News Archive

02/08/2004 Revaluation 2005 – Make Business Rates Your Business
07/01/2005 BCC RESPONSE TO TUC LOST OVERTIME PAY SURVEY
13/01/2005 DISAPPOINTING NOVEMBER FIGURES HIGHLIGHT THREATS FACING MANUFACTURING
13/01/2005 BCC reaction to Interest Rate decision
20/01/2005 QES: CONTINUED RISKS TO ECONOMIC CLIMATE
21/01/2005 MORE GRADUATES WILL NOT DELIVER THE RIGHT SKILLS FOR BUSINESS
27/01/2005 Economy Set To Slow In Spite Of Slight Q4 Improvement
28/01/2005 BCC says no tax increases to pay for pensions
03/02/2005 GETTING THE LISBON STRATEGY BACK ON TRACK
09/02/2005 Business waiting for action not talk
09/02/2005 MANUFACTURING FACES SERIOUS THREATS IN SPITE OF DECEMBER IMPROVEMENT
22/02/2005 Liverpool Business Fair
24/02/2005 14-19 PROPOSALS ARE A STEP FORWARD BUT A MISSED OPPORTUNITY
24/02/2005 REGIONAL AIR SERVICES SHOW STRONG AND SUSTAINED GROWTH
24/02/2005 GOVERNMENT MUST NOT BUCKLE UNDER UNION PRESSURE ON PENSIONS
28/02/2005 BURDEN ON BUSINESS ROCKETS TOWARDS £40bn
09/03/2005 MANUFACTURING WILL BE SEVERELY DAMAGED BY HIGHER INTEREST RATES
11/03/2005 BCC reaction to Interest Rate decision
11/03/2005 Language announcement may not be enough to reverse decline
22/03/2005 BUSINESSES WARN SKILLS WHITE PAPER MUST DELIVER
29/03/2005 CHAMBERS TAKE ON MORE CUSTOMS WORK
05/04/2005 REPORT SHOWS GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED TO DELIVER ON PREVIOUS PROMISES TO CUT REGULATION
05/04/2005 Chambers and NWDA sign new deal for businesses
25/04/2005 BUSINESSES CALL FOR ‘NO TAX RISE’ PLEDGE
26/04/2005 BCC Annual Conference: SPEECH BY DIRECTOR GENERAL DAVID FROST
09/05/2005 NEW GOVERNMENT FACES BIG CHALLENGES
09/05/2005 Action needed following manufacturing figures
18/05/2005 BUSINESS LUKEWARM ON QUEEN’S SPEECH
25/05/2005 NEW REPORT ON PAYMENT CLEARING TIMES
13/06/2005 ROAD PRICING PROPOSALS SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY URGENT INCREASE IN ROAD CAPACITY, SAYS BCC
11/07/2005 ALARMING NEW FIGURES SHOW UK PRESIDENCY MUST DELIVER REGULATORY REFORM
22/07/2005 Employers concerned about complex and far reaching employment legislation.
08/08/2005 NORTH WEST BUSINESSES PREDICT GROWTH IN SALES
16/08/2005 Merseyside Entrepreneurship Commission seeks consultation on newly published Interim Report
24/08/2005 BCC LOWERS UK GDP GROWTH FORECAST
19/09/2005 Consultation on cutting red tape
26/09/2005 Chancellor to cut his GDP growth forecast
03/10/2005 BCC 2005 GDP GROWTH FORECAST TO BE CUT FROM 2% TO 1.7-1.8%
03/10/2005 FIRMS NEED RELIEF FROM MINIMUM WAGE HIKE
06/10/2005 MANUFACTURING SECTOR REMAINS UNDER PRESSURE
19/10/2005 BCC SLAMS UNACCEPTABLE PUBLIC SECTOR RETIREMENT DEAL
19/10/2005 BOSSES SWAMPED BY MORE WORKLIFE BALANCE LEGISLATION
24/10/2005 SIMPLIFYING VAT FOR SMALL BUSINESS
24/10/2005 Liverpool secures first city BID in the North
24/10/2005 Weak Q3 GDP Growth Reinforces Case For Early Interest Rates Cut
26/10/2005 BCC WELCOMES NEW PROPOSALS TO INCREASE BUSINESS INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOLS
02/11/2005 Have Your Say on Government Regulations
07/11/2005 MANUFACTURING DOWN IN SEPTEMBER
08/11/2005 Rocket Science in Liverpool
14/11/2005 BCC LOWERS UK GDP GROWTH FORECAST BCC launches the tenth issue
16/11/2005 World Museum Liverpool hosts festive Fair Trade shopping.
