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Where does the office go from here?

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s well publicised campaign to get more civil servants back into the office has once again highlighted the dilemma facing our members who are managing their staff as best they can in...
Ian Bell
Ian Bell
Business West
Posted on: 19.05.22
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The UK’s first business-led Cyber Centre has opened in Chippenham

The Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (SWLEP) is delighted to announce the opening in Chippenham of the first business-led cyber centre in the UK. Learning from the best cyber...
Ian Larrard
Ian Larrard
Business West
Posted on: 10.05.22
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Pandemic puzzle will be with us for some time to come

Learning to live with Covid will pose a number of problems for business and I suspect it will be quite a while before we properly understand what they are, let alone working out what we do about them...
Ian Bell
Ian Bell
Business West
Posted on: 05.05.22
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Innovate UK EDGE and Business West

Business West works closely with the UK’s Innovation Agency in delivering Innovate UK EDGE business support to some of the UK’s most exciting innovators. Innovate UK EDGE provides fully funded in...
Paul O'Collins
Paul O'Collins
EEN South West
Posted on: 28.04.22
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Wharf Green Market comes to Swindon Town Centre

inSwindon BID Co. and Cotswold Markets Ltd. Bring back weekly markets in the Town Centre from April. A weekly market will soon return to the heart of the Town Centre, in Wharf Green. The traffic-free...
Ian Larrard
Ian Larrard
Business West
Posted on: 27.04.22
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Business West survey finds almost 60% of businesses face pressures to raise prices from soaring raw materials and energy prices

Business West’s latest quarterly economic survey has found that almost 60% of businesses – over 70% of manufacturers – are facing pressures to raise prices due to mounting costs of raw materials and...
Tom Smith
Tom Smith
Posted on: 01.04.22
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Michael Gove acknowledges Western Gateway as a science superpower

For far too long the West, has in my view, sadly been in the wings when we talk about the economy of this region and its talents. For years, our story seems to have been submerged by the economic...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 16.03.22
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What a time to be in business

Ian Bell, Executive Director, Bath Chamber of Commerce and the Initiative in B&NES, shares his thoughts on Ukraine, Covid-19 and the current business climate.
Ian Bell
Ian Bell
Business West
Posted on: 16.03.22
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Bristol West of England Initiative talks youth opportunities at the South Bristol Skills Academy

Gathered in the South Bristol Skills Academy’s landmark auditorium – featuring a four storey wall of glass – the Bristol & West of England Initiative met to discuss skills and young people. Jaya...
James Cortis
James Cortis
Business West
Posted on: 15.03.22
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