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Greetings!
Welcome
to the latest Policy Update from the South Wales
Chamber.
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Quarterly
Economic Survey |
 The
Quarterly Economic Survey for Quarter 3 2010
will be available from 30th August.
The
Quarterly Economic Survey is the largest business
survey of its kind in the UK.
The information you provide enables us to gauge
local business confidence and serve you in the
most productive way. It is particularly important
in the current economic climate that the issues
and concerns of businesses are accurately
represented so they can inform the development of
regional and national economic
policy.
Your
feedback is essential not only to understand the
views of business in the local area but is also
used nationally, with both the Bank of England and
Treasury using the results to gauge business
sentiment.
Please
endeavour to complete the survey. It will take less than
four minutes to
complete.
If
you do not receive a survey and would like one,
please email:
swcc.qes@thethirdstage.com.
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Win
a trip to the European Parliament of
Enterprises |
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On
October 14th, over 700 entrepreneurs will descend
on the European Parliament to put business at the
top of the agenda.
The
2010 European Parliament of Enterprises (EPE)
brings together hundreds of business men and women
from across the EU to debate and vote on hot
business issues. Sitting in the Parliament's
hemicycle, national delegations from across the
EU's 27 member states will be joined by senior
officials such as:
- Jerzy
Buzek, President of the European Parliament;
- Hermann
Van Rompuy, President of the European Council
and
- Jose
Manuel Barroso, President of the European
Commission.
The
British delegation will also have the opportunity
to take part in a Q&A with the BBC's chief
European correspondent, Gavin Hewitt, and lunch
with the UK's
most senior official to the EU, Kim
Darroch.
One
lucky entrepreneur will have all their travel and
accommodation covered by the BCC as all
participants will be automatically entered into a
prize draw. So please do sign up to this exciting
opportunity. For further details or to register
click here - or contact Kieran
O'Keeffe. |
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Paye
As You Earn Consultation |
 The
Treasury has introduced a
consultation on the Pay As
You Earn (PAYE) system.
The
Government is exploring the option to move towards
a system that receives information on deductions
in real time.
The
Treasury believes that the new system may result
in less forms being submitted and reduce the
burden of year end reporting. The consultation is
looking for those who run PAYE schemes, providers
of payroll software and services, and employers to
respond.
The
BCC is also looking to respond. To do so, we would
like employer examples of the burden that they
currently face with the PAYE system.
If you have
any information on this, please contact
Steve
Hughes. |
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BBC
X-Ray Programme |
Researchers
from the BBC One
Wales
X-Ray Programme are currently looking for
participants in their next
series.
The
series will feature a strand called The
Street where the show gets to know the residents
over the weeks - this time the issue will be
unemployment. Participants must be currently
unemployed and the programme will be looking at
how to increase their employability along with
what their needs are and whether they are being
met - i.e. access to work experience, training
etc.
In
addition to this researchers will be interested to
hear about success stories and from experts or
mentors to feature in the
programme.
If
you think you can help please contact
Claire Hill on 029 2032
3786. |
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To
discuss any of these topics further or
to submit your feedback please use the links
provided or contact us: info@southwaleschamber.co.uk. |
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