Current Consultations

Birmingham Chamber’s policy unit responds to various consultations on issues affecting businesses in Birmingham and Solihull, region-wide and nationally.

 
With the views of the members, it creates a strong unified lobbying voice to ensure national and local government listens to the concerns and interests of business. 

Birmingham Chamber's Business Support Simplification Submission

Birmingham Chamber has responded to the government's Business Support Simplification consultation. The government aims to reduce the number of business support schemes from over 3,000 to 100 or fewer by 2010. Birmingham Chamber has called for a simpler, more flexible business support arrangements suited to the requirements of each local community.

Clich here to download this submission.

Confederation of West Midlands Chambers of Commerce's draft Local Transport Plan Submission

The Confederation believes that the introduction of a strong regionally focussed transport body in the West Midlands is key to the implementation of the region’s transport priorities. In the Confederation's submission on the draft Local Transport Bill, they urged Government to enable a bold transformation of the region’s transport governance. The Confederation has called for the introduction of a genuinely Integrated Transport Strategy (ITS) produced by a City Region area transport governance body, including road and freight responsibilities; clear links to planning; modal interchange responsibility; covering travel to work areas; and, demonstrating, links to long-term national priorities. Such a body needs to engage all the transport modes and involve all sectors within the region’s structure and we have called for the business community to have a statutory voice on any such body.

Click here to download this submission. 

If you require any further assistance or wish to inform us of any consultations with which you are involved contact Katie Teasdale, policy adviser, on 0121 450 4204 or email policyteam@birminghamchamber.org.uk