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QES indicates Greater Manchester’s business community feels optimistic about recovery but not ‘out of the woods’ yet
***EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01 AM FRIDAY 26TH MARCH*** After the second and third national lockdowns, the success of the vaccination programme and expectations about the end of Covid-19 restrictions have co...
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Chamber Partners with CIOB to Support Innovation and Share Best Practice
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has announced a new partnership with the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). CIOB is the world's largest and most influential professional body for construct...
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Chamber Secures Hundreds of Work Placements for Unemployed Youngsters
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has arranged places for almost 500 young people under the Kickstart Scheme. The Chamber is an approved gateway for the scheme, which provides funding to create n...
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Chamber Reacts to Budget Speech
Responding to the Chancellor’s Budget Speech Chris Fletcher, Policy and Communications Director at Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, said: “There was an awful lot riding on the content of today’...
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Greater Manchester Chamber Strengthens Trade Ties With Pakistan
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has signed a Partnership Agreement with the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) to improve trade and investment links. The agreement c...
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North West Survey Shows Impact of Brexit
EMBARGOED UNTIL 02/03/22 This year’s first business survey conducted jointly by North West based Chambers of Commerce shows that businesses are suffering from the dual impact of Covid-19 and Brexit...
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Chamber Celebrates its First Kickstarter
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has secured its first placement for a young person under the Kickstart Scheme. The Chamber is an approved gateway for the Kickstart Scheme, which provides fundin...
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Chamber Welcomes New Skills White Paper
Embargoed until 00:01 on 21st January Following the release today of the government's long awaited Skills for Jobs White Paper Chris Fletcher, Director of Policy at Greater Manchester Chamber of Comme...
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Chamber Responds to New National Lockdown
Following the announcement last night of a new national lockdown Chris Fletcher, Policy & Communications Director at Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, said: “The announcement of a new lockdown w...
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Survey Shows Economic Impact of Tier 3 Restrictions and National Lockdown
The combined impact of Tier 3 restrictions and the national lockdown have contributed to a considerable dampening of demand, according to Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce’s Quarterly Economic Su...