Blog

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.

End of an era for Renishaw

Renishaw is the epitome of a great British engineering company - started by engineers with great ideas and developed by those same engineers over 50 years. The founders, Sir David McMurtry, 80 and...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 04.03.21
Read more

IWD 2021: Jenny Dance - Empowering Women in Innovation

As part of International Women’s Day, we interview Jenny Dance on her role at Phona , her views on women in business and what a more gender-balanced world-view means to her. Tell us about your role...
James Cortis
James Cortis
Business West
Posted on: 01.03.21
Read more

IWD 2021: Bay Burdett - Empowering Women in Innovation

As part of International Women’s Day, we interview Bay Burdett on her role at Bay’s Kitchen , her views on women in business and what a more gender-balanced world-view means to her. Tell us about...
James Cortis
James Cortis
Business West
Posted on: 01.03.21
Read more

Pitching to investors: do's and don’ts

We explain how to prepare compelling pitches and get funding.
Ed Tellwright
Ed Tellwright
Business West
Posted on: 25.02.21
Read more

3 questions with Jacqueline de Rojas, President of techUK and Co-Chair of the Institute of Coding

The University of the West of England (UWE), in partnership with Business West, runs an annual lecture series that brings top business leaders to Bristol. We caught up with Jacqueline de Rojas,...
Posted on: 17.02.21
Read more

Introducing Four Minute Finance

Welcome to Four Minute Finance – a new blog series that gets straight to the point on practical solutions and opportunities for your business’ finances.
James Cortis
James Cortis
Business West
Posted on: 08.02.21
Read more

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
Read more

The building blocks for ocean restoration: Turning offshore constructions into thriving ecosystems

ARC Marine is re-establishing the world’s lost ocean reefs, building artificial habitats around off-shore constructions.
James Cortis
James Cortis
Business West
Posted on: 01.02.21
Read more

‘A Fitbit for mental health’: Innovate UK invests in workplace wellbeing AI

A workplace wellbeing start-up has secured a £500,000 Innovate UK Continuity Loan to scale its analytics platform, with help from Innovate UK EDGE. Founded in 2018, People Matter is already working...
James Cortis
James Cortis
Business West
Posted on: 29.01.21
Read more

Pages

Filter results