Chamber Marketing

Consultants needed for Heritage Scheme

By Chamber Marketing / 22 March 2022
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Property-focused businesses are needed to be included in a ‘Consultants List’ to be used by Bradford Council on a local building restoration scheme. We’re asking businesses to join a list,…

Oscrete UK announces new NPD and sustainability manager

By Chamber Marketing / 21 March 2022
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Bradford-based concrete admixture manufacturer Oscrete UK continues its growth trajectory with the appointment of a new NPD and sustainability manager. Former laboratory manager Matthew Gabriel, has been promoted to the…

Bradford shortlisted to become UK City of Culture 2025

By Chamber Marketing / 21 March 2022
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Bradford is one of four places through to the final stage of the competition to become UK City of Culture 2025! The bid is rooted in the city’s heritage, and…

Humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees

By Chamber Marketing / 18 March 2022
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People and organisations have done a tremendous job gathering donations for those affected by the war in Ukraine, and we would like to do our bit to support them. Some…

Chancellor must act now to ease ‘cost of doing business crisis’

By Chamber Marketing / 18 March 2022
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The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is urging the Chancellor to take bold and decisive action in his Spring Statement to tackle the escalating cost of doing business crisis. As…

BCC Interest rate rise ill-timed as economic outlook weakens

By Chamber Marketing / 17 March 2022
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Commenting on today’s interest rate decision by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, Suren Thiru, Head of Economics, at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said: “The decision to raise interest rates,…

New Chamber group to address technology implications on local economy

By Chamber Marketing / 14 March 2022
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In a week that sees a ten-day celebration of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce is looking to see what more can be done…

Chamber reaction to LBA withdrawing planning application

By Chamber Marketing / 11 March 2022
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Mike Briffet, President of Leeds Chamber of Commerce, said: “It’s disappointing but understandable that this decision has been taken.  The increasing uncertainty around future investment could not continue indefinitely, and…

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…