Hampshire Chamber - Current Consultations

CURRENT CONSULTATIONS

Please find below a comprehensive list of current consultations in which views of Chamber members are sought. The Chamber's Area Committees based in Andover, Basingstoke, Farnborough and Fleet, Portsmouth, Southampton and Winchester, as well as the Chamber's Planning and Transport and Tax Finance Legal Committees are all actively engaged and contribute to the vast majority of the Chamber's responses.

NEWS OF ENTERPRISE M3

The new website is now up and running packed with all the information you need on EM3
http://www.enterprisem3.org.uk/

£21.7m available through the Enterprise M3's Growing Enterprise Fund

Do you have an infrastructure project that will enable development and delivers jobs and housing? There is a new fund of £21.7m that can help you kick start this project and deliver economic growth in the M3 corridor. For more details click here.

Please click here for a copy of the Prospectus and Application Form.

The latest consultation is:

Traffic and Transport Bottlenecks - deadline extended to 9 May

COMPANY LAW - Discussion Paper

Your views are needed for a response to the Department of Business Innovation and Skills - please click here for more information

Call for evidence - dealing with dismissal and compensated no fault dismissal for micro businesses

The Government is conducting a long awaited review of the current employment framework, including looking at any areas of law and regulation that apply to employers that can dissuade responsible employers from hiring new staff. It’s an area for businesses continue to be controversial and challenging. The Department of Business Innovation and Skills has published a full consultation document and has set the deadline for comments as 8 June 2012. Deadline for your views to be included in Chamber’s response is: 21 May. To contribute your views, please email: ian.welland@hampshirechamber.co.uk

Please click here for more information

HAMPSHIRE ASIAN NETWORK - Consultation of Businesses

A survey of all Asian businesses associated with Hampshire Chamber of Commerce's 'Hampshire Asian Network (HAN)' is underway.

The survey, which is being managed on HAN's behalf by Christoph Schoenborn, Post Graduate Marketing Student at Southampton SOlent University, seeks provide an insight into the business culture of Asian Community members. Furthermore, it will help understand and support the Asian community and identify areas for improvement.

Please click here for more details and a copy of the survey

WINCHESTER RURAL PLANNING GUIDANCE

Now available: http://www.winchester.gov.uk/Documents/Planning/Planning_Guidance_for_Rural_Businesses.pdf

BUSINESS IS GOOD FOR BRITAIN

Launched by the British Chambers of Commerce on 1 March and attended by Hampshire Chamber of Commerce alongside other UK Chambers and business, this campaign seeks case studies, anecdotes, and information. The website has a host of useful tips and business advice: http://www.businessisgoodforbritain.co.uk/

FULL LIST OF CHAMBER RESPONSES TO CONSULTATIONS:

http://www.hampshirechamber.co.uk/policy_representation/complete_consultations

OUR COMMITTEES and WORKING GROUPS:

How do you get your voice heard? We have Area Committees in all our main areas. Please contact us if you wish to get involved:

http://www.hampshirechamber.co.uk/policy_representation
http://www.hampshirechamber.co.uk/policy_representation/committee_members

NEW AREA COMMITTEE FOR FARNBOROUGH AND FLEET

There is a new area committee on the horizon to cover Farnborough and Fleet. The first meeting is being planned for late April and this committee will take into account Hook and Aldershot as well. For more details contact: ian.welland@hampshirechamber.co.uk