Keep up-to-date with the latest business news, marketing best practices, success stories and more with content produced by the Business West team and regional business leaders.
Innovative, thriving, dynamic, successful. The West of England is all those things, and plenty more. But at the heart of the most economically productive region outside London sits contradictions...
Recently members have been mulling over what our response should be to the Economic Strategy work being undertaken by the Council. At first glance it seems simple enough – build more houses,...
I make no apology for continuing to promote Gloucestershire’s credentials in the face of the UK’s desperate race for new energy sources. My enthusiasm has been increased by the visit last week to the...
I looked at the Prime Minister being quizzed by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday and hoped Rishi Sunak would say something to boost the confidence of business. But that didn’t come, and I am left...
In 2022, eBay launched a program to help small businesses in the UK by offering training and support. Throughout the year, eBay hit road and toured across different regional cities, meeting with...
It would be very easy for businesses in Gloucestershire to face Christmas and the New Year with some trepidation. I have to say that Business West’s latest quarterly economic survey does paint a...
Our local enterprise partnership, GFirstLEP, has provided that voice and as its vice chair and director of Business West, I was concerned that this independent voice is maintained. That’s because...
GFirstLEP, the local enterprise partnership for Gloucestershire-the voice of business for the county with its own board-is being gradually integrated into the County Council. In an exclusive...
Business has a duty to support our universities and colleges as a pipeline for future recruitment. Indeed, Business must do their bit to give our young people the encouragement to develop themselves...
