Contents August/September 2020
Business News 4 Editor’s View Celebrating our award winners
5 Global troubleshooters take home top accolade
6 Round-up from the 2020 Chamber awards
8 Recovery blueprint presented to Government
9 Blows of John Lewis closures 10 Cancer charity backs Covid-19 study
11 Chamber praises Chancellor’s action to boost economy
12 Global Trade Conference goes online 14 East End Foods is back in the family 15 Asian stores are the ‘heroes’ of Covid-19 17 Home working could boost city centres 19 SCC awarded top honour by tech giant
20 The Griffin Report Nasir Awan, Chamber junior vice-president
22 Statue removal ‘poetic justice’ 23 Electric double deckers roll out
24 Halfords benefit from coronavirus loan scheme
Chamber Patrons 26 Top venues ready to reopen
1813 Club and Premier Members 28 Specialist advice aids business acquisition
International 30 ‘Lockdown Tour’ connects children
33 Features
Corporate Christmas 43 Christmas parties and Covid-19
44 A social media policy for the holiday season
Workforce Development 46 Develop your furloughed workforce
Legal Services 48 Returning to work – what you need to know
55 August/September 2020 CHAMBERLINK3 12
Chamber Group 31 Commonwealth:West Midlands India Partnership is launched
32 Transatlantic: Shaping our region as part of a global Britain
33 Future Faces: Awards go online
34 Cannock Chase: Development at power station is back on track
35 Burton & District: New date for business expo
36 Lichfield & Tamworth: Help for struggling firms
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37 Sutton Coldfield: New mayor is a boost for morale
38 Solihull: Investment boom predicted for Solihull
40 ABCC: Business support campaign launched
Sector Focus 50 Business Travel: Bus chief steps down
52 Finance: Medium-sized firms must make ‘radical changes’
54 Technology: Trial to help in pandemic fight
55 Retail: Shopping centres must offer a safe environment
56 Legal: Ruling is clarity for secondary victims
58 Property: Experts call for delivery of investment led recovery
60 Manufacturing: Funding available for local SMEs
62 Sport: Wasps return thanks to heat detection camera
Member Section 63 Member Profile Greville Warwick, MCS Corporate Strategies Limited
64 New Members The Chamber welcomes new members
66 …any other business News from Chamber businesses
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