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At GFirstLEP we were expecting the axe to fall and it did in a rather curt letter from government recently. It was not unexpected. And not unexpected that it was late in coming to us. In fact, the...
Ask virtually every membership organisation and they will tell you it’s an uphill struggle to retain subscribers and attract new ones. That’s particularly true in the business sector. When costs are...
A few years ago I was involved in the Gloucestershire 2050 project when perhaps the key concern exposed was the haemorrhaging of talented young people from the county. And as our companies are now...
Business West and the Office of Sir Robert Buckland MP welcomed the Secretary of State for Transport, Mark Harper MP, and the Norwegian Ambassador, His Excellency Wegger Strømmen and his wife, the...
Ian Mean, Business West Gloucestershire director and vice chair GfirstLEP, congratulates Gloucestershire County Council and South Gloucestershire Council in bringing this year’s Tour of Britain, the...
Former Chancellor George Osborne closed his 2011 Budget speech by setting out his aspiration for “a Britain carried aloft by the March of the Makers”. Nothing really substantial came from that...
This week is very important for nuclear energy as the government launches its Great British Nuclear operation. I hope the announcement will be a big boost for the Western Gateway’s Severn Edge...
Every so often 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 Martha Robbins, Fundraising Officer at Bristol Museums to...