21/11/2005 NO EXTRA BUSINESS TAXES FOR PENSION REFORM
02/12/2005 ENERGY REVIEW WELCOMED BY BUSINESS
02/12/2005 PENSIONS PROPOSALS WOULD HARM SMALL FIRMS
06/12/2005 CHANCELLOR RIGHT TO ADMIT FORECAST WRONG
06/12/2005 Further Ryanair expansion brings early Christmas cheer for Liverpool John Lennon Airport
09/12/2005 NEW COMPENSATION PLANS COULD HURT OUR BUSINESSES
12/12/2005 BUSINESS URGES GOVERNMENT NOT TO BACK DOWN ON UK OPT OUT
13/12/2005 NAO REPORT WILL HELP ONGOING SKILLS DISCUSSION
14/12/2005 14-19 PLANS ARE A MIXED BAG FOR BUSINESS
16/12/2005 Entrepreneurship Commission Publishes Hard-hitting Report
19/12/2005 BCC REACTION TO PPF PROPOSALS
20/12/2005 Over one million taxpayers in north west
04/01/2006 New Chamber HR Service is Launched
12/01/2006 MANUFACTURING REMAINS UNDER PRESSURE IN SPITE OF MODEST NOVEMBER RISE
17/01/2006 Aer Arann adds additional flight frequency
23/01/2006 ECONOMY STILL WEAK AND BELOW TREND DESPITE MODEST IMPROVEMENT
23/01/2006 Chamber Connect Card Eases Travel Burden
23/01/2006 Pensions Pressure for Small Firms
24/01/2006 Tender Opportunities Available for All
24/01/2006 Business Crime Direct & Action Against Business Crime supports the National Civil Recovery Programm
24/01/2006 BCC COMMENTS ON INCAPACITY BENEFIT
27/01/2006 BCC WELCOMES SMALL BUSINESS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ON PENSIONS
08/02/2006 Take Part in DTI Consultation on Sunday Trading
08/02/2006 MANUFACTURING STILL VERY WEAK - DESPITE MODEST DECEMBER RISE
13/02/2006 SMALL BUSINESS GROUPS URGE MEPS TO RESTORE KEY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN PRINCIPLE IN SERVICES DIRECTIVE
13/02/2006 Liverpool City Region climbs UK Image League
15/02/2006 MEPs urged to back 'Job Creation Directive'
16/02/2006 Enterprise Week 2005 A Huge Success
16/02/2006 EU Services vote welcomed by business
22/02/2006 TIME FOR GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP A GEAR ON BIRD FLU COMMUNICATIONS
27/02/2006 FIGURES SHOW WORRYING FALL IN INVESTMENT
02/03/2006 08 Business Connect: A New Forum for City Businesses
02/03/2006 BCC WELCOMES MOVES TO RAISE STANDARDS IN SCHOOLS
02/03/2006 The HSBC Start-Up Stars Awards.
09/03/2006 Sharing Tendering Expertise
09/03/2006 MANUFACTURING REMAINS IN NEGATIVE TERRITORY IN SPITE OF MODEST IMPROVEMENT
09/03/2006 TIME TO TACKLE TAX BURDEN ON BUSINESS
13/03/2006 City of Liverpool Business Fair returns to the Town Hall
14/03/2006 New Strategy Launched for Liverpool Businesses
22/03/2006 BCC BUDGET IMMEDIATE RESPONSE
23/03/2006 EMPLOYERS WANT RADICAL FUNDING CHANGES TO IMPROVE SKILLS
28/03/2006 BSI - Business Continuity Standard PAS 56
28/03/2006 LIVEREPOOL BUSINESS FACE MAJOR DISRUPTION OVER TUNNEL CLOSURES
30/03/2006 New Building Regulations – Order from the Liverpool Chamber
03/04/2006 GOVERNMENT FAILING BUSINESS ON REGULATION
03/04/2006 PLANNING IS HOLDING TRANSPORT BACK
03/04/2006 EMPLOYERS BACK CONSERVATIVE ANNOUNCEMENT TO CUT BUSINESS TAX FIRST
03/04/2006 BCC WELCOMES ALAN JOHNSON’S ANNOUNCEMENT ON UKTI
04/04/2006 TIME TO FOCUS ON WEALTH CREATORS
04/04/2006 PENSIONS COULD BE TIPPING POINT FOR BUSINESSES
04/04/2006 Dr Robert Crawford to address members at President's Lunch
10/04/2006 CALL TO RAISE STANDARDS IN SCHOOLS
13/04/2006 BCC: SURVEY SHOWS WELCOME IMPROVEMENT BUT RECOVERY STILL FRAGILE
18/04/2006 New Building Regulations – Order from the Liverpool Chamber
18/04/2006 An award for business with 25,000 reasons to enter!
