Chamber committee renames for expansion

A committee of the Chamber of Commerce has been renamed to reflect the wider scope of its work.

The Engineering & Manufacturing Committee is now to be called the STEM Committee - with those initials standing for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Chamber says it will encompass organisations which didn't fit the previous description and didn't sit well within its other committees such as biomed companies.

Sector Lead for STEM, David Hester, says extending the remit represents a major change in focus and allow more companies to become active within it.