Chamber News

REMOVAL OF QUARANTINE FOR DOUBLE JABBED EU AND US NATIONALS TO ENTER ENGLAND IS GREAT NEWS – BCC 

28 July in Business News, Chamber News

 Responding to the news that fully vaccinated travellers from the EU and US will not have to quarantine, British Chambers of Commerce Co-Executive Director, Claire Walker, said:        “For the hundreds of thousands of people directly employed in the travel industry and the many more that are part of supply chains, this will...

BCC SAYS MANY BUSINESSES FACE DIFFICULT WEEKS AHEAD DESPITE PLAN FOR SELF-ISOLATION EXEMPTIONS

23 July in Business News, Chamber News

Responding to an update on possible self-isolation exemptions for key workers in critical services, Hannah Essex, Co-Executive Director of the BCC, said:    “While the announcement of a process which may exempt select critical workers from self-isolation in England will be a relief to some businesses, it will leave many more still...

South Yorkshire to pilot new Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP)

16 July in Chamber News

South Yorkshire’s Chambers of Commerce have come together to lead a successful bid that could transform skills supply, employment prospects, and business productivity across the region. The South Yorkshire LSIP Trailblazer will be led by Doncaster Chamber working alongside Sheffield, and Barnsley and Rotherham Chambers of...

BCC Research: Nearly 3 in 4 Exporters Report No Sales Growth in Q2

15 July in Business News, Chamber News, Member News

Proportion of UK exporters reporting increased export sales (27%) rises from Q1, but proportion reporting decreased sales (28%) remains historically high   Manufacturing exporters were more likely to see rising sales than exporting services firms   B2C services exporters more likely to see sales fall, but neither B2C nor B2B seeing significant sales growth  ...