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32: TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING

Ten years since they joined the Barnsley and Rotherham Chamber of Commerce within a few weeks of each other, Carrie Sudbury and Shane Young are now steering the ship together. We caught up with them to find out what they had learned from the previous chief exec as well as each other in that time…

12: SHOULD WE BUILD ON THE GREENBELT?

Following Keir Starmer’s speech pledging to ‘back the builders not the blockers’, we spoke to Coda Architecture’s Matt Bowker to discuss the pros and cons of building affordable housing on Greenbelt land.

28: UNLTD AWARDS ANNOUNCED

We give you the lowdown on our brand new Small and Medium Business Awards to be held on November 30!

38: FLYIN’ HIGH

Following Fluid One’s takeover of successful Sheffield IT business Highlander, we spoke to MD Steve Brown to find out how his life had changed since the takeover.

42: DRIVING CHANGE

After a successful period growing their business, we spoke to the team at Whyy Change, an award-winning professional services company who transform businesses through training, to uncover the secrets of their success.

46: CELEBRATING STUDENT SUCCESS!

We give you the rundown on the winners from this year’s Big Challenge Awards, a celebration of

Unltd Business Awards Celebrate Best Smes In The Region

For two years we worked closely with Sheffield Chamber of Commerce on their flagship business awards and truly loved the experience. So much so, we have decided to launch our own awards this year, celebrating the whole of South Yorkshire and in particular the businesses that don’t always get recognised by other award ceremonies. The unLTD Business Awards will open this autumn for entries and will only be open to start ups, micro, small and Medium-sized businesses. The entry process will be super simple to encourage time poor entrepreneurs and business owners to take part, and the ceremony will be affordable and fun!

There’s more info about categories on pages 28 and 29, while full info about how to enter will be revealed very soon.

Elsewhere in this issue, we speak to Carrie Sudbury and Shane Young about how they intend to shape one of the country’s most successful chambers over the next few years, while we also hear from entrepreneur Steve Brown, who recently sold his successful IT business on how he’s adapting to no longer being the boss. Throw in the usual news, appointments, charity updates and lots more and you’ve got another belting issue of unLTD. Enjoy!

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