Chamber News
Doncaster Chamber Reacts to Encouraging Signals and Notable Omissions in the 2024 King’s Speech
Chamber News Reacting to the 2024 King’s Speech, Doncaster Chamber has applauded the Government for signalling that it is listening to business, and that it has the makings of a coherent plan for stimulating growth. However, while there are certainly many positives here, it is vital that these encouraging intentions translate into action. Marking the…
Yorkshire Business Organisations Urge New Transport Secretary To Protect the Airspace Above Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Chamber News With the campaign to reboot Doncaster Sheffield Airport now entering the final stretch – and with victory seemingly in sight -representatives of Yorkshire’s business community have today joined forces and written to Government, calling for its support at this critical juncture. The open-letter in question is addressed to the newly-appointed Secretary of State…
Local Businesses List Cleanliness, Safety and Retail As Their Top Priorities For Improvement in South Yorkshire’s Civic Centres
Chamber News Safety, cleanliness and the quality of retail have all been cited by South Yorkshire businesses as top priorities for their local urban cores. This is according to the recently-published findings of the Town and City Centre Survey. Conducted by the three regional Chambers of Commerce (covering Doncaster, Sheffield and Barnsley & Rotherham), this…
Local Chamber Identifies Closing the Skills Gap, Developing Stronger Relationships and Helping Reboot Doncaster Sheffield Airport As Top Priorities For New Government
Chamber News With the UK General Election now in the rear-view mirror, and the results having been announced earlier this morning, Doncaster Chamber is outlining its top priorities for the newly-formed Labour Government. Seeking to reconcile the party’s own Manifesto pledges and the recently-published Doncaster ’35 (an optimistic, business-led document that envisions a more prosperous…
Doncaster Chamber Looks Forward To The 2024 St Leger Festival
Chamber News With just three months left until the St Leger Festival makes its triumphant return, Doncaster Chamber is celebrating what this iconic event means for our city and highlighting its considerable impact on the economy. The oldest of the five British classics, the St Leger is now in its 248th year and yet interest…
Doncaster Chamber Launches Ambitious, Business-Led Vision For City In New Manifesto
Chamber News An ambitious new vision for Doncaster, developed by the local Chamber of Commerce with considerable input from indigenous businesses, has today been published; envisaging a prosperous decade ahead for our city. As its name suggests, Doncaster ’35: A Manifesto for a Winning City is a forward-thinking plan that anticipates what the next ten…
Doncaster Grandee and Founder of DFS, Lord Kirkham, To Speak At Upcoming Business Conference in June
Chamber News 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 journey and on what the future holds for his home city. Doncaster born and…
South Yorkshire Businesses Asked to Share Their Views On Local Town and City Centres
Chamber News 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 of the South Yorkshire Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) – which, every three…
Doncaster Chamber Ramps Up Its Ambition By Appointing New Chief Operating Officer
Chamber News 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 this new role and will be assuming a greater amount…
South Yorkshire Businesses Optimistic About The Future of AI and Are Ready To Embrace The Technology
Chamber News 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 from the recently-published results of The Artificial Intelligence Survey, sponsored by ProAktive and the…
Nick Fletcher MP Meets With Doncaster Businesses To Discuss Government Policy, The Housing Market, Skills, Net Zero and More
Chamber News 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 local Chamber of Commerce. A completely open-forum, this was an opportunity for those delegates in attendance to…
South Yorkshire Chambers Welcome Major Announcement From Hybrid Air Vehicles
Chamber News 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 – while promising to also yield a number…