Doncaster Chamber News

Doncaster Grandee and Founder of DFS, Lord Kirkham, To Speak At Upcoming Business Conference in June A business titan — and one of our region’s most distinguished success stories — will be making a rare Doncaster appearance at a flagship business event next month, at which he will be reflecting upon both his own entrepreneurial…

South Yorkshire Businesses Asked to Share Their Views On Local Town and City Centres As part of a new poll being conducted by the three regional South Yorkshire Chambers of Commerce, businesses are being asked to share their views on what the priorities should be for their nearest town or city centre. The latest iteration…

Doncaster Chamber Ramps Up Its Ambition By Appointing New Chief Operating Officer In a move that will enable the organisation to ramp up its ambition and better serve the business community it represents, Doncaster Chamber has appointed a new Chief Operating Officer. Having been at the Chamber for five years, Jade Dyer has stepped into…

South Yorkshire Businesses Optimistic About The Future of AI and Are Ready To Embrace The Technology The majority of South Yorkshire businesses are ready to embrace the use of AI in some way, shape or form, with 70% of them believing that this technology represents a valuable opportunity that must be seized. These findings are…

Nick Fletcher MP Meets With Doncaster Businesses To Discuss Government Policy, The Housing Market, Skills, Net Zero and More Businesses in Nick Fletcher’s Don Valley constituency were able to meet with their MP earlier this week, and subsequently hashed out the pressing issues of the day, at a roundtable event that was organised by the…

South Yorkshire Chambers Welcome Major Announcement From Hybrid Air Vehicles Hybrid Air Vehicles, a leading pioneer in the field of green aviation, has today announced that it will be using a site in Doncaster as the base of operations for its forthcoming production programme. With this move further strengthening the investor’s ties to South Yorkshire…

South Yorkshire Chambers Celebrate Good News In Doncaster Sheffield Airport Negotiations After nearly two years of hard-fought campaigning and work taking place behind-the-scenes, the fate of Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) is looking brighter than ever. The basis for this renewed optimism is that, today, City of Doncaster Council have announced that they have passed a…

Doncaster Chamber Welcomes New Vision for South Yorkshire’s Growth and Skills System Yesterday, a pair of strategic documents were published by the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA), outlining their ambitious plans for the region’s economy and its skills system. Encouraged by the pragmatic and forward-thinking vision that is presented here, Doncaster Chamber of Commerce…

Doncaster’s Young People Connect Up With Employers and Are Show the Breadth of Opportunities Available to Them at Major Careers Fair Thousands upon thousands of Doncaster’s young people attended a major careers fair last week — one of the largest in all of South Yorkshire — where they had a chance to connect up with…

Chancellor’s Budget Supports The Stabilisation of National Economy But More Still Needs To Be Done, Says Doncaster Chamber Reacting to this week’s budget — delivered by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt — Doncaster Chamber welcomes continued efforts to stabilise our economy, even if the situation should never have become quite so strained in the…