28/04/2006 Call for Entries for Chamber Awards
08/05/2006 BCC WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF ALISTAIR DARLING
08/05/2006 BUSINESSES OPPOSED TO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
12/05/2006 BS 7799-3:2006 Information security management systems
15/05/2006 Crime Fighting Fundraiser
16/05/2006 BCC QUARTERLY ECONOMIC FORECAST: MODEST IMPROVEMENT BUT FRAGILE RECOVERY FACES THREATS
18/05/2006 Banned From One, Banned From All!
22/05/2006 Normal services resume on the famous Mersey Ferries
23/05/2006 Liverpool Chamber Supports Government Internet Security Campaign
24/05/2006 SMALL BUSINESSES DESERVE BETTER
26/05/2006 BCC WARNS OF DANGER TO SMALL FIRMS IN PENSIONS WHITE PAPER
01/06/2006 Merseyside's Digital Challange Bid a Stage Closer
02/06/2006 BCC SAYS HOLD FIRM ON THE OPT-OUT
02/06/2006 IBM Technology Truck Coming to Town
06/06/2006 Fans Can Enjoy The World Cup in Safety
07/06/2006 Vietnamese Delegation Meets Ben Chapman MP
08/06/2006 DISAPPOINTING MANUFACTURING FIGURES REINFORCE ARGUMENTS AGAINST RAISING INTEREST RATES
14/06/2006 ‘Profit from Progressive Communications’
20/06/2006 Liverpool Chamber to help businesses become more progressive in communications
21/06/2006 Chamber Member Voodou Wins International Award
26/06/2006 Marina Provides Perfect Platform
28/06/2006 More Than Just Football on the Menu
29/06/2006 Keep Your Business Safe Online
03/07/2006 Campaign Highlights the Human Cost of Crime
03/07/2006 Small Businesses in the Dark About Age Laws
06/07/2006 Networking in China Made Easy
06/07/2006 New BCC President Unveils Agenda
06/07/2006 Manufacturing Upturn Does Not Justify Raising Interest Rates
06/07/2006 BCC Reaction to Interest Rates Decision
07/07/2006 Launch of Lawrence Road Crime Alert
13/07/2006 Economic Recovery at Risk as Export Balances fall
17/07/2006 Development Lunch a Success
19/07/2006 New Entrepreneurs Scholarships Programme Continues to Grow
20/07/2006 BCC Welcomes Export Commitment
20/07/2006 Liverpool Economy is Steady
20/07/2006 Reaction to M6 Toll Announcement
21/07/2006 EDP - Extremely Dedicated Partners
24/07/2006 BCC Welcome Q2 GDP Improvement
24/07/2006 Chamber Opens Business Opprtunities in South Africa
24/07/2006 Cheap Supermarket Drinks Fuel Crime and Disorder
27/07/2006 BCC WELCOMES EXPORTS COMMITMENT
27/07/2006 BUSINESSES NOT TO BLAME FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FIASCO
31/07/2006 First Banning Orders For Liverpool City Centre
01/08/2006 New Consultations at www.merseyeconomy.org.uk
02/08/2006 Scam Alert for Local Businesses
03/08/2006 BCC Reaction to Interest Rate Decision
03/08/2006 ICT Fund Makes Its First Awards
04/08/2006 No Traps With Tender Training
07/08/2006 BCC Quarterly Economic Forecast: Improvement in 06 But Mediocre for 07 / 08
07/08/2006 Racial Quotas Cause Concern To Businesses
08/08/2006 Luncheon Club Celebrates Anniversary
08/08/2006 Government Must Not Lose Its Way On Roads Policy
09/08/2006 London 2012 Announces Business Support Initiatives
11/08/2006 EMPLOYERS STILL FRUSTRATED BY YOUTH SKILLS
15/08/2006 NO TRAPS WITH TENDER TRAINING
16/08/2006 NEW MERSEYSIDE REMIT FOR BUSINESS CRIME DIRECT MANAGER
18/08/2006 NEW CITY CENTRE EMERGENCY CHANNEL NETS FOUR SUSPECTS
18/08/2006 Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service briefing on threat of Industrial Action & contingencies
18/08/2006 EDUCATION SYSTEM FAILING TO MEET DEMANDS OF COMPETITIVE LABOUR MARKET
21/08/2006 Get Involved With ITV's Big Clean Up
22/08/2006 Political Consensus on PAYE and NI?
