Chamber Marketing

UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement

By Chamber Marketing / 28 February 2022
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Reacting to the signing of the UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC said:    “The BCC welcomes the signature of the UK-New Zealand…

Decarbonising hat-trick for William Birch

By Chamber Marketing / 24 February 2022
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York based main contractor, William Birch, has secured three new projects and a place on the national Fusion21 Decarbonisation framework to decarbonise public buildings in the region. East Riding of…

BCC research finds little love for EU Trade Deal

By Chamber Marketing / 17 February 2022
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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 sale…

DWF Group Plc Announces Global ESG Strategy

By Chamber Marketing / 17 February 2022
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DWF, the global legal business with an office in Leeds, has published its ESG Strategy. The launch of the strategy follows a comprehensive review of business processes and behaviours alongside…

Appointment of James Mason

By Chamber Marketing / 10 February 2022
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The West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce has today announced the appointment of James Mason as its new Chief Executive Officer. James (43), who stepped down from his previous…

Chamber responds to Levelling Up White Paper

By Chamber Marketing / 3 February 2022
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The long awaited Levelling Up white paper today sets out Government plan to fix the decades long imbalance in life chances, opportunities, productivity, housing, education and infrastructure across the UK.…

Defining standards for Net Zero and Carbon Neutral claims

By Chamber Marketing / 3 February 2022
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Over the past year, we have seen a significant shift in the interest in matters relating to measuring and managing Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions. Organisations are…

The journey to providing powerful and greener web hosting

By Chamber Marketing / 2 February 2022
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Starting a business requires a lot of consideration; financial, location, employees, products, to name but a few. But it isn’t just the importance of how to make a business successful…

Zero-emission ambition from Yorkshire’s fastest-growing bus firm

By Chamber Marketing / 2 February 2022
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At Transdev, we know how to win new customers to switch to our buses. Take our flagship 36: Riding Refined service linking Harrogate with Leeds and Ripon – in 2019…

Innovation in Flood Risk Management

By Chamber Marketing / 2 February 2022
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Mott MacDonald, working on behalf of the Environment Agency and Leeds City Council, recently developed a proof of concept for a ‘Woodland Carbon Calculator’ web tool to estimate carbon sequestration…

Council Leader hears from key Leeds business group on city’s needs

By Chamber Marketing / 2 February 2022
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One of Leeds’ key business groups has met with the Leader of the Council to discuss how to support economic growth and development throughout this year. The Leadership Group of…

COVID-19 support scheme is extended – Leeds

By Chamber Marketing / 1 February 2022
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Small businesses in Leeds have been handed a new opportunity to claim funding support as they navigate their way through the ongoing financial difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Leeds…

More must be done to improve UK-EU Trade

By Chamber Marketing / 31 January 2022
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On the second anniversary of Brexit, and with huge lorry queues being reported at Dover last week, the BCC is calling for urgent action to improve trade with Europe. With…

BCC Calls for Delay of NICs Rise

By Chamber Marketing / 28 January 2022
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• 54% of firms say the business support provided by the UK Government in response to Plan B measures is not sufficient in the short term • 59% say Government…

Bradford Chamber Property Forum offers helping hand on Council regeneration schemes

By Chamber Marketing / 27 January 2022
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The Bradford Chamber Property Forum has been liaising with key local authority officers to see how to work closer together on economic development schemes. Bradford Chamber of Commerce has asked…

End of Plan B restrictions in England

By Chamber Marketing / 19 January 2022
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Responding to news of the end of Plan B restrictions in England, Shevaun Haviland, Director General of the BCC, said:    “News of the end of work from home guidance…

New generation of exporters needed – BCC Trade Manifesto

By Chamber Marketing / 18 January 2022
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The British Chambers of Commerce is today setting out its manifesto to recruit legions of new UK exporters as its research continues to show poor overseas trade growth: In Q4…

Omicron hospitality and leisure grant – Bradford

By Chamber Marketing / 17 January 2022
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The government has announced grant funding to help lessen the financial impact of the Omicron variant on the hospitality, leisure and accommodation sectors / industry. Which businesses are eligible? To…