Welcome to the latest news and updates from the Cumbria Chamber of Commerce, your hub for business insights, events, and developments in the Cumbria region.
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 the local economy.
As a Chamber of Commerce, Cumbria Chamber and its members are actively engaged in research by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). The Trade Confidence Outlook, conducted by the BCC’s award-winning Insights Unit, is a survey of just over 2,000 UK exporters nationally.
In the largest survey of business sentiment since April’s Employer National Insurance rise, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Quarterly Economic Survey for Q2, shows confidence remains weak.
If the Government is serious about growth, then it cannot tax business any further, Director General of the BCC, Shevaun Haviland, is set to warn.
The Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) Annual Progress Report 2025 shows continuing significant progress is being made by Cumbria partners on tackling the skills challenges throughout the county.
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