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Change in demand for office space as a result of COVID-19 poses a challenge for planners

Bath and North East Somerset Council are currently consulting on adjustments to the Local Plan, the blueprint for the future shape of the district. It sets out broad parameters for things like the...
Ian Bell
Ian Bell
Business West
Posted on: 14.05.20
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Business and community leaders come together as one city to plan Bristol's economic recovery

Eighty companies and employers from across the Bristol economy have come together to develop a plan and prospectus for recovery post coronavirus. The gathering which took place on Tuesday this week...
Posted on: 14.05.20
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Government to get Britain building to aid COVID-19 recovery

The government has signalled a programme to get Britain building homes again in the wake of the coronavirus. And they are going to allow housebuilders to build as quickly as possible with some sites...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 13.05.20
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Business West responds to ONS Q1 2020 GDP stats

The speed and scale at which coronavirus has hit the UK economy is unprecedented and means that the Q1 decline is likely to be followed by a further, more historically significant, contraction in...
Posted on: 13.05.20
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Sunak hands firms a lifeline with furlough scheme extension

Chancellor Rishi Sunak gave many firms here in the South West another lifeline to survival today when he announced an extension of the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. He extended the...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 12.05.20
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Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is hugely successful but how will it end?

One of the government’s boldest and most effective interventions during the coronavirus has been the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (‘furlough’ scheme). It is also, undoubtedly, one of the most...
Matt Griffith
Matt Griffith
Business West
Posted on: 12.05.20
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Business West responds to Sunak announcement on extension of furlough scheme

The extension of the Job Retention Scheme will come as a huge help and a huge relief for businesses in South West England.
Posted on: 12.05.20
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Devil in the detail: more clarity is needed to guide business

“Devil’s in detail” was the heading on the Sun’s leader today referring to Boris Johnson’s plan to take us gradually out of the lockdown, now coming up to two months. I had hoped that speaking in the...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 11.05.20
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Unusual opportunities for businesses during lockdown

Lockdown has created a huge range of challenges for business of all sizes. Those that do not qualify as essential businesses may have been forced to close their premises, and others that can stay...
Dakota Murphey
Dakota Murphey
Posted on: 11.05.20
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