BCC’s Trade Confidence Outlook for Q4 2023 sees SME exports continuing to languish Half of all SME exporters (50%) saw no change in overseas sales, and 24% reported a decrease. Only a quarter of exporting SME firms (26%) saw their overseas sales rise in Q4 BCC indicators show exports...
Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to announce its exclusive partnership with Rotherham United Women F.C. as the club's first-ever Business Partner. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in the efforts to promote women's football, drive enthusiasm in the community, and support the...
Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber is thrilled to announce the return of the much anticipated Meet the Buyer Expo for 2024, the expo which is catered to the construction sector and is set to take place on March 27th at the Barnsley Metrodome’s Rigby Suite from...
Responding to the release of the Government’s Critical Imports and Supply Chain Strategy, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy, at the British Chambers of Commerce said: “This strategy provides a substantial and compelling picture of the reliance an open trading economy, like the UK’s, has on...
Over three quarters (76%) of firms attempting to recruit faced difficulties Firms in the hospitality sector remain the most likely to report challenges in hiring staff (82%) 68% of companies say labour costs are a financial pressure 59% of companies attempted to recruit in...
Responding to the latest GDP data from the ONS, Alex Veitch, Director of Policy and Insight at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “Today’s ONS data, showing GDP grew 0.3% in November, but fell 0.2% in the three months to then, indicates how fragile UK economic growth...
