FEATURE: BUSINESS SUPPORT


The Chamber serves as your first port of call for all your business needs


Members and other partnerships. This contrasts with many Chambers across the country, which are the leaders at the centre of business support delivery. In Devon public sector business support is a patchwork quilt and very difficult for businesses to access. The ‘Growth Hub’, which in many parts of the country sits


‘Devon Chamber


would like to hear from you as to


how we can make business support more accessible’


within the local Chamber or at least alongside it, is delivered commercially here. Other interventions to assist companies have been awarded to other companies or remain with local authorities. This means that support is less coordinated and therefore less effective compared to other areas. As CEO George Cowcher comments: “This is a dilemma the Chamber seeks to resolve by ensuring that its new website becomes the ‘go to’ place to find support for businesses for both the public and private sector. There is a great deal of work to be done within the region and Devon Chamber would like to hear from you as to how we can make business support more accessible and readily available. Let us know


your thoughts by contacting us through the website at www.devonchamber.co.uk “


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