Chamber of Commerce

Ross McNally, Hampshire Chamber Chief Executive and Executive Chairman.

Deliver on growth, Hampshire Chamber urges Chancellor

Pictured at last year’s Portsmouth & South Coast Business Week launch at The Queen’s Hotel, Southsea, are David Bharier, left, Head of Research at British Chambers of Commerce, and Ross McNally, Chief Executive and Executive Chair of PSCBW organisers Hampshire Chamber of Commerce.

All set for ‘vital opportunity’ of Portsmouth & South Coast Business Week 2026

Alan Mak MP speaking at the German British Business Summit

Havant MP Alan Mak champions UK tech sector at German British Business Summit

BUSINESS BOOST. Ross McNally, Chief Executive and Executive Chairman of Hampshire Chamber which is calling on the Chancellor to prioritise productivity growth and avoid any new business taxes in the approaching Budget.

Give us a chance to boost productivity, Hampshire Chamber urges Chancellor

Economist Andy Haldane will deliver a keynote speech at the SOGROW event on 8 October.

Hampshire Chamber of Commerce announces economist Andy Haldane as its first keyn...

Members of the SOGROW steering group (from L-R) Fred Bassett, Founder of Lateral Edge Consulting, Ross McNally, Executive Chair/CEO Hampshire Chamber of Commerce, Councillor Lorna Fielker, Leader of Southampton City Council, Stephen Manion, Executive Director, Go! Southampton, Peter Taylor, Senior Partner, Paris Smith, Gareth Miller, Managing Director, Carswell Gould

Hampshire Chamber of Commerce launches SOGROW summit to help shape economic and ...

BUSINESS INVESTMENT. Ross McNally, Chief Executive and Executive Chairman of Hampshire Chamber which is calling on the government to prioritise business support and confidence to invest.

Partner with us as ‘voice of business’, Hampshire Chamber urges Chancellor

WORKING TOGETHER. Hampshire Chamber Chief Executive and Executive Chairman Ross McNally, left, and Drogheda Chamber Chief Executive Hubert Murphy sign the ‘friendship and solidarity twinning agreement’ in Portsmouth.

Trade and investment focus as Hampshire Chamber signs accord with Irish counterp...

Pictured at Portsmouth City Council’s City Buildings Enterprise Centre in Commercial Road, Portsmouth, are representatives of the business sponsors of Portsmouth & South Coast Business Week, from left: Kym Loveitt, Liberty Recruitment; Ross McNally, Hampshire Chamber; Tatum Isaacs, SLR Recruitment; Louis Howlett, Blake Morgan; Seb Martin, Flude Property Consultants; Aaron Butson, Hampshire Chamber’s Portsmouth Business Strategy Group; and Daniel O'Brien, Citrus FM.

Portsmouth & South Coast Business Week set to help firms overcome challenges

Business photo by Cytonn Photography on Unsplash

Hampshire Chamber appoints leisure marine boss as President

Taylor Wimpey kickstarted its fundraising by attending a fire walking event hosted by Maggie's.

Taylor Wimpey kickstarts fundraising for cancer charity

BUSINESS CONFIDENCE. Ross McNally, Hampshire Chamber’s Executive Chair and Chief Executive, says the Solent Freeport offers a major opportunity for communities and businesses across the region.

Business organisations hold Portsmouth event to promote Solent Freeport

Make sure your business is in the mix - get your tickets and support now

Ad Feature Business Talks: The UK economic outlook and prospects for the South-East region

Ross McNally, Hampshire Chamber CEO and Executive Chair:Ross McNally, executive chairman of Hampshire Chamber of Commerce, is calling on more government action to alleviate business fears amid soaring inflation. Picture: Hampshire Chamber of Commerce

Government urged to support 'struggling' Hampshire businesses

The Village Hotel in North Harbour, Portsmouth

Portsmouth Business expo is coming to Village Hotel

Ross McNally, Hampshire Chamber’s chief executive and executive chairman, at the opening of the new head office in the Fareham College business centre.

Hampshire Chamber opens new head office
HAMPSHIRE Chamber of Commerce has opened its new head office with a pledge to help solve the skills issues regional employers face every day.
Charlotte Hawes

Inflation has reached a 40 year high in the UK. Photo TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images

Hampshire business leader calls for 'immediate action' over spiking inflation

MOVING IN. Beverley Poole, left, Fareham College’s Director of Business Centres, welcomes Hampshire Chamber team members Ross McNally, Chief Executive and Executive Chairman, Eddie Bell, Accounts Executive, and far right, Jackie Highmore, International Trade Manager. Standing behind, second from right, is Brendan Ross from The Recycled Assets Company.

Hampshire Chamber becomes anchor tenant at college's new business centre

A survey of businesses found that one in five firms plan on letting staff go in response to the furlough policy change (Photo: Shutterstock)

One in five firms planning staff redundancies as Covid furlough support tapers o...

Shevaun Haviland, the Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce speaking at the launch of the first Portsmouth & District Business Week

First Portsmouth & District Business Week starts with focus on helping businesse...

Be a part of Portsmouth & District Business Week

First Portsmouth & District Business Week celebrates area's business community

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will continue with the winding down of the wage support scheme from the start of next month (Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak ‘rules out furlough extension’ despite likely delay to lockdown lift...

