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CHAMBERLINK BUSINESS SUPPORT
5 New funding for Growth Hub BUSINESS NEWS
6 The Chamber announces re-fresh 8 Results from the quarterly business report 10 Retired teacher expands microbrewery 11 BABC Midland’s 20th anniversary lunch 12 Conference highlights gender pay gap 14 Staffordshire prepares for major event 15 Information about the EU referendum 16 Response to the Spring Budget
CHAMBER PATRONS 18 Mondelez on commitment to Cadburys
PREMIER MEMBERS 20 Film star visits homelessness charity
INTERNATIONAL 22 The International Festival for Business 2016 PARTNERS
24 FUTURE FACES New look unveiled
25 BABC Birmingham Airport joins as a patron
26 LICHFIELD & TAMWORTH Drayton Manor celebrates anniversary
27 BURTON & DISTRICT Networking opportunities over lunch
28 CHASE Networking event builds links
33 SUTTON COLDFIELD New committee is announced
34 SOLIHULL Solihull College’s pledge to apprentices
36 ABCC International Women’s Day event
THE HUB
29 Pull-out calendar of events taking place across the Chamber network
46 FEATURES
GROWING YOUR BUSINESS 38 Small business? Think big
40 Initiatives inspiring new talent 41 Amplifying the experience
EXHIBITIONS & CONFERENCES 42 Pick a multi-purpose venue
44 Show and tell - digitial marketing SECTOR FOCUS
46 FINANCE Biggest ever bid for investment revealed
47 PROPERTY New director for Cushman & Wakefield
48 SKILLS National Apprenticeship Week
50 BUSINESS TRAVEL JLR unveils Virgin’s latest spacecraft
52 MANUFACTURING Family jeweller is best kept secret
53 RETAIL Shoppers return to the real word
54 LEGAL Staffordshire police partner with Boeing
MEMBER SECTION
55 COMPETITIONS Win tickets to King Lear and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
56 NEW MEMBERS Chamber welcomes new members
58 APPOINTMENTS Who’s moving up and who’s moving on
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