The British Chambers of Commerce has engaged the professional polling company, Populus, to help us build a Voice of Business Panel. The purpose of the panel is to aggregate and amplify the insights of businesses up and down the country in a way that will force the media and decision makers to sit up and take notice of your opinions. The information we gather will also help to shape the BCC’s priorities and to serve our members better.

This introductory survey will take no more than ten minutes of your time to complete. Your individual answers will remain completely anonymous and the general information we ask about your business will be held in confidence by Populus. It will simply be used to breakdown responses by size of enterprise, sector and locality.

Our ultimate aim is to consult the panel every couple of months and on specific occasions where business matters dominate the news, for instance in the aftermath of the Budget. The Voice of Business Panel will not replace existing BCC surveys such as Quarterly Economic Survey but is rather designed to establish a regular barometer of business opinion that reflects more fully the views of those who provide the bulk of the wealth-creating and employment opportunities in their localities.

Take the survey here. 

Thanks to the new LiveOne20 card, leisure time in Liverpool has never been so much fun - or such fantastic value.

LiveOne20 has been created for Chamber members and their employees to take advantage of the best of the city’s lifestyle at minimal cost.

We’ve got exclusive deals for LiveOne20 cardholders with some of Liverpool’s premier names in leisure, entertainment, travel, food and retail so you can enjoy some of the red carpet treatment.

They include huge discounts on seats for top shows at the Empire Theatre, a £50 reduction on Friday room rates at the Radisson SAS Hotel, free membership of the WhizzGo car hire service and two-for-one deals on great local days out with the Your Ticket to Liverpool and the Yellow Duckmarine.

Try some mouth-watering deals at the city’s top restaurants and bars, including Bst and The Supper Club. Get an amazing 50% off your bill at Sapporo Teppanyaki or Il Forno, dine 2-4-1 at Filini and round off your meal with discounted drinks at Blue or Pan Am.

You can also get yourself - and your wallet - in shape, with 20% off at Voodou hair salons, discounts and free trials at Ark or Greens Health and Fitness as well as money-off consultations with healthy living specialists Niland Nutrition.

With around £200 worth of savings every quarter, you’ll find you’re able to do much more of the things you love - and maybe try something a little bit different.

Cardholders can also find out about all the great savings and discounts by logging onto the LiveOne20 cardholder website (www.liveone20.com).

In addition to visiting the LiveOne20 website, member companies who want to purchase cards for employees or join the scheme to promote fantastic offers can contact Livesmart’s account manager Daniel White by phone on 0870 055 3472 or by e-mail.