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Commenting on ONS Labour Market statistics for August 2021 published today, BCC Head of Economics, Suren Thiru, said:
“The latest figures confirm that the UK jobs market is recovering strongly as the boost to demand from the easing of restrictions helped drive higher payroll employment in July. “Record vacancies confirm […]
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Carbon footprint a mystery to 9 out of 10 small businesses
National business survey finds vast majority of small businesses have yet to put targets in place to reduce their emissions – with the pandemic pushing climate action down the agenda Just 11% of […]
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RETRAINING ESSENTIAL AS 1 IN 5 FIRMS CONSIDER REDUNDANCIES POST-FURLOUGH
The BCC has called for government to extend skills training as new research showed nearly 1 in 5 companies are considering staff redundancies as the next phase of furlough tapering begins. With older workers much more likely to still be on furlough, there is concern that […]
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REMOVAL OF QUARANTINE FOR DOUBLE JABBED EU AND US NATIONALS TO ENTER ENGLAND IS GREAT NEWS – BCC
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 […]
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TRADE STATS SHOW PANDEMIC MASKING BREXIT EFFECTS – BCC
Responding to today’s ONS trade statistics, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “The pandemic and the shift to new trading conditions in […]
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BCC SAYS MANY BUSINESSES FACE DIFFICULT WEEKS AHEAD DESPITE PLAN FOR SELF-ISOLATION EXEMPTIONS
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 […]
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No Place for Hate in Barnsley
The No Place for Hate campaign champions our borough to be the place of possibilities where nobody faces abuse, online or in their community. We all need to realise the […]
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South Yorkshire to pilot new Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP)
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 […]
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BCC Research: Nearly 3 in 4 Exporters Report No Sales Growth in Q2
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 […]
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BCC RESPONDS TO ONS LABOUR MARKET STATS FOR JULY
Commenting on ONS Labour Market statistics for July 2021 published today, BCC Head of Economics, Suren Thiru, said: “The significant rise in payroll employment suggests that UK jobs market continued to improve as […]
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