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A message of reflection from our Chamber President


in 2020, enough of this has been discussed through many media channels. As we start a new year I urge members to


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acknowledge the decisions they made and the changes implemented that have kept businesses moving forward. We have all embraced different mindsets in


one way or another on both business and personal issues, this may have been us having our hands forced but it is important to develop our mindsets, our ways of thinking and change. I hope you have found better ways of working and possibly a better work life balance. Many businesses have not just survived


but have thrived through a difficult year and I hope you take time to reward yourselves and share your positive stories, we all need inspiration, stories of hope can do so much for people who are in difficult places. 2021 will be another unique


irstly may I wish you all a Happy New Year! Secondly I will refrain from talking about the negative chaos felt by so many


We also have the chance to support older job


seekers who may have fallen through the cracks for a variety of reasons, wherever the new workforce comes from I hope we can all be responsible employers who are now more open about flexibility, mental health and adapting to people and situations. Our relationships with both our Local


‘2021 will be


year but with many more great opportunities for businesses, we continue to battle through the pandemic but are seeing a light at the end of a tunnel in the latest mass vaccination programme. We can begin to plan for events towards the end of the year and I hope we can see our members in person at a celebration event of some sort. As we begin to see the Kickstart Scheme


Authorities are stronger than ever, we are in partnership delivering support programmes around Brexit, Health and Well-being and Mental Health. We are collaborating with our neighbouring Chambers of Commerce in Sheffield and Doncaster, this is so important and shows not only an aligned thinking around the direction of South Yorkshire but a mutual respect for our colleagues and individual strengths. We hope that being


another unique year but with


many more great opportunities for businesses’


the voice of businesses in South Yorkshire will help us be on the front foot


for Government initiatives, funding


opportunities and policy creation or


lobbying. I hope that we can


gathering momentum, our companies have the chance to create or fill job opportunities and build our workforce, whilst supporting people aged 16-25 years on Universal Credit. One could question why this was not already in motion before the pandemic? Finally, fully funded staff, with training grants to help fill the long discussed skills gap and long term unemployment issue we have had for years. Businesses have the opportunity to train these new additions to their individual requirements which is often difficult in the previous labour market.


work together to prosper through the changes that Brexit brings, navigate devolution funding, minimise the impact of the recession and redundancies within our town and build a stronger South Yorkshire, if 2020 taught us anything let it be that we are stronger than we think we are. With the range of opportunities on


the horizon, I urge us to all embrace the unlimited possibilities, feel supported by your Chamber network, feel brave in the decisions you need to make as 2021 is full of the unknown except we are all starting from a much wiser place.


Joada Allen President


Winter 2021 CHAMBERconnect 29


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