23/08/2006 New record donation from Medicash
23/08/2006 Migration a Symptom of UK's Educational Failures - BCC
24/08/2006 CURRICULUM STILL FAILING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF BUSINESS
25/08/2006 New Company Sweeps Chamber Clean
29/08/2006 AXE MUST FALL ON FAILING SBS
06/09/2006 Manufacturing Figures Show Dangers of Raising Interest Rates
07/09/2006 BCC Reaction to Interest Rates Decision
07/09/2006 BCC & AIG Europe Ltd Join Forces To Stop Business Failures
11/09/2006 Could You Be a Lay Magistrate?
12/09/2006 Launch of Chamber International Training Programme
12/09/2006 Nine Banning Orders Covering Liverpool City Centre
12/09/2006 Businesses Unaware of Lift Truck Legislation
18/09/2006 Businesses Warned on Terror Threat
18/09/2006 Top Business Awards For Chamber Members
19/09/2006 Business verdict on the DTI: “could do better”.
25/09/2006 BCC'S REACTION TO GORDON BROWN’S SPEECH
28/09/2006 Minimum Wage Rises Will Push Businesses to Tipping Point
29/09/2006 Transport is an Investment Imperative
02/10/2006 NEW MEASURES TO OUTLAW AGE DISCRIMINATION DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE
03/10/2006 CONSERVATIVE FLEXIBLE WORKING POLICY CONCERNS FIRMS
03/10/2006 FIRMS ENCOURAGED BY EVOLVING TORY PHILOSOPHY
03/10/2006 Liverpool Chamber Signs Agreement with Vietnam
05/10/2006 BCC Reaction to Interest Rate Decision
05/10/2006 Chamber Concern on Age Discrimination Laws
09/10/2006 Manufacturing Figures Highlight Gradual Recovery
09/10/2006 Tackling Crime on Industrial Estates and Business Parks
09/10/2006 Making ICT & Communications Work For You
12/10/2006 Signs of recovery must be supported by benign interest rates and business-friendly economic policy
13/10/2006 BCC - Recovery must be supported by benign interest rates and business-friendly policies
13/10/2006 Governor Softening the Ground for Expected Rate Rise
17/10/2006 Unique Opportunity to Visit HMS Liverpool
17/10/2006 Support for New Entrepreneurs
19/10/2006 Business Confidence Strong in Quarter Three
19/10/2006 Out of One, Out of All Say Licensees in North Liverpool
24/10/2006 We Can Help with New Age Discrimination Laws
24/10/2006 Licencees Turn Out in Force for North Liverpool Pub Watch
27/10/2006 Transport Select Committee – Bus Services Merseytravel Comment
30/10/2006 Dinner Date for Business Community
31/10/2006 North West leads UK manufacturing
07/11/2006 Ministers must stand firm over the EU Working Time Directive
08/11/2006 Chamber Healthcare - Good for Your Staff & Your Business
08/11/2006 BCC Unveils ‘Red Tape; The Real Story’
10/11/2006 Don't Miss Out on Training Funding Support
13/11/2006 Manufacturing Industry Must Embrace Enterprise to Thrive Again
14/11/2006 Platform Lunch A Success
15/11/2006 Will Queen’s Speech Prove Costly for Business?
