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Positive response to Western Gateway Severn Edge bid to build prototype fusion energy plant

The Western Gateway partnership, the economic powerhouse for Western England and South Wales, is leading a bid to bring the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s STEP project to the two decommissioned nuclear...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 18.02.22
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Q&A with Joe Harris - Leader of Cotswold District Council and Councillor for Cirencester

Joe Harris, at 29 is one of the youngest council leaders in the country with strong views about business. As councils like Cotswold start to consider the effects of Michael Gove’s White Paper on...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 11.02.22
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Q&A with Matt Tudge: How the LSIP gives employers in Aerospace & Social Care more say in the future skills landscape

Ian Mean, Director of Business West Gloucestershire, speaks to Matt Tudge, Project Manager for the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) - West of England Plus.
Chloe Stockwell
Chloe Stockwell
Business West
Posted on: 01.02.22
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Hydrogen power poses a challenge but also great opportunity for skills in the aerospace industry

Hydrogen power and the skills needed to operate it are a huge challenge but with great opportunities for the aerospace industry.
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 27.01.22
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Pick your priorities

One of the great things about meetings with Chamber and Initiative members is you get a sense of significant changes in how people are thinking as they adapt to the challenges facing businesses and...
Ian Bell
Ian Bell
Business West
Posted on: 25.01.22
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Stroud District Council sets out their Economic Development strategy for the next ten years

Amy Beckett, Stroud council’s economic development specialist, has written a good, comprehensive report. There are lots of warm words here, but key to the plans is to get those words into action.
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 17.01.22
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South West businesses in urgent need of support as storm of inflation, costs & Covid-19 wreaks havoc

Businesses in the South West will urgently need a comprehensive support package if Covid-19 restrictions continue amid a “perfect storm” of inflation, rising costs and the effects of the Omicron...
Susie Parker
Susie Parker
Business West
Posted on: 07.01.22
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Phil Smith addresses the needs & challenges for businesses in the South West during 2022

What are the needs and challenges for businesses in the South West during the next year? Ian Mean, Business West Gloucestershire director, questions Phil Smith, managing director of Business West.
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 04.01.22
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Why the new Western Gateway powerhouse is so important to the South West & South Wales

The Western Gateway Partnership’s first conference is being held at the International Convention Centre, Wales at the Celtic Manor Resort next year. Here, Phil Smith, managing director of Business...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 20.12.21
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