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[25 APR 01] CW2000 ON TARGET
 A
european-backed project is on target to help 500 companies in
Coventry and Warwickshire take advantage of the Internet
revolution by the end of the year. MORE
[22 MAR 01] FIRMS TOLD HOW TO GET THE
HITS IN
- Businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire
have been told how to attract traffic to their web-sites as
part of a cutting-edge project in the city. MORE
[08 MAR 01] FRUIT AND VEG SHOP BLOOMS
INTO LIFE
 Fresh
fruit and veg is now on sale in a deprived inner-city area
of Coventry after a couple’s dream turned into a Valentine’s
Day reality. MORE
[06 MAR 01] KATHARINE MAKES MERRY WITH
TOP TRAINEES
 Rugby-born
Olympic medallist Katharine Merry was the perfect special
guest on hand to announced prizes to the winners of the
Coventry & Warwickshire Training Excellence Awards
2000. MORE
[24 JAN 01] COVENTRY JOBLESS FALLS ONCE
MORE
- Coventry bucked a regional trend last
month when unemployment fell slightly, but it’s likely to
be the last bit of good news for some time. MORE
[19 JAN 01] CHAMBER LOOKS EAST FOR NEW
TRADE
- Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber is
ahead of the pack when it comes to forging new business
links in Eastern Europe, according to the area’s MEP. MORE
[20 DEC 00] UNEMPLOYMENT CONTINUES TO
TUMBLE
- Unemployment figures have continued to
tumble in Coventry and Warwickshire, with almost 300 people
signing off in November. MORE
[20 NOV 00] UNEMPLOYMENT HITS ALL-TIME
LOW
- Unemployment in Coventry and
Warwickshire has reached an all-time low and there are more
vacancies than ever. MORE
[17 NOV 00] CHAMBER APPOINTS NEW CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
 A
new chief executive has been appointed to take the helm at
Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, Training
& Enterprise. MORE
[10 NOV 00] TEENAGERS GO TO IT FOR
CAREER OPTIONS
- The Jaguar formula one team, Coventry
Crusaders, Coventry Blaze and the army will all be showing
teenagers in the city the glamour of their professions at a
careers roadshow tomorrow. MORE
[26 OCT 00] INSIGHT INTO ENTERPRISE FOR
COVENTRY YOUTH
- Business leaders from the West Midlands
are to launch a new initiative to encourage young people in
Coventry to become entrepreneurs. MORE
[25 OCT 00] FEWER CLAIM UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFIT
- Unemployment in Coventry and
Warwickshire fell again in September as the figure neared an
all-time low, and more companies have found it difficult to
recruit. MORE
[25 OCT 00] BUSINESS SUPPORT BOOST FOR
CW2000
 Businesses
throughout Coventry and Warwickshire are being offered an
unbeatable package of IT services through a Chamber-led
initiative. MORE
[13 OCT 00] FOLESHILL FIRMS GET
SURVIVAL ADVICE
 Independent
traders in Foleshill have joined forces to sew off the
opposition at out-of-town shopping developments. MORE
[09 OCT 00] CHAMBER GROUP GIVES FIRM
PRECISION ADVICE
A Coventry firm which
specialises in high-precision lathes has seen its sales soar
since it turned to a city support group for advice. MORE
[21 SEP 00] END OF SUMMER JOBS PROMPTS
DOLE RISE
Unemployment in this area rose slightly
last month, after it had just hit a record low. About three
per cent of the Coventry and Warwickshire workforce is without
a job. MORE
[11 SEP 00] INDUSTRIAL ESTATE FOCUSES
ON CRIME PROBLEMS
 A
crime-ridden Coventry industrial estate has been given some
obsolete CCTV cameras to try and reduce the number of
incidents there. MORE
[07 SEP 00] FIRMS GO GLOBETROTTING TO
FIND NEW ORDERS
Manufacturers from Coventry and
Warwickshire have travelled across the pond to learn what
future technology holds for them and to try and win new
business. MORE
[06 SEP 00] FILTHY LEAMINGTON STATION
GIVES A WRONG SIGNAL
Claims that Leamington rail station is ‘filthy’ and ‘disgusting’
have been rejected by the company that runs it. MORE
