The Lancashire Careers Hub is part of a national Hub network driven by the Careers and Enterprise Company and locally through Lancashire Enterprise Partnership and Inspira which strengthens the relationship between...
I wrote my last Chamber Chat back in October 2020 and was hoping that by the time it was my turn to write it again we would all be back to face-to-face networking and events. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case and...
International Trade Support is now available to all businesses across the Lancaster District thanks to a new partnership between Lancaster & District Chamber of Commerce and Lancaster City Council.
With this free...
The future of the office?Hurrah the pubs and restaurants are open (for outside dining)! The shops have opened their shutters. The roadmap seems to be on track! We need this, as individuals for our wellbeing and...
At the time of my writing this Chamber Chat, we are 1 day away from the Glorious 12th! No, not the August one, this is the 12th of April, when a lot of restrictions due to Covid are lifted and we’re all one step...
BCC Quarterly Economic Survey Q1 2021: Firms Fighting for Survival but More See a Route Out of Crisis
The British Chambers of Commerce’s Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) – the UK’s largest independent...
At Morecambe BID we are gearing up for the hoped-for reopening of businesses in Morecambe town centre as part of Step 2 of the road map out of lockdown.
If all goes according to plan, it will be great to see...
Go Green and reduce costs Below is the FREE support available from the Chamber Low Carbon Programme which is available to Lancashire SMEs.Two of the areas of support alone are worth...
So lockdown persists but our high streets fight on. I can say for certain that all retail and hospitality are looking forward to April and the reopening of our City Centre’s retail and hospitality (admittedly,...
IR35 changes imminent
The purpose of IR35 is to clamp down on the growing use of contractors providing services, usually through a Personal Service Company, while working like a traditional employee but...
A new timetable for introducing import border control processes will enable UK businesses to focus on their recovery from the COVID pandemic. The government will now introduce full border control processes, six months...
First Steps to Freedom…?
Local education institutions took the first step along the roadmap out of lockdown during the week commencing 8th March. I’m sure few would argue that a key priority was to...
Reasons to be cheerful
It’s almost twelve months since we first locked down and it’s definitely been a year to forget. Most people will know someone who has lost their life to the virus and there have been few...
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...
