Chamber News

South Yorkshire Chambers urge immediate action on labour shortages as landmark survey reveals widespread challenges

07 October in Chamber News

Highlights from the South Yorkshire Quarterly Economic Survey: ·         Businesses are taking on more staff: 39% of responding firms increased their workforce over the last three months, the highest figure since before the pandemic. ·         Firms are struggling to hire: of the 56% of businesses that tried...

BCC responds to LOTO Speech at Labour Party Conference

29 September in Business News, Chamber News

Shevaun Haviland, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, said:  “The Leader of the Opposition is right to focus on business conditions that would help small and medium-sized firms. Businesses will welcome the focus on digital skills, investment in R&D and the need to make Brexit work. However, despite the warm rhetoric, what firms...

‘A THIMBLE OF WATER TO PUT OUT A BONFIRE’ – BCC ON TEMPORARY VISAS FOR DRIVERS AND FOOD WORKERS

28 September in Business News, Chamber News

BCC President, Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith CBE said:   “Government has made clear its priority is to transition from a reliance on EU workers to a focus on the domestic workforce, and businesses have been ready to participate in this, but it is a long-term project.    “A managed transition, with a plan...

BCC Forecast: business investment set to be left behind in record economic recovery 

10 September in Business News, Chamber News

UK business investment is expected to decline this year despite the prospect of record economic growth, according to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) economic forecast. The leading business group predicts UK GDP growth for 2021 of 7.1%, which, if realised, would be the strongest outturn since...