Responding to the details of the Government’s legislative plan set out in today’s Queen’s Speech, Claire Walker, Co-Executive Director of the BCC, said:
A major new report is calling for a root and branch reform of the UK’s training system to help businesses access the skills they need to boost productivity.
On 27th April 2021 businesses from across the region gathered to hear the latest results following the Sheffield City Region (SCR) Quarterly Economic Review for Q1.
Commissioned by the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the report has been produced using original survey data from the Chambers of Commerce in South Yorkshire, combined with content from a series of focus groups within key sectors.
Watch back our webinar recording of One Year On: Shaping the national recovery effort event, in partnership with Devon & Plymouth Chamber.
The British Chambers of Commerce’s Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) found that business conditions remained historically poor in the first quarter of 20221 as the third lockdown severely limited activity.
Sheffield Council have launched a £2m Economic Recovery Fund to kick start projects that will help high streets recover from the impact of the restrictions on trading imposed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Commenting on the ONS labour market statistics for March 2021, published today, BCC Head of Economics Suren Thiru said:
The Lower Thames Crossing is the most ambitious road project since the M25 and is part of the biggest investment in the country’s road network for a generation.