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On behalf of business in the county, I feel I must give a big shout-out for the team behind the Cotswold and Swindon Challenge 2021 . This is an extremely innovative idea-first launched during the...
Yesterday (17 August) was the eagerly awaited launch of the government’s hydrogen strategy . It sets out the approach to developing a low carbon hydrogen sector in the UK to meet the government’s...
As Swindon's Honda plant closed its doors for the very last time, I spoke with Mike Godfrey OBE - non-executive director at Business West and one of Honda's first employees in the UK - for his...
Leaving school at 16 after being told “I wasn’t capable of doing A-Levels,” Dr Diane Savory OBE has become something of a business icon in Gloucestershire. She has just left the chair of the county’s...
Well, some 20 years ago, Stroud benefitted from the LOTS Scheme (Living above the shop), which at the time was spearheaded by Stroud District Council and housing associations. This innovative scheme...
As a board member of GFirst LEP I was impressed by some words in the interview presentation made for the new chair’s role by accountant Ruth Dooley. Those words were: “I think sometimes people’s egos...
A recent note from Stroud’s MP Siobhan Baillie reminds me just how important the study of STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects are to the future job prospects of our young...
Business West has been named as one of eight Chambers of Commerce across England that will lead on a new Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) for its region. Working in tandem with key education...
Gloucestershire business, in my view, will welcome Boris Johnson’s idea of creating more directly elected Mayors. In Gloucestershire, particularly, where we have six district councils with the need...
