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Enterprising Women Awards 2025

We are delighted to announce the Enterprising Women Awards 2025 are now open for entries.

The Awards are a great chance to celebrate women in business across our region. Each category is designed so that there is something for everyone, no matter what stage of your career you are at.

You can apply yourself or nominate someone who you think is deserving.

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Price pressures, recruitment headaches and reduced profit expectation. - QES Results 2025 Q1

East Midlands businesses have indicated that the economy remains challenging during the first months of 2025, with four out of ten expecting profitability to worsen and half expecting to raise prices, as East Midlands Chamber’s Quarterly Economic Survey displayed a bleak forecast for the region.

Covering the first part of 2025, the findings are taken from responses given by businesses across multiple sectors in the East Midlands.

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Price pressures, recruitment headaches and reduced profit expectation. - QES Results 2025 Q1

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Maximise Your Membership - March 2025

How Occupant Behaviour Impacts Workplace Energy Use & Ways to Reduce It

Leicestershire Members Forum - Q1

Retrofit Green Skills - Employer Forum

Derbyshire Business Hub

Peak District Sustainability Summit

Foundation Excel

Managing Environmental Risk in the Supply Chain: Business as usual is not an option

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)

Export Documentation

Chamber Connect with SMB College Group: Networking Breakfast

Generation Next Members Only - Effective Communication Skills

Planning and managing change

Celebration of Culture & Communities 2025

Managing poor performance

IP/OPR Inward/Outward Processing Relief

Email marketing 101 for businesses

Derby Manufacturing Network

Rules of Origin - Full Day

Accessible Marketing for HR Professionals: Inclusive Communication for Recruitment and Retention

Generation Next - Bark in the Park – Dog Walk at Elvaston Castle

Problem solving in the workplace

Chamber Connect Online Networking

Unlock the potential of your workforce with Fair Chance Alliance: Developing your EDI Strategies

International Trade Operations and Procedures BCC Accredited

ILM Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management - 6 day

ILM Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management - 9 day

How environmental responsibility can bring your business alive

Maximise Your Membership - April 2025

ILM Level 3 Award in Coaching - 5 day

Incoterms ® 2020

Project Management

Nottingham Manufacturing Network

ILM Level 3 Certificate in Leadership and Management - 9 day

Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management - 6 day

From Burnout to Breakthrough: Rethinking People Development with the ROGUE Approach

Friend to Supervisor - establishing authority

Generation Next Members Only - Time Management & Productivity

How digital can grow your business: Derbyshire Digital Awareness Conference 2025

Chamber Connect with Derby Conference Centre: Networking Breakfast

Advanced Sales Excellence

Import Procedures

ILM Level 2 - Award in Leadership and Team Skills - 4 day

Generation Next Members Only - May Social at Colleague Box

Influencing and persuading others

Derbyshire Manufacturing Network

Time Management

Understanding Business Finance

Alternative Ways to Provide Employee Benefits Beyond Salary

Maximise Your Membership - May 2025

Handling difficult situations and people

Five-day Director Development Programme

Customs Procedures and Documentation

Understanding Commodity Coding

Import Procedures

Chamber Connect Online Networking

Bank of England Forum (29 May 2025)

Intermediate Excel

Export Documentation

Generation Next Members Only - Emotional Intelligence at Work

Letters of Credit

Incoterms ® 2020

AI & Digital Marketing Conference & Exhibition

ILM Level 2 Award in Customer Care

Leicestershire Manufacturing Network

Two-day Effective Team Leader