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The vote to ‘Leave’ the European Union is unquestionably the most significant political, economic, cultural and geopolitical decision of any Western European nation since 1945 - this is a truism, not...
Business rates have always been seen by companies as quite simply an extra tax. Hitherto, they have been a tax too far with no sign of any benefit to firms or the local economy. And the venom against...
Lack of modern office space and problems with transport are two elements that are holding back the economy of Bath, and I have written regularly about those obstacles to growth. But there is a third...
We all know banking is in trouble. Low levels of trust, the failure to serve the poor and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), ignoring or worsening sustainable development, and public bailouts...
When a quiet man speaks loudly it means you should listen. Japanese ambassadors are usually scrupulously polite, they raise their concerns in private and in measured terms. That is why we should be...
With the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics about to get underway, the sense of anticipation that I get in the run up to the Summer Olympics and Paralympics is not quite there yet. That said I am sure it...
As one of the most digitally advanced cities in the UK , Bristol is at the front of the queue when it comes to next generation broadband and mobile data speeds. At present, the average broadband...
Business Improvement Districts (BID) originate from North America, with the first BID being established in Toronto in 1970. The initiative began after a handful of local businesses that saw the...
This year has opened with some Gloucestershire companies deciding to throw off the confusion of Brexit and make the badly needed investments in their businesses that they had put on hold. After the...
