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Contents June 2018
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Business News 4 Editor’s View John Lamb on making the most of membership
5 Results from the West Midlands Quarterly Economic Snapshot
6 Views on apprenticeships must change 7 Eventmasters secures tennis contract 8 Region to strengthen ties with South West
11 Commonwealth Chamber launches market briefings
12 President’s Focus Qasim Majid, Asian Business Chamber of Commerce
13 Capita announced as Chamber patron 14 Extension for health care centre 15 Football centre reaches milestone
17 The Griffin Report Historic hotel is given new lease of life
18 The skills needed to boost productivity 21 BCU links with US university
Chamber Patrons 24 Businesses must back Armed Forces Week
1813 Club and Premier Members 26 Barclays Bank move staff to Birmingham
International Trade 28 Manufacturer wins Queen’s Award
Chamber Group 31 Commonwealth Growing demand for British products
32 BABC Liam Fox on the UK’s ties with the US
33 Future Faces Sponsor announced for awards dinner
34 Lichfield & Tamworth Sponsor announced for awards dinner
39 Burton & District Chamber welcomes new president
40 Solihull Office market boosted by strong quarter
Features
Accountancy Services 46 Help needed to make most of taxing times
48 The joys of additional regulation and legislation
Charitable Causes, Promotion & Partnership
51 Doing good is also good for doing business
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42 Chase Digital hub created
43 Sutton Coldfield Additions to entertainment sector
44 ABCC Saqib Bhatti named honorary chairman
The Hub 35 Chamber network calendar of events
Sector Focus 54 Finance Barclays launches cybercrime campaign
56 Legal
Supermarket merger may affect terms of employment
58 Business Travel Funding boost for exchange station
61 Sport Birmingham gets cricket world cup fixtures
62 Retail Funding help for independent retailers
63 Manufacturing Celebrating Land Rover’s history
64 Property Gun Quarter attracts residential development
63 Member Section
67 Member Profile Universal Document Solutions Ltd
68 New Members The Chamber welcomes new members
70 …any other business A round-up of news from Chamber members
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