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Inverclyde Chamber of Commerce News

News and press releases from Inverclyde Chamber, our members and our partner organisations at Scottish and British Chambers of Commerce.

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11/05/2020

Chamber Network Calls On HM Treasury To Extend Furlough Scheme

The Scottish Chambers network is calling upon the UK Chancellor to extend the Covid-19 Job Retention Scheme to reaffirm support for Scotland’s businesses.
11/05/2020

Inverclyde Firms Facing Significant Cashflow Problems and Barriers In Accessing COVID-19 Support Measures

Businesses in Inverclyde are facing a catastrophic decline in cashflow due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and are coming up against barriers in government support, a new survey has found.
11/05/2020

Business Round-Up – 11 May 2020

Inverclyde Chamber of Commerce's weekly newsletter, with all of the latest Inverclyde business news for the week ending 10 May 2020.
10/05/2020

Comment On The Prime Minster’s Address And Next Phase Of Lockdown Measures

Dr Liz Cameron OBE, Chief Executive of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce comments on the Prime Minister’s address in which he set out a conditional plan for the next phase of the response to Covid-19.
07/05/2020

Sky Announces £1M SME Support Scheme for Businesses to Access TV Advertising

Sky have announced a £1M SME support scheme to help small businesses access television advertising as they look to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.       […]
06/05/2020

Coronavirus Business Survey – Phase 4: Economic Recovery

Phase Four of this survey is to enable Inverclyde Chamber to access the impact that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is having on your business and gather feedback on the current support measures that have been announced by the UK Government and devolved administrations.
05/05/2020

Pride In Our Response – View From The President

Inverclyde Chamber has created a handy ‘You Asked; We Delivered’ document, which highlights what we and the Chamber network have done to support members on the three policy pillars as well as our dialogue with decision-makers. 
05/05/2020

Start Of Formal UK And US Trade Negotiations

Talks between the UK and the US on a post-Brexit trade agreement are to get underway today, with the early negotiations taking place by video conference.
04/05/2020

Business Round-Up – 4 May 2020

Inverclyde Chamber of Commerce's weekly newsletter, with all of the latest Inverclyde business news for the week ending 4 May 2020.
02/05/2020

Uncertain Greenock 2020 Cruise Ship Season Ahead

A busy season of Clyde cruise ship calls was supposed to start this weekend — instead the coronavirus pandemic has left Greenock Ocean Terminal bosses not knowing when to expect any holiday vessels.
01/05/2020

MM Search Co-Founder Nomination

MM Search is celebrating after Managing Partner, Ken Morrice was named as a finalist in the 2020 Institute of Directors Scotland Awards in the ‘Start-Up’ Business Category.
01/05/2020

Coronavirus Tracker Survey Results

Scottish businesses are facing a catastrophic decline in cash flow due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and are coming up against barriers in government support, a new survey has found.
30/04/2020

Additional Grant Support Fund Opens

Further to Economy Secretary Fiona Hyslop’s announcement this morning that the Scottish Government’s additional £100m fund for businesses impacted by COVID-19 will be open for applications […]
30/04/2020

Inverclyde Coronavirus Business Grants Top £5m

Grants worth more than £5 million have so far been paid out to almost 500 Inverclyde businesses affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
28/04/2020

Chancellor Announces Small Firms To Get 100% Taxpayer-Backed Loans

Small firms are to get access to 100% taxpayer-backed loans after they raised concerns about slow access to existing coronavirus rescue schemes.   Chancellor Rishi Sunak […]
27/04/2020

Inverclyde Businesses Still Operating Safely Under Social Distancing Guidelines

As the UK enters its fifth week in lockdown and businesses come to terms with the ‘new normal’ of social distancing, some local companies who can […]
27/04/2020

Business Round-Up – 27 April 2020

Inverclyde Chamber of Commerce's weekly newsletter, with all of the latest Inverclyde business news for the week ending 26 April 2020.
24/04/2020

Bid To Dish Up 800 Daily Meals

A bold bid has been launched to dish up 800 meals a day for six weeks to help people in need during the coronavirus crisis.
24/04/2020

Greenock Terminal’s Ingenious Container Tribute

Workers at Greenock Ocean Terminal came up with their own distinctive tribute to health staff for the Thursday night Clap For Our Carers.
23/04/2020

Scottish Adventure and Marine Tourism Groups Welcome Lifeline Covid-19 Funding

Adventure and marine tourism operators across Scotland welcome Tuesday’s announcement by Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, that a £100 million fund […]
23/04/2020

First Minister Unveils Framework for Looking Beyond Lockdown

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has opened up a discussion on the “new normal” as the Scottish Government release a document outlining how the next steps […]