Contents Contents Chamberlink May 2016
Business Support 5 Chamber expands group sales team
Business News 6 Winners of the Chamber Awards
8 Queen’s Awards winners announced 10 Chamber tackles exporting red tape 11 Edgbaston Hotel redefines cocktails 12 Symphony Hall celebrates anniversary
14 Start and Grow programme supports doctor’s business venture
16 Former presidents are honoured 17 Major contract win for LBT
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and Premier Members 20 Qatar Airways joins 1813 Club
Chamber Patrons 22 Reserve Forces’ & Cadets’ Association joins as a patron
International Trade 24 A visit from South Africa
25 Move to modernise VAT is welcomed
Chamber Group 26 Future Faces A trip to the European Parliament
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27 BABC Highlighting new investments
28 Lichfield & Tamworth Cathedral re-launches library tours
29 Burton & District Growth Hub event is a success
30 Chase New infrastructure will create jobs
35 Sutton Coldfield Diary dates to look forward to
36 Solihull New divisional director announced
38 ABCC Emirates becomes latest patron
The Hub 31 Pull-out calendar of events taking place across the Chamber network
36 Features
Apprenticeships & Training 40 Stemming the skills shortage 42 The benefits of in-house training
Business Protection 44 The dangers of being underinsured 46 Who owns your great idea?
Sector Focus 48 Skills Will robot workforces affect skills?
50 Finance Economic instability may be over
52 Business Travel Bus drivers get ‘2WheelsAware’
54 Manufacturing Tackling a male dominated industry
56 Property City benefits from a surge in investment
57 Retail Shopping centre offers excellence
58 Legal Growth in the cities is slowing down
Member Section 55 Competitions Win a cocktail masterclass and a boardroom package at Drayton Manor
56 New members Chamber welcomes new members
58 Appointments Who’s moving up and who’s moving on
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