Reacting to the news that the eastern leg of HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail will no longer proceed as planned, Shevaun Haviland, Director General of the BCC, said: “This will be huge disappointment to the thousands of businesses that were relying on HS2 and NPR to fire up economic regeneration...
Responding to the publication of the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) today, the leaders of South Yorkshire's Chambers of Commerce said in a joint statement: There are some positives to draw from today's statement by government. The news that Midland Mainline electrification to South Yorkshire is now...
Barnsley Council and Doncaster MBC have secured funding from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to help improve air quality in the boroughs through the delivery of a free business driver support package. Vehicle use has a major impact on both air quality...
The Master Cutler, Ken Cooke, recently fulfilled a childhood ambition – riding in the cab of a train. This was not any train but the Master Cutler which runs from Sheffield to London St Pancras every morning at 7.29am. “Who doesn’t want to drive a train,” he...
Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce’s Transport Forum is working with a number of partners to improve our transport system for both commuters and businesses. Their Transport Forum balances its focus between long term strategic opportunities such as improvements to Trans-Pennine connectivity routes and nationally significant...
