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Election 2024: What South West businesses need from the next government

Business West exists to create long-term prosperity for our businesses and our region. Through our Quarterly Economic Survey, which acts as a barometer of business sentiment across the region,...
Phil Smith
Phil Smith
Business West
Posted on: 20.03.24
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Demand for skills is more important than ever

Investing in our young people through apprenticeships is now more important than ever as the demand for skills grows. So, the development of Skills England, a new government body designed to bring...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 09.10.24
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BCC Quarterly Economic Survey: Business Conditions Stall As Tax Anxiety Grows

Following improvements to business conditions in the first half of 2024, key indicators stalled or declined in Q3 – with manufacturing suffering the most. Taxation is now more of a concern than...
Eleanor Ferrari
Eleanor Ferrari
Posted on: 08.10.24
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Gloucestershire College Opens £5 Million Sustainable Construction Centre

I go to a lot of business events but few excite me like the official opening of Gloucestershire College’s new £5 million sustainable construction training centre. Yes, it’s part of the college’s...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 02.10.24
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What can business expect in our Christmas stockings?

From time to time, national politicians express an interest in giving more freedom and independence to English regions. The process started in earnest with the creation of the so called Metro Mayors...
Ian Bell
Ian Bell
Business West
Posted on: 27.09.24
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Gloucestershire can benefit from revival of nuclear

Here in Gloucestershire, I believe we are on the threshold of a revival in nuclear energy in the heartland of Berkeley and Oldbury, where it was developed in the 1960s. But our government needs to...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 27.09.24
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BCC Press Release: Planning Reform Must ‘Move Ahead at Pace’

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), of which Business West is a key player, is calling for swift action by the Government to reform planning in England, to help stimulate business investment and...
Eleanor Ferrari
Eleanor Ferrari
Posted on: 26.09.24
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BCC Press Release: BCC Reacts to Prime Minister’s Conference Speech

Shevaun Haviland, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, of which Business West are clear players, said: “The Prime Minister rightly set out the importance of stabilising and growing...
Eleanor Ferrari
Eleanor Ferrari
Posted on: 25.09.24
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Interview with Councillor Richard Stanley on Tewkesbury’s Tremendous Growth

Tewkesbury is fast becoming a veritable powerhouse for business growth as more companies move into the area and the magnet for young families setting up home there. In an exclusive interview with the...
Eleanor Ferrari
Eleanor Ferrari
Posted on: 20.09.24
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