Doncaster Chamber News

Doncaster Chamber Urges Government To Think Long Term With Future Budget Cuts, Following Chancellor’s Spending Audit Doncaster Chamber of Commerce is calling for constancy, as well as long-term thinking on economic matters, following Labour’s recent spending audit. Delivered by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, on Monday the 29th of July, this Parliamentary address was…

Doncaster Chamber Reacts to Encouraging Signals and Notable Omissions in the 2024 King’s Speech Reacting to the 2024 King’s Speech, Doncaster Chamber has applauded the Government for signalling that it is listening to business, and that it has the makings of a coherent plan for stimulating growth. However, while there are certainly many positives here,…

Yorkshire Business Organisations Urge New Transport Secretary To Protect the Airspace Above Doncaster Sheffield Airport With the campaign to reboot Doncaster Sheffield Airport now entering the final stretch — and with victory seemingly in sight —representatives of Yorkshire’s business community have today joined forces and written to Government, calling for its support at this critical…

Local Businesses List Cleanliness, Safety and Retail As Their Top Priorities For Improvement in South Yorkshire’s Civic Centres Safety, cleanliness and the quality of retail have all been cited by South Yorkshire businesses as top priorities for their local urban cores. This is according to the recently-published findings of the Town and City Centre Survey.…

Local Chamber Identifies Closing the Skills Gap, Developing Stronger Relationships and Helping Reboot Doncaster Sheffield Airport As Top Priorities For New Government With the UK General Election now in the rear-view mirror, and the results having been announced earlier this morning, Doncaster Chamber is outlining its top priorities for the newly-formed Labour Government. Seeking to…

Doncaster Chamber Looks Forward To The 2024 St Leger Festival With just three months left until the St Leger Festival makes its triumphant return, Doncaster Chamber is celebrating what this iconic event means for our city and highlighting its considerable impact on the economy. The oldest of the five British classics, the St Leger is…

Doncaster Chamber Launches Ambitious, Business-Led Vision For City In New Manifesto An ambitious new vision for Doncaster, developed by the local Chamber of Commerce with considerable input from indigenous businesses, has today been published; envisaging a prosperous decade ahead for our city. As its name suggests, Doncaster ‘35: A Manifesto for a Winning City is…

Doncaster Grandee and Founder of DFS, Lord Kirkham, To Speak At Upcoming Business Conference in June A business titan — and one of our region’s most distinguished success stories — will be making a rare Doncaster appearance at a flagship business event next month, at which he will be reflecting upon both his own entrepreneurial…

South Yorkshire Businesses Asked to Share Their Views On Local Town and City Centres As part of a new poll being conducted by the three regional South Yorkshire Chambers of Commerce, businesses are being asked to share their views on what the priorities should be for their nearest town or city centre. The latest iteration…

Doncaster Chamber Ramps Up Its Ambition By Appointing New Chief Operating Officer In a move that will enable the organisation to ramp up its ambition and better serve the business community it represents, Doncaster Chamber has appointed a new Chief Operating Officer. Having been at the Chamber for five years, Jade Dyer has stepped into…