UK: One of the biggest events on the local business calendar will see firms chipping in for charity in more ways than one.
The NSPCC Annual Golf Day, which is being organised in partnership with the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, is taking place on Wednesday, September 22.
This year, the teams of four will be [...]

India: The power sector, in India and globally, has tremendous opportunities to become a critical player in low cost nuclear power equipment manufacturing. This was the view of some key experts at the 3rd Annual Session of Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing Programme (VLFM) organized by CII, in joint cooperation with National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council of [...]

India: According to a majority of CEOs attending CII’s National Council meeting, India’s GDP growth in the current year 2010-11 is likely to be in the range of 8.5-9.0%. While 56.4% expected this outcome, 38.5% expected GDP to grow at a more moderate rate of 8.0-8.5% and 5.1% expected an even higher rate of 9.0-9.5%. [...]

India: To help various stakeholders, including businesses and policymakers, track the sentiments of Indian SME sector regularly, CII has launched a quarterly survey on SME Business Confidence Index (BCI). Based on a list of 14 exhaustive outlook indicators, including gross sales, new orders, input costs, credit availability, investments, export, capacity utilization and net profit, the [...]

UK: The London economy continued to grow slowly in Quarter 2, building on improvements made since the start of the year, according to the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).
The latest Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) shows that the majority of key business indicators have improved in the last three months although often only [...]

India: Reacting on Economic Outlook released for 2010-11 by Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Dr. C. Rangrajan, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has said that it was on expected lines accepting that containment of inflation at 6.5 per cent will remain a challenge even beyond March 2011 [...]

UK: Cutting red tape is one of the most important concerns for businesses, large and small, so the creation of an office which will simplify the tax system is to be welcomed say local business leaders.
Katie Teasdale, head of policy at Birmingham Chamber Group said: “The Government is consistently announcing cutting the burden of legislation [...]

UK: Birmingham Chamber Group (BCG) is attempting to form a cross-region Local Enterprise Partnership that would ensure a fair distribution of resources.
Jerry Blackett is advocating the creation of an LEP “super” group that would comprise Birmingham, the Black Country, Solihull, Southern Staffordshire and North Worcestershire. He is seeking the views of business people in [...]

Australia: “BUILDING community consensus around climate change action is a reasonable proposition,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie observed of the Prime Minister’s Citizens’ Assembly announcement.
“But it will be absolutely critical regional Australia and farmers are centrally involved. We live and work with the climate every day, we’re good at managing carbon and we [...]

Australia: The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) confirmed it will dodge releasing its already delayed and highly contentious precursor to the proposed Basin Plan until after the election.
“Obviously, farmers, regional communities and environmental interests across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia will be irate,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie declared.
“But this decision [...]