Quarterly Economic Survey Q4 2023: Business Confidence Boost Fails To Revive Investment
The British Chamber of Commerce’s Quarterly Economic Survey – the UK’s largest and longest-running independent business survey – shows a small rise in business confidence in the final quarter of 2023.
Cumbria Chamber’s comment on the Autumn Statement
As ever the devil is in the detail and more will emerge when we’ve been able to study the full Statement in detail.
Spring Budget 2024: key points for businesses
The Chancellor’s Spring Budget today was disappointing, but not surprisingly so, with little substantive support for businesses here in Cumbria.
Quarterly Recruitment Outlook
Hiring Headaches And Labour Costs Loom Large.
Businesses Say Hybrid Working Is Here To Stay
New research by the British Chambers of Commerce Insights Unit and technology business Cisco, shows less than 30% of businesses expect their workforce to be fully in person over the next five years.
Local Skills Improvement Plan update
We’re happy to report that the 2023 Cumbria Local Skills Improvement Plan has now been submitted to the Department for Education (DfE).
Seven steps to cut costs
The goal of every business is to make a profit. Unfortunately, with rising costs, business owners are facing a difficult choice: raise prices or lose margin.
The benefits of volunteering with Judith Smale of Cumbria CVS
We talk to Judith Smale of Chamber member Cumbria CVS about the benefits of volunteering for individuals and businesses. Our talk also covers CVS’s new volunteering database where individuals can register and search for opportunities (volunteering.cumbriacvs.org.uk); employer supported volunteering (ESV); support for businesses; and the ESV subgroup.
Discussing investment opportunities for Cumbrian businesses with Regionally and RfM Accountants
Discussing investment opportunities for Cumbrian businesses with Regionally and RfM Accountants In the latest episode of the Cumbria Chamber podcast we discuss investment opportunities for Cumbrian businesses through Regionally, an investment service designed to connect private investors with established businesses based in the UK outside of London. In part two of the podcast we talk to […]
Staying competitive in a disruptive world (part 2): discussing the findings of the Cumbria LSIP final report
Staying competitive in a disruptive world (part 2): discussing the findings of the Cumbria LSIP final report Cumbria’s Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) is an employer-led and locally owned initiative which aims to set out the key priorities needed to make technical education and skills provision more responsive to the changing needs of employers and […]