[21 AUG 00] SUMMER BRINGS UNEMPLOYMENT
RISE
Unemployment in this area rose slightly in July after
falling to record lows the month before. The rate for men
continues to fall, but there was a sharp increase in the
number of jobless women. MORE
[21 AUG 00] ROVER FIRMS CAN GET HELP
DURING SWITCH
Firms in Coventry and Warwickshire in
the Rover supply chain can apply for a slice of an extra £7
million aid announced by the government. MORE
[16 AUG 00] NEW LINK TO START
BUSINESSES IN LEAMINGTON
Advice is now on hand for budding entrepreneurs who want to
set up a business with the launch new base in Leamington's Old
Town. MORE
[10 AUG 00] CHINA VISIT REVS UP TRADE
PROSPECTS
Coventry firms are heading to China to
save high-tech jobs – and are hoping that investment will
come to the city in return. MORE
[21 JUL 00] LEARN NEW SKILLS OVER THE
INTERNET WITH COWEB
Companies that provide training in
Coventry and Warwickshire are being given a boost by an
initiative that will give them free help. MORE
[18 JUL 00] UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO
RECORD LOW
Unemployment figures have fallen again
in Coventry and Warwickshire – now standing at their lowest
level for years. MORE
[13 JUL 00] NEW WEB ADVICE
SERVICE FOR SCHOOL-LEAVERS
School leavers are a click away from having advice just as
they are coming to the end of their exams.
MORE
[20 JUN 00] PAST AND FUTURE OF CYCLING
MEET FOR CYCLETHON
- The inventor of the modern bicycle
would have been amazed to see what his great-grandson was
handling the other day. MORE
[14 JUN 00] WARNING OVER FUTURE OF
BEDWORTH SHOPPING
- Bedworth could soon become a 'ghost
town' for shoppers unless urgent action is taken according
to business leaders at the Chamber. MORE
[30 MAY 00] ROVER FIRMS TO KEEP TALKING
AFTER EARLY AID
- Help worth almost £2 million has been
given to companies in Coventry and Warwickshire hit by the
Rover crisis. MORE
[23 MAY 00] 200 JOBS UP FOR GRABS IN
COVENTRY
- Two hundred job vacancies in Coventry
are up for grabs in a one-off event to be held in the city
centre this week. MORE
[23 MAY 00] DOLE QUEUES SHORTEN AGAIN
- Unemployment in Coventry and
Warwickshire fell to its lowest level for five years last
month according to new figures. MORE
[19 MAY 00] CASH TILLS RINGING IN
LEAMINGTON
- Leamington is the second most
profitable town in the country according to a national poll
of businesses. MORE
[09 MAY 00] CHAMBER WINS NEW FRANCHISE
- Business leaders at the Coventry and
Warwickshire Chamber are celebrating after being awarded the
franchise to help small businesses in the area. MORE
[20 APR 00] UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS BY 2.9%
- Despite the negative impact of the
Rover situation the total number of unemployed in Coventry
and Warwickshire fell by 2.9% in March 2000. MORE
[19 APR 00] ROVER FIRMS TO GET MORE
SUPPORT
- Businesses that have more than a fifth
of their turnover generated by Rover are to be given a
special support package. MORE
[12 APR 00] HELP FOR FIRMS HIT BY ROVER
SELL-OFF
- Businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire affected by BMW’s
decision to sell Rover are being invited to a special
meeting to discuss the way forward. MORE
[28 MAR 00] CW2000
PROJECT OPEN FOR BUSINESS
- A new initiative to allow small and medium sized
businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire exploit the internet
is now signing up members. MORE
[22 MAR 00] CHAMBER
GIVES MIXED REACTION TO BUDGET
The budget has received a lukewarm reception from business
leaders at the Chamber. MORE
[20 MAR 00] GAYDON
JOBS SAFE IN ROVER SELL-OFF
Thousands of jobs could be at risk in Coventry and
Warwickshire because of the sale of Rover by BMW. MORE
[14 MAR 00] MASTERPRINTERS PROSPER FROM
CHAMBER HELP
When Jeff Howarth moved to Leamington nine years ago with
no job and no prospects, his designs on a career in the
printing trade were little more than ‘pie in the sky’.
