkshire...

Experienced Investment Manager Jeremy Meadowcroft kicks off Finance For Enterprise career

01 February in Member News

Doncaster-based alternative lending provider Finance For Enterprise has strengthened its team of Investment Managers after appointing experienced banker and business support manager, Jeremy Meadowcroft. The experienced Investment Manager who has helped to support SME business owners for much of his career will be responsible for helping...