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Doncaster Chamber regularly publishes reports and documents that might be useful to your business.  Similarly, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) regularly produces reports on national policy issues to support its lobbying work.  The BCC also regularly produces international trade guides that may be helpful when looking at new markets.

These publications can be accessed by clicking on the links below:

Doncaster Chamber Policy Manifesto
Each year Doncaster Chamber of Commerce produces a Policy Manifesto to highlight local business priorities; this is the Chamber’s flagship policy publication.
2010 Policy Manifesto
2009 Policy Manifesto

Doncaster Economic Review
Each quarter the Chamber publishes a report on the local economy mapping trends in business confidence, sales and other important indicators.  The report is widely used by key local and national partners.
Q1 ’10 – Economic Review
Q4 ‘09 – Economic Review

Q3 ‘09 – Economic Review
Q2 ‘09 – Economic Review

Business and Skills Report
The Chamber produced a significant piece of research mapping skills demand from local businesses and identifying key challenges in terms of improving the supply of skilled staff within the borough.
Business and Skills Report – Summary Version
Business and Skills Report – Full Length Version

Employment and Training Focus Group Guides
Each year the Chamber’s Employment and Training Focus Group produces a ‘practical guide’ to help local businesses, and specifically SMEs, navigate difficult Human Resources related issues.

A Practical Guide to Performance Management
A Practical Guide to Employee Benefits
A Practical Guide to Age Discrimination Legislation

BCC Policy Publications
The British Chambers of Commerce regularly produces reports to support national lobbying activities; these can bee accessed below:

The Burdens Barometer 2010

Delivering For Britain

Is Regulation Really Good For Us?
 
Reconnecting Britain 

Employment Regulation: Up to the Job?  

Exporting Britain: Trade Finance

British Transport Priorities

Employment Legislation: Holding back recovery?

High Speed, High Time

Contributing To Economic Recovery: Reforming The PPF Levy

Backing UK Tourism: Destination Recovery

Economic Impacts of Hub Airports

Planning for Recovery

Exporting Britain

The Impact of the Pensions Act 2008 on the Flexible Labour Market

The Workforce Survey

Back to Business: Local Solutions

Raising the Bar: Driving Local Authority and Private Sector Engagement

Lost Talent: Not in Education, Employment or Training

Dealing With Disasters

The Ideas Business: The Real Innovation Nation

More BCC publications can be accessed by clicking here