15/11/2006 BCC Reaction to Queen's Speech
21/11/2006 Transport Survey Supports Road Pricing
22/11/2006 BCC Welcomes the Publication of the Further Education and Training Bill
23/11/2006 Help Us Improve Our Website
23/11/2006 Today's MPC Minutes Highlight Critical Need to Avoid Monetary Overkill
24/11/2006 Liverpool Chamber wins National Award
30/11/2006 Launch of Migration Advisory Committee Consultation Welcomed
01/12/2006 Eddington Recommendations on Road Pricing Must Not Just Be a Revenue Raiser
01/12/2006 Don’t Penalise Business for Relying Upon the Road Network
04/12/2006 Leitch Review Must Engage the Economically Excluded
05/12/2006 Planning Review Should Help Not Hinder Development
05/12/2006 Barker Review Shows the Way Forward
06/12/2006 Manufacturing Recovery Losing Momentum and Signals Risk
06/12/2006 Government Must Deliver on Chancellor's Wish List
07/12/2006 Chamber Welcomes £21m SLEGI Success
08/12/2006 MPC Right Not To Raise Interest Rates
11/12/2006 Simplification Plans Welcomed, But Attitude Change Needed In Whitehall
13/12/2006 Drink-Drivers Face Pub Ban
14/12/2006 Changes Needed In Government Language Policy
19/12/2006 Christmas Clampdown on Rogue Cabbies
22/12/2006 FIRST PUB BANS FOR DRINK DRIVERS
08/01/2007 Interest Rate Stability Vital To Sustaining Recovery
08/01/2007 Chamber Members Urged to Enter Kickstart for a £10,000 Cash Prize
09/01/2007 Beware Bogus Chamber Jobs Scam
11/01/2007 Rise In Interest Rates Regrettable
11/01/2007 Manufacturing Upturn Is Slowly Consolidating
12/01/2007 BCC STATEMENT ON RAISING THE SCHOOL LEAVING AGE
15/01/2007 Will a rise in inflation to 3 per cent explain the shock interest rate announcement?
16/01/2007 CPI Figures Support Need For Stability; MPC Must Avoid Over-Reaction
18/01/2007 Strong Q4 QES Results May Heighten Clamour for Higher Interest Rate
19/01/2007 Severe Weather Statement
19/01/2007 BCC Statement on Latest Stage of the Lyons Inquiry
22/01/2007 Liverpool Businesses Remain Confident
23/01/2007 Chinese New Year Business Awards & Dinner
24/01/2007 GDP Figures Reinforce Pressure for Higher Interest Rates
26/01/2007 Working with Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
30/01/2007 Advice on Planned Industrial Action by HM Revenue and Customs
30/01/2007 Can You Help With a Survey on Flexible Working?
31/01/2007 8,000 Job Losses in UK Manufacturing Challenges Need for Higher Interest Rates
02/02/2007 Deregulation Expose Highlights 20 Years of Inaction from Whitehall
06/02/2007 Small Business Service Must Meet Its Objective to Help Businesses Thrive
09/02/2007 Eli Lilly Sweeps Responsible Business Awards
16/02/2007 High Society - Glam Club Wins Best Bar None
16/02/2007 VLM Airlines Want Your Views
21/02/2007 Piece Of Cake
21/02/2007 Businesses Willing To Consider Road Pricing
21/02/2007 Liverpool City Centre In Line For New BID
22/02/2007 Chamber Combats Retail Crime
23/02/2007 Take Part In Our Quarterly Economic Survey
23/02/2007 Recognition For Chamber's Crime Reduction Success
26/02/2007 Red Tape & Regulations Cost Liverpool Business £97m
01/03/2007 One Hundred Extra Tickets Available For Grand National
05/03/2007 Subsidised Export Opportunity for Food & Drink Sector
08/03/2007 Czech Delegation Hopes To Learn From Liverpool
08/03/2007 Minimum Wage Up To £5.52 An Hour
08/03/2007 No Change in Rates the Correct Decision
08/03/2007 Action Needed to Cut European Red Tape Burden
09/03/2007 Disappointing Manufacturing Figures Highlight Risks
09/03/2007 BCC Fights The Corner For SMEs
13/03/2007 Businesses Need Impact of Climate Change Bill Made Clear
14/03/2007 EU Deal to Reduce Carbon Emissions a Major Turning Point
14/03/2007 Corporation Tax Should Be Slashed to 25%
15/03/2007 Why is the Government Happy to Price People onto the Road?
