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Reaching the summit: Paul Kehoe and Paul Faulkner
In Brief
Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce are appealing for businesses to support the month-long ‘Growth Through People’ campaign in 2018. The campaign aims to help local firms boost
productivity through improved leadership and people management skills, and includes free training sessions, workshops, events, research and thought leadership content. There will be a four-week series of free-to-
access events and thought leadership content starting in February. The 2017 campaign included 11 events in
Brexit: ‘strain every sinew’, says BCC
British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) boss Adam Marshall has renewed calls for UK and European politicians to put ‘brinkmanship’ to one side and get a Brexit deal sorted out, for the sake of businesses all over the world. Dr Marshall was speaking in Birmingham at a
BCC international trade summit hosted at the Vox in Resorts World. He said: “I urge both the UK Government and
the EU27 to strain every sinew to move ahead - and put trade and transition at the heart of negotiations by the end of 2017. “European businesses need clarity. British
businesses need clarity. Third country businesses need clarity - with American, Japanese, Australian, Indian and Canadian firms pressing for this. “Further delays to trade and transition talks
would create a lose-lose scenario for everyone with a stake in the game.”
Dr Marshall also had harsh words for the UK’s
political class, who he accused of turning ‘lock, stock and barrel’ against business in recent years. He said: “A great global trading nation. Our politicians have used and abused that phrase liberally since the EU referendum last year. “Yet they need to put in place the conditions,
and the environment, that will actually help make it happen. As the saying goes, ‘wishing doesn't make it so’.” In a discussion, chaired by GBCC chief
executive Paul Faulkner, a delegate said that selling an English product had huge advantages. Rahul Kale, director of international business
and sales at Typhoo Tea, said: “We were in Russia and we proposed writing on our packaging in their language. But we were dissuaded when we were told that local people in Russia would think the product was local and that it had more value by being overtly English.”
collaboration with 15 partner organisations, delivered to almost 400 delegates. Growth Through People 2018 will be split
into four themed weeks: • Growth Through Responsible Leadership (26 February-2 March)
• Growth Through Attracting & Retaining Talent (5-9 March)
• Growth Through Workplace Environment (12-16 March)
• Growth Through Unlocking Potential (19-23 March) Each week is set to feature two workshops,
a panel discussion and two fringe events, spread across the Greater Birmingham region.
For more information, contact
E.Stubbs@
Birmingham-Chamber.com or call 0121 607 1783.
Jonathan Tew has been appointed as assistant chief executive of Birmingham City Council and will take up his post in January 2018. An experienced public servant, Mr Tew has
held senior roles at various councils and he also has extensive experience of working closely with Government departments. He said: “I am passionate about helping Birmingham City Council to make progress, and particularly motivated to work with elected members and the wide array of partner organisations and communities across this fantastic city.”
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