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Michael Ward, who succeeded Christine Braddock at the Chamber, added that he did not believe the Government realised how badly they had supported manufacturing over the last 10 years. Speaking at the Chamber’s annual meeting, the senior partner at law
Call for organisations to unite T
BY JOHN LAMB
he new president of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce (BCC) has urged the Government to pump more support into the UK’s manufacturing sector.
“We all have similar agendas and we should work together more
closely. I feel we are sometimes trying to do the same thing but don’t know how to do it together. “The creation of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise
Partnership (LEP) provides us with lots of opportunities and the Chamber can play a large part. “We did a great deal for the creation of the LEP and I’m positive that without us the agenda would not have moved ahead.” Earlier, Mr Ward had issued a rallying call to the city’s business leaders
firm Gateley, said: “I hope the Government is going to realise how badly we have supported manufacturing over the past 10 years. There are some huge opportunities coming up where the Chamber could make a big difference. “The unemployment statistics are pretty horrible and economically this is undoubtedly a time of change. I return to my theme of never wasting a crisis. “Our members demand joined up thinking at the lowest possible cost.
There are some tremendous organisations we could work with – like Marketing Birmingham, Birmingham Forward, the CBI and the Law Society.
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to unite “for the common good” and to cut out “turf wars”. He added: “It is important that the Chamber and organisations like
Marketing Birmingham, the IoD, the CBI and Birmingham Forward work closely with the LEP – we are all aiming for the same goal and we should unite in a single purpose.” Christine Braddock praised the Chamber’s staff for their support during her year of office, saying: “You need to understand the great work they do They have done a sterling job during the year.” She added: “The Chamber policy group played a vital role in the
creation of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP. “This was just one of the important pieces of work undertaken by the
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