Keep up-to-date with the latest business news, marketing best practices, success stories and more with content produced by the Business West team and regional business leaders.
The age old cliché 'the best thing since sliced bread' has been thrown around widely. But in a hundred years that phrase will surely be replaced by 'the best thing since broadband'. Tell us what the...
Businesses in our region face the challenge of a skills gap, impacting on growth and stifling productivity and innovation. How can we ensure that the skill demands of the business community can be...
As a leader/manager have you wondered if you have the right person in the right job? Do you think this about yourself? Of course everyone else expects us to be confident, cheerful and striding out to...
Having the right staff with the right skills to meet current and future demand is a difficult act to balance - yet it can be critical to economic growth
Put off growing your new business by the thought of taking on staff? For businesses at the very start of the employment process it can be daunting. Read our round up of the need-to-know and various...
Paul O' Collins, Head of Innovation at Business West, gives us the facts about COSME; a 7 year EUR2.3 billion programme of European funding specifically designed to support SME's across Europe,...
Few things are more valuable than happy customers who recommend you to others. Read our top tips on how to encourage word of mouth advocacy from your own customers!
In parts 1, 2, 3 and 4, we looked at why and how The Expert! model is so important for the success of service firms and how to apply it. Part 5 is more about the attitude and approach you need to...
The Paddington to Bristol service has been getting a lot of custom from some very high profile people in recent weeks. Government Ministers, the Governor of the Bank of England, even London's Lord...
