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.
We caught up with Project Coordinator, Zahra Hoccom, in her first week with Business West to discuss her background and the exciting new HR Support Service.
Commenting on the Office for National Statistics inflation figures for June 2022, Managing Director of Business West, Phil Smith, said: “With inflation reaching a fresh record high of 9.4% and the...
Gloucestershire’s food and drink can rival anything produced in the UK and we must, therefore, support a new initiative from GFirstLEP. Made in Gloucestershire is designed to fly the flag for local...
This Op Ed featured in The Telegraph on Saturday, from BCC (British Chambers of Commerce) president, Baroness Ruby McGregor Smith. Business West is part of BCC and our local Quarterly Economic Survey...
Farming and food production is big business here in Gloucestershire and its importance has been given a sharp focus by the war in Ukraine. How many of us knew that Ukraine was the source of something...
Business West’s latest quarterly economic survey has found that business concern about inflation, which worried over two thirds of respondents (69%), is at the highest level ever recorded since this...
A big shout out for Stroud’s MP Siobhan Baillie who really has been leading the charge to get the UK’s first prototype £220 million fusion plant located at Oldbury and Berkeley. It is often easy to...
