• BCC’s Trade Confidence Outlook for Q2 2024 shows most SME exporters overseas sales are flatlining.• More than half of all SME exporters (52%) saw no change in overseas sales, and 21% reported a decrease. • Just over a quarter of exporting SME firms (27%) saw their overseas sales rise...
Read moreResponding to the launch of Skills England, Jane Gratton, Deputy Director of Public Policy at the BCC, said: “The UK economy has a pervasive skills and productivity problem that stretches back long before the pandemic and Brexit. “Skills shortages ramp up pressure on firms, damaging their ability to operate profitably...
Read moreResponding to the latest labour market data published by ONS this morning, Jane Gratton, Deputy Director Public Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce said: “Employers across the UK will welcome further signs that the labour market is cooling, but more must be done to ensure they can access...
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