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Business West rehomes its mobile phones to address digital poverty

Business West is participating in a new initiative called Community Calling to rehome working mobile phones to people in Bristol who may not have access to a mobile or internet. We will be donating...
Nina Skubala
Nina Skubala
Business West
Posted on: 11.05.21
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Leading figures from the South West aviation and aerospace industry commit to Net Zero transition

This week Business West joined a number of aviation and aerospace industry leaders from across the South West including Rolls Royce, Airbus, easyJet, GKN, Atkins, Vertical Aerospace, Universal...
Nina Skubala
Nina Skubala
Business West
Posted on: 07.05.21
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How can businesses help Build Back Better, Greener and Fairer? A countdown to COP 26

As we tentatively emerge, blinking, from our darkened home offices, the idea of a fairer, greener future might seem distant compared to the reality of getting business working again. However, the...
Jenny Foster
Jenny Foster
Global Goals Centre Ltd
Posted on: 06.05.21
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Take part in #NoMowMay to protect nature

Businesses and individuals are invited to take part in the No Mow May campaign to promote greater biodiversity. It’s a national campaign promoted by Plantlife to let lawns across the country to grow...
Nina Skubala
Nina Skubala
Business West
Posted on: 29.04.21
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Bristol and West of England Initiative establishes a Climate Advisory Group

A Climate Advisory Group has been created by the Bristol and West of England Chambers of Commerce and Initiative (BCCI) to provide technical expertise on how business can play the most effective role...
Tom Smith
Tom Smith
Posted on: 14.04.21
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Businesses join forces to call for better cycle infrastructure across Bristol

Bristol and West of England Initiative have been calling on their members to back Cycling Works Bristol , a campaign that calls for investment into cycle infrastructure to allow more employees to...
Nina Skubala
Nina Skubala
Business West
Posted on: 26.03.21
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Hydrogen - a recipe for a greener 21st century and a buoyant local economy

Whilst behind the UK curve, the South West has enormous potential to make green hydrogen; wind, tides, waves and sometimes sunshine are no strangers to our part of the UK, all of which could be...
Phil Smith
Phil Smith
Business West
Posted on: 04.02.21
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Cotswold District's impressive Green Economic Growth Strategy

When a council makes the claim that they aim to be the greenest in the UK it can sound like quite a hollow pledge. Where is the detail and how can local business really become involved and benefit? I...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 03.02.21
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How Swindon & Wiltshire businesses are tackling climate change

Ian Larrard, Director of Business West in Swindon & Wiltshire, introduced the first Initiative Business and Economy meeting of 2021 with a focus on business and climate change in light of our...
Posted on: 02.02.21
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