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LSIP Skills Survey – November 2025
Cumbria Chamber of Commerce are working with Skills England and local authorities to improve our understanding of how skills, training and recruitment is affecting employers.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8GPF7W6
It would be greatly appreciated if you could take a short amount of time to complete the survey above to contribute your views on these important issues. There is also the opportunity to participate in a focus group to discuss further. Responses will also feed into the forthcoming refresh of the Cumbria Local Skills Improvement Plan, for which the Chamber is the designated Employer Representative Body.
The survey will take between 10 and 15 minutes to complete.
Briefing: Business Rates Reform – October 2025
I have produced this short explainer of the Labour Government’s major reform of the business rates system for local businesses.
Josh MacAlister MP 