Commenting on the Chancellor’s announcement of further support for businesses and jobs as Coronavirus restrictions increase, Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber Chief Executive, Andrew Denniff said: “Whilst this is a very welcome improvement in the support available to businesses struggling with the impact of increasing restrictions,...
The British Chambers of Commerce’s Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) – the UK’s largest independent survey of business sentiment and a leading indicator of UK GDP growth – found that business conditions remained weak in the third quarter of 2020, despite much of the economy reopening. The bellwether survey...
Rotherham and Goldthorpe are two of 15 towns in Yorkshire set to receive a share of £80m to boost regeneration. The announcement from the government says this initial scheme is part of a £3.6 billion investment programme to level up England’s towns in the wake of...
Responding to new national restrictions for England to combat a rising number of Coronavirus cases, announced by the Prime Minister today (22nd September) and ahead of his broadcast to the nation tonight, Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber Chief Executive Andrew Denniff said: “The Chamber understand that further...
John Healey MP started this petition to Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP "Our local councils were given pots of funding to back businesses through grant schemes. But the Government wants councils to send back what they haven't spent - £5.2m in Rotherham and £1.6m in Barnsley." "I...
In a letter to the Prime Minister, BCC President Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith has said businesses face “the most difficult trading conditions in post-war history” and set out a series of measures to help government take a “sharper approach” to restarting the UK economy. The letter...
