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  Government and schools must focus on improving basic skills

  Commenting after the release of the GCSE grades for 2012, Phil Smith, Managing Director of Business West said: “This is an important ti...

  Bristol 23.08.12 Youth, Education, Youth Unemployment

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  Government must encourage firms to hire more young people

  The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, announced yesterday (Wednesday) that the government’s Youth Contract - which provides a subsidy of...

  All Areas 28.06.12 Business, Economy, Employment, Youth, Youth Unemployment

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  New loan scheme set to boost young entrepreneurs, says Business West

  Commenting on the government’s new StartUP Loans scheme for young entrepreneurs, Phil Smith, managing director of Business West, the larg...

  All Areas 06.06.12 Youth, Business, Growth, Business Start Up, Youth Unemployment

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  A Business Manifesto for Change

  As councils across the West gear up for the new political year with local elections and/or annual meetings in May, Business West has publ...

  All Areas 18.04.12 Business, Economy, Economy. Policy, Policy, Planning, Youth, Employment

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  Business West welcomes Government'’s Youth Contract scheme

  The Youth Contract, the Government scheme announced today to lift 16 to 24 year olds out of unemployment and into work, has been welcomed...

  All Areas 04.04.12 Business, Youth, Development, Policy