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Building a bank that puts people before profit

We all know banking is in trouble. Low levels of trust, the failure to serve the poor and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), ignoring or worsening sustainable development, and public bailouts...
Jules Peck
Jules Peck
Avon Mutual
Posted on: 20.02.18
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Brexit could put Honda plant's future in jeopardy

When a quiet man speaks loudly it means you should listen. Japanese ambassadors are usually scrupulously polite, they raise their concerns in private and in measured terms. That is why we should be...
Matt Griffith
Matt Griffith
Business West
Posted on: 12.02.18
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Pyeongchang on the M4? What a ski centre could do for Swindon

With the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics about to get underway, the sense of anticipation that I get in the run up to the Summer Olympics and Paralympics is not quite there yet. That said I am sure it...
Ian Larrard
Ian Larrard
Business West
Posted on: 08.02.18
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Gigabit broadband – the future is now for Bristol’s creative & digital sectors

As one of the most digitally advanced cities in the UK , Bristol is at the front of the queue when it comes to next generation broadband and mobile data speeds. At present, the average broadband...
Posted on: 02.02.18
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What is a Business Improvement District (BID)?

Business Improvement Districts (BID) originate from North America, with the first BID being established in Toronto in 1970. The initiative began after a handful of local businesses that saw the...
Posted on: 01.02.18
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County's ageing population is bad for business

This year has opened with some Gloucestershire companies deciding to throw off the confusion of Brexit and make the badly needed investments in their businesses that they had put on hold. After the...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 26.01.18
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What can Oresund Bridge teach us about cross-border growth?

8th January was the beginning of the end for the Severn Bridge Toll, but did it mark a new dawn for economic ties between the West of England and South Wales? Perhaps not. While scrapping the toll...
Posted on: 23.01.18
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Gloucestershire 2050

Not before time is Gloucestershire finally realising that this great county of ours must have a vision of where we all want it be in the years to come. Hitherto, Gloucestershire has been a relatively...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 18.01.18
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Brexit business roundtable with Claire Perry - MP for Devizes and Minister at BEIS

As the Chamber of Commerce for Wiltshire , we are working closely with firms in the county to help get clarity over the likely shape of the UK’s future trading relationship with the EU and to convey...
Rupert Callingham
Rupert Callingham
Posted on: 16.01.18
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