Chamber News

South Yorkshire Chambers of Commerce to spearhead local plan to identify skills shortages in the region

01 February in Business News, Chamber News

Businesses are being asked to complete a short online survey to help understand the skills needed to accelerate the adoption of digital skills and reduce the skills gap felt by South Yorkshires businesses. Barnsley & Rotherham, Doncaster and Sheffield Chambers of Commerce will help lead the...

Award-winning IT Service Provider begins the new year as the latest Chamber Patron

06 January in Chamber News, Member News

Balliante, a leading Rotherham-based IT provider recently upgraded their existing membership to become further involved with Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber as the latest Patron. Winner of the 2022 Network Server Specialists of the Year, Balliante joins an exclusive group of businesses that have a key partnership...

South Yorkshire Chambers of Commerce call on government not to ‘level down our infrastructure’ as businesses experience tough fourth quarter

05 January in Business News, Chamber News

On the publication of the South Yorkshire Infrastructure Survey, powered by the Quarterly Economic Survey for Q4 2022, the CEOs of Barnsley & Rotherham, Doncaster and Sheffield Chambers of Commerce said in a joint statement: This has been another challenging quarter for the UK economy. Our...

Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber names Chief Executive’s successor

15 December in Chamber News

Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce has announced Carrie Sudbury, as successor to Chief Executive Andrew Denniff, as part of the organisation’s future plans. Carrie’s appointment was confirmed by Chamber directors at a recent board meeting, following a competitive and rigorous recruitment process. She will...

New President of Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce announced

05 December in Business News, Chamber News, Member News

At the recent Annual General Meeting, held at the new Barnsley College Business Centre, Matthew Stephens of Castlebray Services, was appointed the new President of Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce. A leading regional figure in property and regeneration development, Matthew Stephens has played an active...

South Yorkshire Chambers of Commerce call for more stability and pro-business ambition in government policy after ‘challenging’ Autumn Statement

18 November in Business News, Chamber News, Member News

Responding to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, the CEOs of Barnsley & Rotherham, Doncaster and Sheffield Chambers of Commerce said in a joint statement: Given the context, this was always going to be a challenging set of policy announcements for South Yorkshire’s business community, and so it...