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Campaign aims to help business to manage risk
By Jessica Brookes
A new campaign to help businesses manage risk and remain agile is being launched by Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce (GBCC). The Chambers plans to unveil the Business Adaptability and Resilience
Campaign (BAR) in September and it will be in three parts. The first is The Business Fundamentals, which will focus on financial
resilience, managing business performance and surviving unexpected challenges. The second part is Towards Future Proof Business Models, which will
highlight personal resilience, how to enable rapid adaptation and embedding innovation into business. The final part is named Shifting the Dial, examining what stakeholders,
such as Government and local authorities, need to change to aid businesses. As part of the campaign, members of the Chambers will share their
experience and advice via blogs, vlogs, thought leadership pieces and podcasts – all accessible through the Chamber’s website and available throughout September. The campaign will end with a panel discussion featuring a number of
chief executives and leaders in risk and business agility. The campaign topic was selected by the GBCC’s Chamber Council, a
group of Chamber members elected to inform and shape GBCC policy and campaigns activity. Henrietta Brealey, policy and strategic relationships director at the GBCC,
who is leading the campaign, said: “We hear from businesses every day that they are facing growing uncertainty worries, from Brexit to digital disruption to global economic forces and beyond. “Uncertainty in any form can have a detrimental impact on a business, and can stifle their ability to grow so it is no surprise that our GBCC
Chamber Council have selected the Business Adaptability and Resilience campaign as a top priority campaign for 2019. “With this campaign we want to help businesses learn how to manage
risk and become more agile in the current disruptive economic and political landscape. “The BAR campaign will provide Chamber members (large and small)
leading in this space with an opportunity to demonstrate their expertise, share best practice and ultimately support the vibrant local business community.”
To find out more, contact Henrietta Brealey by emailing
h.brealey@
birmingham-chamber.com
Chris joins Worcestershire Ambassadors
Communications expert Chris Green has been appointed to the board of Worcestershire Ambassadors. The managing partner of Chris
Green Media is joined by five other new directors with a wealth of experience across a range of business sectors. They will help build awareness of the group and raise funds for its 2019 charities St Paul’s Hostel and Worcester Community Trust. Kevin Powell, chairman of
Worcestershire Ambassadors, which promotes the county through charity fundraising and sponsorship, said: “I’m delighted to welcome six highly enthusiastic members to the existing board. The selection process was very competitive with some excellent candidates offering us a range of skills and experience. “All of our new directors share a
passion for Worcestershire and are dedicated to promoting the county as a great place to live, work, invest, visit and do business in.” Worcestershire Ambassadors hosts a diverse range of fund-
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raising and social events including charity dance spectacular Strictly Worcestershire, which will be staged at the Chateau Impney in Droitwich, on 23 May, an annual
cricket day at Worcestershire CCC on 1 May and race and golf days in September. The annual ball will be at West Midland Safari Park in October.
New county ambassadors (back, from left): Chris Green, Tracy Lowe, Sarah Mayo-Evans, and Dawn Owen. Seated, James Green and Kevin Powell.
For more information about the group’s activities throughout the year and how to become a member, visit
www.worcestershireambassadors.com
Worrying uncertainty: Henrietta Brealey
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