Our story

We’re Business West and we exist to create long-term prosperity for our businesses and our region.

We enable companies to start, grow, innovate and export.  We build professional communities.  We tackle challenging business issues on behalf of organisations. We lobby, influence and deliver tangible results.  

We nurture a more productive and inclusive landscape.  We connect people, public bodies and private companies, fostering a richer trading environment.  We drive business forward.

Every one of our businesses is striving for prosperity.  They want to deliver today, tomorrow and beyond.  They’re ambitious, entrepreneurial, fiercely passionate about their work and their customers, and forward-looking.  So are we.  Which is why we equip them with the support and tools to fulfil their potential & turn their vision into reality.  

Everything we do contributes to making our region the best place to live, work, learn and prosper.

Sustainability for us means creating an inclusive environment where our businesses can thrive both now and in the years ahead.  In 2021, we became a Certified B Corp.  In other words, we meet exacting standards of verified social and environmental performance, balancing profit and purpose.  It makes us uniquely placed to advise the businesses of the future, as well as lending credibility to our message that business can be a force for good.

Those in the know…know us.  Our reputation precedes us.

Which explains why companies, national business support organisations, Local and Central Government, and Chambers of Commerce from all over the UK seek us out.  These groups benefit from our best-in-class experience, advice and knowledge. 

Our members enjoy all of this plus additional and exclusive services, designed to raise their profile, advance their cause, protect their interests and influence the commercial landscape within which they operate – in our own region, across the UK, and throughout the world.