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17 Aug 2022

Further inflation increase hammering business and long-term growth

Commenting on the Office for National Statistics inflation figures for June 2022, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Alex Veitch, said: …

16 Aug 2022

Unfilled vacancies is a ticking timebomb

Commenting on the latest ONS Labour Market statistics released today, BCC Head of People Policy, Jane Gratton, said:  “The labour market re…

12 Aug 2022

Fall in second quarter GDP a sign of difficult times ahead

Responding to today’s ONS figures on the first estimate of GDP for Q2, David Bharier, Head of Research at the BCC, said: “Today's 0.1% fall…

04 Aug 2022

Interest rate rise unlikely to ease inflationary pressure

Commenting on today’s Bank of England interest rate rise, David Bharier, Head of Research at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said:  …

04 Aug 2022

SCC comment on today’s Bank of England interest rate rise

Commenting on today’s BoE interest rate rise from 1.25% to 1.75%, the highest in over 25 years, Dr Liz Cameron CBE, Chief Executive of the S…

03 Aug 2022

We need an urgent plan to solve skills shortages

By Richard Muir, Deputy Chief Executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce     Unsurprisingly, many of our members are expressing their concern…