Cumbria Chamber’s Women in Business Network is back with exciting dates for your diary!
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Cumbria Chamber’s Women in Business Network is back with exciting dates for your diary!
Cumbria Chamber receives award for Armed Forces support
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Cumbria Chamber received the silver award under the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme at a presentation at Carlisle Cathedral last month.
We’re in the UK’s 2nd wave of solar
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Solar PV systems are becoming an increasingly common sight on both residential and commercial buildings. As businesses and individuals battle volatile energy costs, more and more are turning towards renewable energy as a solution. A movement that Go Low Carbon CEO, Ryan Park has dubbed the UK’s 2nd wave of solar.
Working to improve the marketing skills in your business?
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Cumbria Chamber’s Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) is very much a living document through 2025, and the trailblazing work being done by the Chamber covers eight sectors representing a broad representation of the Cumbrian economy.
Cumbria Chamber hosts Business Bites networking BBQ
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Cumbria Chamber gathered local businesses at North Lakes Hotel & Spa for its first ever networking BBQ after work on Thursday 25th May.
DWP’s In-Work Progression Offer
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The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to supporting Universal Credit Claimants at a time of cost-of-living pressures. We want everyone to be able to find a job, progress in work and thrive in the labour market, whoever they are and wherever they live.
LSIP findings inform Carlisle College’s direction
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Carlisle College is one of Cumbria’s leading FE colleges and a key local provider of technical education. We visited the college last week for a tour and to find out how they have been using findings from our Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) to inform exciting curriculum developments…
Skills Bootcamps: Resolving Skills Shortages in Cumbria
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Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership’s Project Management Skills Bootcamp has delivered some real successes for local businesses in recent weeks.
King’s Award for Enterprise 2024
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The King’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious awards for businesses, recognising and celebrating business excellence across the UK. The recipients of the awards demonstrate outstanding success in their respective fields of innovation, international trade, sustainable development and promoting opportunity (through social mobility).
Preparing for the big PSTN Switch Off 2025
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2025 will see the biggest change in telecoms history for the past 30 years, following the announcement from BT that they are beginning to implement plans to switch off the Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN) and Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).