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The government’s proposals for ending freedom of movement after Brexit put Bristol and the West of England’s economy at risk, according to a new IPPR and Business West report . Skills and salary...
At the Conservative party conference on 30th September, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, announced the government’s intention to raise the national living wage to £10.50 an hour by 2025...
With the summer holiday period behind us, there was a definite sense of anticipation among businesses at the most recent Wiltshire Business & Economy meeting to get back to business! Coming the...
Recruitment is one of the biggest challenges facing business in Gloucestershire. I hear that everywhere I go from the smallest engineering firm to the NHS - now our biggest employer. I have always...
A couple of months back I wrote about the growth in employment levels in the rural areas of Bath and North East Somerset, which were outstripping those in urban areas. One of the reasons for that was...
At the end of a busy summer our September meeting of the Initiative focussed on the region’s visitor economy. Held at one the region’s major attractions, Bristol Zoo Gardens , over 120 Initiative...
People, good people, in my view are the linchpin of a successful business. And good people working as a team bring out the very best in productivity. Stewart Barnes, managing director of QuoLux in...
Gloucestershire’s new Local Industrial Strategy has really put our young people front and centre of its focus for the future. And as someone who has always tried to campaign and support the vision of...
As a co-founder of Destination Bristol , the Initiative has long understood the value of the visitor economy and promoting a vibrant city that attracts visitors and creates a wealth of fantastic...
