Stay informed on what's going on in business and the economy. Our blog includes regular updates, including thought leadership pieces, from the Business West team, British Chambers of Commerce and regional business leaders.
I don’t know if you’ve noticed but there has been an astonishing number of changes of leadership of late in some of our most significant local institutions. We’ll have new Vice-Chancellors at both...
Many businesses of all sizes were rightly concerned when they read reports that the government was proposing a new law under which workers were to be given new rights to demand a four day week. And...
Team GB’s amazing cycling team at the Paris Olympics brought home 11 medals, eight of which came from the track. What I had not known was that Renishaw, one of Business West’s most prominent members...
Over the last 12 years our Local Enterprise Partnership in Gloucestershire, GFirstLEP, was by any yardstick pretty successful. And so, having been involved in the organisation for some years as...
Worklessness is one of the government’s big challenges and it is at an 13 year high. But how can it be fixed? If we are to achieve the economic growth the government promises we simply must be able...
Business needs the help of our councillors and those councillors must be prepared to support their local businesses. This is especially the case with a lot of political change in our district...
Responding to the publication of the National Planning Policy Framework, Jane Gratton, Deputy Director of Public Policy at the BCC, said: “This framework has the potential to unlock the planning...
I don’t think it can be argued that the King’s Speech did not set out a bold vision for sustainable and inclusive economic growth. That’s our view at Business West. It is not a political statement...
