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Ex miner Peter Davies with Barnsley College English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students in the Barnsley Miners’ Hall on Victoria Road.

Ex-miners share poignant local heritage tales with students in historic Miners’ Hall

22 November in Member News

Barnsley College students were given a taste of the past and learned about the biggest mining disaster in English History from those who know it best. The group heard about Barnsley’s mining heritage and the Oaks Colliery disaster, ahead of its anniversary on 12 December. Paul Darlow,...

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...