16/03/2007 Don’t Let the Snow Stop Britain Moving!
19/03/2007 BCCI Welcomes Conservative Pledge on Corporation Tax
21/03/2007 BCC: Lyons Review - Relocalisation by the Back Door
21/03/2007 Small Businesses Let Down by Rise in Small Companies' Rate
23/03/2007 British Business Dismayed at Brown's Last Budget
30/03/2007 EU Labour Law Green Paper Allows Members to Embrace Flexibility
30/03/2007 71% of Small Businesses Unonvinced by PM's Defence of Tax Increase
30/03/2007 Budget Blow to Business Confidence Reinforces Need to Keep Interest Rates on Hold
30/03/2007 Flexibility in the Workplace is Good for the UK
02/04/2007 Chamber Launches 'Operation Mother Hen'
02/04/2007 Government Regulation Failing Business and UK Competitiveness
05/04/2007 Disappointed and Alarmed by MPC Decision
10/04/2007 MPC Right to Ignore Clamour for Interest Rate Rise
11/04/2007 New Quality Mark For Local Security Industry
12/04/2007 2007 Q1 QES Shows Slowing Economy & Weakening Pricing Power
17/04/2007 Re-create Spirit of Enterprise Outside of London and the South East
17/04/2007 Inflation and Exchange Rate Make rate Rise Inevitable
18/04/2007 British Business Accepts 5.50% Bank Rate
25/04/2007 NICE Idea on Smoking Out of Touch With Reality of the Workplace
03/05/2007 MPC's First Decade A Success
08/05/2007 Rail Freight Should be a Priority, Not an Afterthought
10/05/2007 Manufacturing Positive But Risks Persist
10/05/2007 Blair Business Legacy - Stability But Missed Opportunities
10/05/2007 Rate Rise Correct but MPC Must Not Over React Next Time around
14/05/2007 UK Economic Growth Set To Slow Sharply, Due To Large Interest Rate Increases
15/05/2007 Inflation Figures Highlight Need To Avoid Overkill
15/05/2007 Failing Education System Must Be Addressed By Gordon Brown
17/05/2007 Half A Million Unemployed 18-24 Year Olds 'Unacceptable'
17/05/2007 Government Right to Clamp Down on Firms Who Do Not Pay the Minimum Wage
21/05/2007 Government Must Stand Firm and Reform Our ‘Archaic and Moribund’ Planning System
21/05/2007 One Stop Shop For International Trade
22/05/2007 NIMBY Attitude Must Not be Allowed to Hold Back Development
23/05/2007 Monetary Overkill Remains A Clear Danger
29/05/2007 Bank Rate May Rise To 5.7% In June
07/06/2007 Bank Correct to Keep Rate at 5.50 Per Cent.