MORE
[10 MAR 00] BUSINESS
LEADERS WELCOME INTEREST RATE NEWS
Business leaders in Coventry and Warwickshire are mopping
their brows following yesterday’s announcement that interest
rates are not going to change. MORE
[25 FEB 00] COVENTRY LINKS WITH OSTRAVA
Delegates Ostrava are currently in
Coventry working with the City Council and The Chamber to
understand best practice in local government and develop more
trade links. MORE
[09 AUG 99]
CHAMBER MEMBERS PROTEST ON PARKING LEVY
A survey conducted by Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber
reveals that 91.5% of Coventry businesses are against a
proposal to run a pilot Workplace Parking Levy in the
city. MORE
[05 AUG 99]
CHAMBER CALLS FOR FAMILY FRIENDLY CASH AID
The Chamber is calling for the Government to give financial
help to small businesses to introduce new parental leave
proposals. MORE
[30 JUN 99]
FIRMS STILL LOOKING TO TAKE ON EXTRA PEOPLE
The service sector is romping ahead and manufacturing is
holding its own according to the latest quarterly economic
survey of members by The Chamber for Coventry and
Warwickshire. MORE
[23 JUN 99] JOBLESS
DOWNWARD TREND LEADS THE UK
People in Coventry and Warwickshire finding jobs accounted
for 10 per cent of the 6,500 reduction in unemployment across
the UK last month. MORE
[22 JUN 99] SKILLS
GAP DRAGGING DOWN ENGINEERING
A study into the training needs of engineering companies
has found that 55 per cent of manufacturing companies in
Coventry and Warwickshire are having difficulty in recruiting
skilled staff. MORE
[04 JUN 99] CAREER
BLITZ ON YOUNG JOBLESS TO COST £1.5M
A total of nearly £1.5-million (£1,500,000) is to be
ploughed into helping jobless young people to get into work in
Coventry and Warwickshire. MORE
[27 MAY 99] LEADING
THE W MIDLANDS ON CREATING NEW JOBS
The gap between unemployment in
Coventry and Warwickshire and the rest of the West Midlands
has widened further. MORE
[21 MAY 99] CHAMBER
WINS RECORD £8M IN EURO FUNDING
A record £8-million has been
won by The Chamber from Euro funds for projects in Coventry
and Warwickshire. MORE
[13 MAY 99] HILLFIELDS
CENTRE WINS £360,000
Nearly a quarter of a million
pounds has been won by The Chamber from English Partnerships
to upgrade and extend the employment advice centre in
Hillfields, Coventry. MORE
[13 MAY 99] SUTCLIFFE
COOKS UP TRAINING FIRST
Sutcliffe Catering has gained
the prestigious Investors in People standard for the
facilities management operation it provides for Cable &
Wireless training college in Coventry. MORE
[11 MAY 99] PROJECT
TO IMPROVE CONSTRUCTION SKILLS
A £30,000 project aimed to
improve the skills of construction industry workers across the
West Midlands is being launched by The Chamber for Coventry
and Warwickshire to prevent an increasing use of craftsmen
from countries like Germany and Italy. MORE
[04 MAY 99] MODERN
APPRENTICES ADVANCE ON HOLIDAYS
Facing increasingly
sophisticated demands from holidaymakers, the Coventry-based
Harry Shaw coach company is upgrading the skills of its young
employees by offering them all Modern Apprenticeship training
in customer services. MORE
[29 APR 99] THE
CONVERSION OF SHOP STEWARD
After 20 years in the foundry
business, shop steward Wendell Ward understood how things
worked. For the Transport and General Workers Union members
there were "us". And then there were
"them"-the management. MORE
[22 APR 99] BUSINESS
LINK HELPS FIRM MEASURE UP
A Rugby-based engineering firm
is measuring up for the launch of a revolutionary new
component inspection device - with some help from a Business
Link adviser at The Chamber. CMM Services, part of the ITP
group of companies, is working on a prototype for an
innovative, dimensional measuring system based on non-contact
technology. MORE
[14 APR 99] SOUTH
AFRICA MISSION NETS £4m IN ORDERS
A trade mission to South Africa
organised by The Chamber for Coventry and Warwickshire netted
orders totalling more than £4-million. Deals for £1.3million
were signed during the trip last month, with £2.8-million
