The BCC is urging Government to provide a clear framework for businesses on ‘Living with Covid’ as high levels of absence rates and infections continue to disrupt firms. With the removal of free testing tomorrow in England, businesses are still reporting absence rates of up 20% and say advice on how to protect vulnerable staff…
Guidance Using the UKCA marking The UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking is a new UK product marking that is used for goods being placed on the market in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland). It covers most goods which previously required the CE marking, known as ‘new approach’ goods. The UKCA marking came into effect on 1 January 2021. However,…
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is urging the Chancellor to take bold and decisive action in his Spring Statement to tackle the escalating cost of doing business crisis. As global and domestic headwinds mount following the invasion of Ukraine, the BCC believes he must act now to protect the UK from a renewed economic…
Commenting on the ONS Labour Market statistics for March 2022, BCC Head of Economics, Suren Thiru, said: “Rising payroll employment and declining unemployment suggests that demand for workers remains robust despite growing headwinds. “Although there was a modest pick-up in regular pay growth, wages are still comfortably trailing behind inflation, which is putting the brakes on consumer spending by eroding…
PRESS RELEASE – Judr. Julius Brichta, President of Malteser Aid Slovakia Malteser Aid Slovakia, the official relief organisation of the Order of Malta in the Slovak Republic, launches a fundraiser in support of Ukrainian refugees and people impacted by the war Auxiliary corps of Malteser Aid Slovakia were one of the first organisations onsite to…
Commenting on the data, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC, William Bain, said: “Significant changes in the way ONS collects data make month by month comparisons especially difficult now, but it is noteworthy that exports to the EU continued to fall in January this year. “ONS business insights and conditions data match our own, suggesting more…
UK economic growth is expected to halve this year amid soaring inflation, major tax rises, and global shocks – including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. UK Economic Outlook – 2022 The British Chambers of Commerce has downgraded its expectations for UK GDP growth in 2022 to 3.6%, from 4.2% in its previous forecast in December 2021 and…