Chamber News

Responding to the UK Government’s Spring Statement today, the CEOs of South Yorkshire’s Chambers of Commerce said in a joint statement ‘South Yorkshire businesses will welcome some of the measures […]

UK economic growth is expected to halve this year amid soaring inflation, major tax rises, and global shocks – including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. UK Economic Outlook – 2022 The […]

Responding to the Prime Minister’s statement to Parliament on the ‘Living with Covid’ strategy, BCC Co-Executive Director, Claire Walker, said:  “Businesses will welcome the ambition of the Prime Minister, which inches […]

71% of exporters say EU trade deal is not enabling them to grow or increase sales Only 1 in 8 exporters think it is helping them grow or increase sales […]

Under a new scheme, businesses across Barnsley who could not access previous rounds of COVID-19 financial support are set to benefit from automatic business rates relief. The COVID-19 Additional Relief […]

Commenting on the inflation statistics for January 2022, published today by the Office for National Statistics, Head of Economics at the BCC Suren Thiru, said:  “Rising inflation highlights both the cost-of-living […]

73% of firms in a new survey say they are raising prices in response to rising costs More than 3 in 5 (62%) cite soaring energy bills as driving factor, […]

Responding to the Chancellor’s announcement on the cost-of-living crisis, Hannah Essex, Co-Executive Director of the BCC, said:  “While assistance for households is welcome, businesses will be dismayed at the lack of […]

Responding to the publication of the Levelling Up White Paper, Shevaun Haviland, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, said:  “This is an important first step in putting local […]