repeat orders over the next two years. MORE
[26 MAR 99] ECONOMIC
SLOWDOWN HAS BOTTOMED OUT
The economic slowdown appears
to have bottomed out, according to companies in Coventry and
Warwickshire responding to the economic survey by The Chamber
for the first quarter of the year. "The service sector
continued to prosper and one in four manufacturers reported
increased sales-while one in five expect to do better in the
second quarter of 1999," MORE
[23 MAR 99] £1M
CAMPAIGN TO WIN NEW EXPORT MARKETS
A major campaign costing almost
£1-million is being launched by The Chamber and Warwick
University to win new export markets in South Africa, the US,
and the Baltic Rim states. The project aims to give tailored
advice to 300 firms in Coventry and Warwickshire about the
opportunities, and achieve 60 of them opening up export sales
in those countries. MORE
[19 MAR 99] FIRST
FEMALE PRESIDENT FOR CHAMBER
Isabella Moore is to be the
first female president in the 140-year history of The Chamber
for Coventry and Warwickshire. It will, of course, take her
into the history books. Gender issue over. Much more absorbing
for those coming into contact with her boundless energy and
outwardly cheerful and super-optimistic image, is just how the
heck she copes. MORE
[19 MAR 99] 'WHERE
THE JOBS ARE' ANALYSIS BY CHAMBER
Both unemployment and vacancy
figures have bounced back to present an optimistic view of
Coventry and Warwickshire continuing to cope with the slowdown
in the economy. "As our analysts forecast last month, a
post Christmas blip has turned into a promise of continuing
inroads into unemployment-with an overall increase in jobs on
offer by 42 per cent," MORE
[16 MAR 99] ROW
OVER MINIMUM WAGE 'GOBBLEDEGOOK'
A new row has broken out over
implementing the new Minimum Wage legislation, due to come in
on 1 April. Bosses in Coventry and Warwickshire are protesting
that they have only three weeks to get to grips with 112 pages
of 'guidance' from the government - and that much of it is
gobbledegook. MORE
[12 MAR 99] MORE
YOUNG PEOPLE GET TRAINING MESSAGE
Young people in Coventry and
Warwickshire are getting the message about the importance of
getting qualifications – and one in five getting a job which
guarantees training. MORE
[04 MAR 99] 'PUMPING
GAS' SET FOR SKILLED IMAGE
A national project is to be
launched to improve the skills of staff at nearly 1,500 BP
petrol stations throughout Britain - thanks to The Chamber for
Coventry and Warwickshire winning backing of £745,000 from
Europe. MORE
[23 FEB 99] JOBLESS
RISE NO CAUSE FOR ALARM
Analysts at The Chamber are
refusing to accept an increase last month in unemployment
figures for Coventry and Warwickshire as evidence of an
economic downturn in the sub-region. MORE
[18 FEB 99] CHAMBER
CALLS FOR RADICAL TAX CHANGES
A call for radical tax changes
in the Budget on 9 March has been sent to the Chancellor,
Gordon Brown, by The Chamber for Coventry and Warwickshire.
"A radical overhaul of the current tax regime is
essential to support the growth of small
firms," MORE
[25 JAN 99] DIANE
MODAHL'S STAMINA IS MATCHED 18 TIMES
Diane Modahl, the world class
800-metre athlete who had to struggle against the odds to
clear her name and get back in the race, is to present this
year's Training Excellence Awards presented to the best
work-based trainees by The Chamber. MORE
[21 JAN 99] BUSINESS
CONFIDENCE DEFIES TALK OF GLOOM
Business confidence is running
high in Coventry and Warwickshire, despite manufacturing
exporters reporting increasing difficulties. Nearly 56 per
cent of service companies expect to increase their turnover in
the coming 12 months, as do 33 per cent of manufacturers,
although 35 per cent of them forecast a decline. MORE
[15 JAN 99] TRADE
STILL ROBUST SAYS CHAMBER
[05 DEC 98] EFFORTS
DOUBLED FOR MIDDLE EAST EXPORTS
[02 DEC 98] CHAMBER
WINS RECORD £5.8M FROM EUROPE
[13 NOV 98] JOB
LOSS HEADLINES MISLEAD SAYS CHAMBER
[11 NOV 98] EURO
£1M TO HELP SMALL FIRMS GROW
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