07/06/2007 Chamber Team Pioneer Harm Reduction For Revellers
08/06/2007 Liverpool Sees Crime Figures At A Ten Year Low
08/06/2007 Consequence of Any Extension to Paid Paternity Leave Needs to be Fully Considered
11/06/2007 NEW SECURITY TRAINING WILL PROTECT SHOP STAFF & PUBLIC
11/06/2007 Worrying Increase in the Number of Days Lost to Industrial Disputes
14/06/2007 Businesses Find the Skills Pledge ‘Unhelpful and Patronising’
14/06/2007 Government Right to Tackle Counting of Bank Holidays as Annual Leave
14/06/2007 Inflation Falls Rapidly, But Risk of Over-Reaction Alarms British Business
14/06/2007 Welcome Move To Make MPC Selections Transparent
15/06/2007 £4M To Improve Skills On Merseyside
15/06/2007 Trade Missions To Shanghai nd Guangzhou & International Liverpool Day
25/06/2007 P M’s Final Act Must Not Be To Sacrifice The Principle Of European Free Trade
25/06/2007 Surge in Sterling Highlights Yet Again the Risk of Aggressive Interest Rate Increases
25/06/2007 Government Needs To Recognise The Green Potential Offered By Water Freight
28/06/2007 As Chancellor He Delivered Economic Stability. As PM He Must Focus On Education And Transport
28/06/2007 New Department of Business and Enterprise is a Signal of Good Intent from the Government
02/07/2007 We are Resigned to Higher Interest Rates, but Consequences for Business are Alarming
02/07/2007 Chamber Signs Up To Climate Change Charter
02/07/2007 Crime Prevention Opportunity For City Centre Retailers
05/07/2007 Interest Rate Rise Expected But Alarming For Business
05/07/2007 Tender Service Shortlisted For International Award
11/07/2007 National Audit Office Conclusions On Regulation Come As No Surprise
12/07/2007 Business Shows Resilience, But Higher Interest Rates Pose Major Threat
16/07/2007 BCC Conference Comes To Liverpool
16/07/2007 Ex-Offender To Give Crime Prevention Presentation
16/07/2007 Businesses Must be Allowed a Vote if a Supplementary Business Rate is to be Introduced
19/07/2007 CPI Figures Heighten Risk of Higher Interest Rates
19/07/2007 Welfare Reform Crucial To Get Economically Inactive Back Into Work
19/07/2007 Wage Pressures Down But MPC Remains in a Hawkish Mood
19/07/2007 Leitch Review a Step in the Right Direction But Concerns Remain
19/07/2007 Business Remains Bouyant Throughout Greater Merseyside
20/07/2007 Strong GDP Will Reinforce High Interest Rate Pressure
23/07/2007 Management Development Programmes From Liverpool Chamber
26/07/2007 Over £2.5 Million of SME Post Delayed Each Time That There is a Post Strike
26/07/2007 British Chambers of Commerce Response to Hutton Statement on Tackling Regulation
26/07/2007 British Chambers of Commerce Response to Railways White Paper
06/08/2007 Small Business Needs Information and Support to Meet Costs of Climate Change
06/08/2007 BCC Response to Select Committee Report into British Waterways
06/08/2007 MPC Right Not To Raise Rates But Concerns Still Remain
08/08/2007 Select Committee Proposals Could See Businesses Paying an Extra £1.5 Billion in Rates
08/08/2007 British Business May Have To Take Another Rate Rise On The Chin
08/08/2007 Advice on Exporting and Succeeding in New Markets Available from the British Chambers of Commerce
13/08/2007 UK Growth Higher than in May Forecast, But Relentless Interest Rate Increases Set To Trigger Sharp S
13/08/2007 SIGN THE PETITION TO FREE UP THE M6
14/08/2007 MPC Now Unlikely to be in a Rush to Get to 6 per cent
15/08/2007 Huge Task Ahead if 14 Year Olds are to Achieve GCSE Success
15/08/2007 Young People failing To Benefit From Drop In Unemployment
16/08/2007 Encouraging Number of Students Taking Subjects the Economy Needs
20/08/2007 Detailed BCC Analysis of Conservative Economic Policy Review
20/08/2007 US Decision to Cut Rates Highlights Global Risk
23/08/2007 'National Scandal' That So Many Leave School Without the Necessary Qualifications for Employment
24/08/2007 BCC Will Monitor Banks to Ensure Effective Competition in the Marketplace
03/09/2007 MPC Must Refute Suggestions It Is 'Institutionally Too Hawkish'
05/09/2007 Virus Alert For Chamber Website Visitors
06/09/2007 City's Third Pub Watch To Launch
10/09/2007 Chamber Website 'Virus' Update
10/09/2007 PM Right To Put Skills At Heart Of Success
12/09/2007 More Postal Strikes Will Hit UK Businesses
12/09/2007 Licensees Support Third Pub Watch
12/09/2007 Migrants and Temps Vital to Economy, but Union Demands Could Hit Country Hard
17/09/2007 £1M Skills Training Boost On Merseyside
17/09/2007 Workplace Inequality Won't Be Solved Through Regulation
18/09/2007 New Inflation Figures & Financial Crisis Reinforce Case For Easier Monetary Stance
19/09/2007 Interest Rate Rises Off The Agenda…Will A Cut Be Coming Soon?
20/09/2007 Review Of SME Policy Must Reach Across Government
24/09/2007 Chambers of Comm