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Business News 4 Editor’s View John Lamb on looking ahead with optimism
5 Support for local businesses
6 Preparing for the end of the EU transition period
8 Government listened when Chamber spoke – president
11 Midlands Air Ambulance Charity wins top ABCC award
12 President’s Focus Professor Julian Beer, president of the Transatlantic Chamber
13 Future Faces joins BPS 14 Report highlights decline in domestic sales 17 Helping firms access funding 18 Promoting racial equality
20 The Griffin Report Harry Reilly, President’s Medal winner
23 HS2 eastern leg must go ahead 24 AFL lends expertise to Icelandic stadium plans 27 Tribute to musical star 28 Curtain goes up on specialist academy 31 Expansion for WHS Plastics 32 Grant for VR platform to aid remote training 33 Caterers take up new residency 35 Property market is still booming 36 Challenge launched to cut carbon emissions
Chamber Patrons 38 Project tackles Covid surface transmission
1813 Club and Premier Members 40 Tackling digital abuse
72 Features
Executive Search & Recruitment 54 The right time to recruit 56 Finding the right fit for your company
Manufacturing
58 How tech aims to revolutionise the manufacturing industry
60 How to choose the right shipping partner 62 The changing face of manufacturing
Contents December 2020/January 2021
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International 42 International team welcomes advisers
Chamber Group 43 Commonwealth: Promoting Malta
44 Transatlantic: Biden victory signals change 45 Future Faces: New president welcomed 46 Cannock Chase: Boosting education ties 47 Burton & District: Sleep-out raises funds 48 Lichfield & Tamworth: Support for start-ups 49 Sutton Coldfield: Job scheme is scrapped 50 Solihull: Firm takes on virtual climb 52 ABCC: New look for tax firm
Sector Focus 63 Business Travel: Airline resumes flights
64 Finance: Firms join in merger
66 Retail: Why the retail sector faces a very different Christmas
67 Technology: Cyber criminals profit from pandemic
68 Legal: Support for plans to make debt letters less threatening
70 Property: New house building partnership 72 Manufacturing: JLR in use of aerospace tech
74 Sport: Budding footballer earns call-up to England camp
Member Section 75 Member Profile Jacek Nowak, CCA Europe
76 New Members The Chamber welcomes new members
78 …any other business News from Chamber businesses
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