Portico, the international cargo terminal based at Portsmouth International Port, are helping some of the world’s biggest shipping lines get their empty containers back to where they are needed most as Britain faces an export crisis to the EU.

Government 'must do all it can' to end Brexit customs fiasco to boost trade

Rishi Sunak, chancellor of the exchequer departs to deliver the annual Budget at Downing Street on March 11, 2020 in London. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Desperate businesses call for 'lifeline' ahead of chancellor's spring Budget

Stef Nienaltowski, chief executive of Shaping Portsmouth. Picture: Matt Farmer

Portsmouth business project launches to tackle unemployment

Tony Knight, Chair of the Professional Services Forum at Hampshire Chamber of Commerce

Business chiefs back £30bn jobs support plan

Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers his statement to the House of Commons on Covid-19. Picture: PA Wire

How lockdown changes will impact life in Portsmouth
WEDDINGS, shopping and business reopenings have all been put under the microscope todaynote-0, after the government announced further plans to ease lockdown restrictions.
David George and Millie Salkeld

Businesses in Hampshire are being thrown a lifeline by the Solent LEP to help them survive the Coronavirus crisis. Pictured is a construction worker wearing masks. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Firms battling to survive coronavirus crisis are thrown a lifeline

Commercial Road, Portsmouth.

Britain's £350bn business rescue package a 'lifeline' for Hampshire trade

Ross McNally, Hampshire Chamber chief executive

Brexit Day: What businesses in Portsmouth think will happen next

Maureen Frost, CEO of Hampshire Chamber of Commerce, who has just announced her resignation.

Hampshire Chamber of Commerce's CEO Maureen Frost announces her resignation

Conrad Manning is guest speaker at Hampshire Chamber's Southampton Boat Show brunch Picture: Dave Dodge Photography

Elite yachtsman set to inspire at boat show

Conrad Manning is guest speaker at Hampshire Chamber's Southampton Boat Show brunch Picture: Dave Dodge Photography

Elite yachtsman set to inspire at boat show

Mike Sellers, the chair of the Portsmouth & District Business Strategy Group, who is also the director of Portsmouth International Port. Picture by Ben Mitchell/PA Wire

Firms in the PO postcode are asked: What do you want to see happen in the next y...

A row of Union flags in a spot usually occupied by EU flags opposite the Houses of Parliament in London's Westminster, the day after MPs held a series of indicative votes on the way forward with Brexit. Photo: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Fed-up Hampshire businesses demand an end to Britain’s Brexit misery

International Development Secretary and Portsmouth North MP, Penny Mordaunt, leaving the Houses of Parliament after MPs rejected a no-deal Brexit under any circumstances. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Plea for clarity for Portsmouth’s port and businesses as 321 MPs vote to reject ...

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Business bodies collaborate

International Development Secretary, Penny Mordaunt, arrives in Downing Street for a Cabinet meeting to discuss Brexit.

Hampshire Chamber of Commerce issues stark warning over no-deal Brexit

Stef Nienaltowski, Karen Blackett OBE, Mark Waldron, Bernie Topham, Steve Rad, James Taylor, Bob Nichol, Maddie Kamara, Jack Crook, Maureen Frost, Paula Swain, Ross McNally, Portia Bircher
Picture by M.Focard de Fontefiguieres

Networking night hears from top entrepreneurs

Business award judges Hampshire Chamber's chief executive Maureen Frost and chairman Ross McNally

Firms encouraged to enter as award deadline looms

Paralympian Aaron Phipps was guest speaker at the Hampshire Chamber Southampton Boat Show lunch. Picture: Scott Sinclair

Paralympic athleteÂ opens this year's boat show Â

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Hampshire businesses take flight on hovercraft day

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Strategic review key to Hampshire Chamber of Commerce's growth

Hampshire Chamber of Commerce have released the results of a survey which reveals what bugs Portsmouth businesses the most

Chamber survey reveals businesses'biggest concerns

Mark Baulch

Chamber launches its new annual business survey

Do you know a mobile phone dead zone in your area?

Campaign aims to improve mobile phone coverage in Hampshire

Maureen Frost

Group strengthens ties with regional businesses

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Chamber asks firms '˜Are you too busy for TV?'

David Joel, Hampshire Chamber's new president, with chief executive Maureen Frost

'˜I want the chamber to be more visible...'

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'˜Something has to be done to steady the ship'

Pete Matheson of Tekkers IT with Maureen Frost, Hampshire Chamber chief executive

Chamber increases cyber security with IT contract

Portsmouth International Port's director Mike Sellers

Port director will chair business group in the city

L-R: Mark Baulch, Jilly Russell, Eddie Bell and Mark Smithard completed the last eight miles of theTrek the Night challenge. From: Peter Denton.

Portsmouth woman completes trek after illness forced her to abandon walk

Representatives from business, business support, local government, health, education and technology at Trethowans

Call made for urgent review of Solent work skills

Mike Francis and Andrew Morton from Santander, Madalina Ciinaru, British Romanian Chamber of Commerce, Kevin Briscoe from Briscoe French, Romanian Ambassador to the UK Dan Mihalache, Mark Baulch from Hampshire Chamber of Commerce, Nick Ruber of Passport to Green Energy, Maureen Frost from Hampshire Chamber of Commerce, Oana Bulboaca from Eventlink, Calin Huma from BRIDGE and Radu Oniga, Embassy of Romania

Romanian ambassador talks about links to UK