Connections are crucial to the success of any business. Visit our latest news to keep up to date with the latest business news from across the region.
Connections are crucial to the success of any business. Visit our latest news to keep up to date with the latest business news from across the region.
Connections are crucial to the success of any business. Visit our latest news to keep up to date with the latest business news from across the region.
Take advantage of our range of marketing services to help your business growth journey.
Become a Chamber member today and access a range of benefits to connect, support and grow your business
Connections are crucial to the success of any business. Visit our latest news to keep up to date with the latest business news from across the region.
Whether you are looking to recruit an apprentice, develop your own skills, or enrol your staff on a training course, Chamber Training can help you grow stronger.
Hot Topics
The Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce produce concise, easy to read briefings on key topics that matter to your business.
- Our Campaigns
- Policy Changes & Announcements affecting businesses
- Business Opportunities in Greater Birmingham
Our Campaigns
These briefing papers set out opportunities for businesses in the Greater Birmingham Region and how businesses can access them. Key topics include; High Speed 2 (HS2) supply chain opportunities and tax breaks, grants and funding for incentivising investment in innovation and research and development (R&D).
Brexit
We produce resources to help members navigate Brexit successfully and inform stakeholders of what businesses want and need from Brexit negotiations and post-Brexit UK systems.
Growth Through People
Growth Through People aims to help local businesses boost productivity through leadership & people management skills. It is a month long series of free to access events & resources.
Transport & Congestion
Congestion negatively affects almost two thirds of local businesses. The GBCC is campaigning on behalf of members and working with stakeholders to tackle congestion in the area.
Policy Changes & Announcements affecting businesses
These briefing papers inform businesses about major policy changes and announcements, how they may affect their business and where to go for further information or advice and guidance. Topical Papers include:
Apprenticeship Reforms
Apprenticeships are changing, with the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy, changes in funding for non-levy payers and new standards.
Autumn Budget Reforms
The Chancellor’s 2017 Autumn Budget unveiled a number of changes that all businesses need to be aware of from April 2018 and longer term investments & strategies affecting businesses.
Business Rates Reforms
The 2017 Business Rates Revaluation resulted in significantly higher rates for a significant number of local businesses.
Subject Access Requests
SARs are a means by which individuals can request what personal data your business or any data processor acting on its behalf holds about them, why it’s held and who it is shared with.
Gender Pay Gap Reporting
From 6th April 2017 all private and voluntary sector employers with 250+ employees are required to publish information on pay by gender.
General Data Protection Regulation
GDPR comes into force in May 2018. Non-compliant businesses risk fines of up to 4% of global annual turnover.
Briefing documents relating to Brexit and transport & congestion related activity can be found on the Our Campaigns pages (see above).
Business Opportunities in Greater Birmingham
These briefing papers set out opportunities for businesses in the Greater Birmingham Region and how businesses can access them. Key topics include; High Speed 2 (HS2) supply chain opportunities and tax breaks, grants and funding for incentivising investment in innovation and research and development (R&D).
HS2 Contract Opportunities
The £50bn project will be one of the largest civil engineering projects ever undertaken in the UK. There are a large number of direct and supply chain opportunities available for businesses.
Incentivising Investment in Innovation
Many businesses do not realise that the activities they are undertaking are research & development or innovation. There are a large number of financial incentives available support this activity.
Investing in Birmingham
Our city-region is home to a number of industry strengths with a pipeline of major investment projects, making it a market leading place to locate, invest in and grow a business.