Responding to the Chancellor’s announcement on the cost-of-living crisis, Hannah Essex, Co-Executive Director of the BCC, said: “While assistance for households is welcome, businesses will be dismayed at the lack of support for those firms also struggling with their energy bills. Many have already been hit by steep rises,...
Responding to the publication of the Levelling Up White Paper, Shevaun Haviland, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “This is an important first step in putting local economic prosperity at the heart of Government policy. This step though, must now rapidly become leaps and...
The podcast, part of the Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) undertaken by the Chambers, is a new platform which will allow listeners to hear from experts, leaders and critical thinkers from institutions, organisations, and businesses here in South Yorkshire. The three South Yorkshire Chamber launched the...
On the second anniversary of Brexit, and with huge lorry queues being reported at Dover last week, the BCC is calling for urgent action to improve trade with Europe. With well over half of UK exporters (60%) surveyed by the BCC in November 2021 reporting difficulties...
• 54% of firms say the business support provided by the UK Government in response to Plan B measures is not sufficient in the short term • 59% say Government did not adequately assess the impact of Plan B measures on businesses • 38% of business to...
The British Chambers of Commerce is today setting out its manifesto to recruit legions of new UK exporters as its research continues to show poor overseas trade growth: In Q4 of 2021, just over a quarter of exporting firms (29%) saw their overseas sales increase ...
