Starting a new role in the middle of a pandemic
Starting a new role as a Manager at Azets Lancaster office during the middle of a pandemic has been a challenging experience, made worse by the closure of...
Results from the latest British Chambers of Commerce survey, in partnership with moneycorp, found that while 44% of UK exporters to the EU plan to grow their exports to the European Union, nearly a quarter (23%) are...
I think we’re all aware that everything will have changed when we emerge from this latest lockdown. One of the issues that Chamber members have been discussing recently is the way we all work. We’ve been trying to...
Women business owners and working women face certain challenges and obstacles that most men do not. Working women who have children experience even more demands on time, energy and resources, and women face gender...
An enhanced new Brexit service has been launched to help hundreds of businesses operating in Lancashire to get Brexit compliant.
Delivered by Lancaster & District Chamber of Commerce, specialists in international...
Half of UK exporters report difficulties adapting to changes relating to EU-UK goods trade
Results from the first major business survey for 2021 by the British Chambers of Commerce on Brexit found that half...
Rules of Origin determine the economic nationality of a good under a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Businesses need to know about them because the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) means they can trade with the...
Most businesses are aware that a lot of hands-on Training as been postponed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, but are you aware of where that leaves you with your legal requirements and duty of care, to your staff and...
New rules for businesses that trade with Europe are here. Now that the Brexit transition period has ended, all businesses that move goods between Great Britain and countries in the EU, or under the Northern Ireland...
As a result of lockdown, employers across the UK have enabled staff to work from home. In doing so, many businesses have realised home working does not impact on productivity and, in many cases, works very well....
It’s difficult to write anything in these strange times. I feel almost disrespectful offering business guidance or thoughts when so many have gone to the wall, stuck in limbo or have had the choice of operating...
In 2004 The British Government enacted the “The Business Improvement Districts (England) Regulations’. A Business Improvement District (BID) is a defined area in which a levy is charged on all business rate payers...
The KICKSTART partnership between Lancaster and Morecambe College, Lancaster District Chamber of Commerce,Morecambe BID and Lancaster BID has got off to a successful start, with...
In November, I had the pleasure of moving over the Pennines to join the Heysham 1 team as the new station director. Before that, I had a similar role with EDF’s coal and gas stations in Nottinghamshire.
Living in a...
To the Members of the Lancaster & District Chamber of Commerce,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the Members and Ambassadors of the Lancaster & District Chamber, for your support and...
QUARTERLY ECONOMIC SURVEY: MIXED PICTURE FOR LANCASHIRE BUSINESSES
The impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the county’s businesses has been highlighted in the latest Quarterly Economic Survey. A varied picture...
I have the pleasure of the pre-Christmas chat and wish i could report what a great year it has been for leisure, tourism, hospitality,and retail. Unfortunately, 2020 has been a terrible year with the COVID virus. The...
Motivation and wellbeing have never been so important, one of the hardest things about the current situation is not knowing how long it will continue, and that uncertainty causes stress and anxiety. Trying to maintain...
The traditional image of an apprentice is a young person (usually male) who works for a number of years learning a trade such as joinery or plumbing. This system developed from the Middle Ages guild system as a way to...
EDF are proud sponsors of Prostate Cancer UK
EDF are supporting its campaign to ensure men at the highest risk of the disease go and speak to their GP.
If you are a man over 45, if your father or brother has...
