Green Careers Week: Q&A with Andy Waylen and Chloe Barratt
As part of Green Careers Week, we spoke to Andy and Chloe to find out more about their roles at Business West and how they've evolved to be more green.
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As part of Green Careers Week, we spoke to Andy and Chloe to find out more about their roles at Business West and how they've evolved to be more green.
For National Engineering Day, we're shining a spotlight on the new Advanced Manufacturing Technical Excellence College (AMTEC), Weston College's new specialist technical training centre in Filton, supporting the UK's aerospace, engineering, defence and advanced manufacturing sectors.
Occasionally we like to shine the spotlight on our members, and in this case one of the members of the Bristol Initiative. We sat down with Fuad Mahamed, CEO at ACH to share a bit about him and why ACH joined the Bristol Initiative.
Over four decades Bath-based strategy and growth consultant Kerrianne Gauld has seen many shifts in what technology can – and should – do for businesses. So, what advice does she offer to small firms seeking to harness digital tech to fuel growth? And why is she such a big fan of new government-funded support programme Tech Adoption for Growth?
Workplace stress remains a big problem, affecting almost a million people in the UK each year. It accounted for more than half of all work-related UK ill health cases in 2024/25 and cost employers an estimated £51bn. So, what are your legal responsibilities as an employer and how can you better protect your people and yourself from the dangers of workplace stress?
What does the Autumn Budget mean for businesses across the South West? Drawing on our latest Quarterly Economic Survey, we explore the key announcements, the pressures still facing firms and how Business West is working with the British Chambers of Commerce to ensure the voice of business is heard by government.
This was a Budget delivered against a backdrop of significant fiscal constraints, but it’s good to see support for businesses through measures on energy costs and business rates relief.
Three of the region’s leading accredited Chambers of Commerce have come together to launch the Wessex Chamber Alliance, a new strategic partnership designed to provide a strong, coordinated and representative voice for business across the Wessex region.
A trade agreement could help your overseas customers pay less import duty. But are you checking whether your products qualify?