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February edition

The Rt. Hon David Cameron MP, Leader of the Conservative Party, yesterday spoke at the British Chambers of Commerce’s Regional Business Summit.

In his speech to business leaders and Chambers of Commerce representatives from around the United Kingdom, Mr Cameron outlined a number of key regional priorities for his Party should they win the next general election.

Mr Cameron focussed on the following business issues:

• Maintaining economic stability
• The need for transport infrastructure to drive economic growth
• Research and Innovation (Education)
• Encouraging enterprise
• Reducing regulation
• Business taxation
• The Bank of England's Independence
• Anglo-Scottish Relations

Listen to his whole speech and answers to questions from the floor.

Duration: 39 minutes 00 seconds| File Size: 36,532KB

Professor Francis Chittenden of the Manchester Business School and Kieran O'Keeffe Policy Adviser at the British Chambers of Commerce discuss the latest British Chambers of Commerce Burdens Barometer for 2008.

The major regulations to business approved since 1998 is now at £65.99bn.

Duration: 08 minutes 50 seconds| File Size: 12,224KB

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January edition

David Frost, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, explains the thought behind the new visual identity of the organisation and gives his view on the prospects for the UK economy in 2008.

David Kern, Economic adviser to the British Chambers of Commerce and Ross Walker, UK Economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland, discuss the results of the 2007 Q4 Quarterly Economic Survey results and what this could mean for interest rate levels in the future.

Duration: 18 minutes 36 seconds| File Size: 26,178KB