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Nuclear South West showcases the future of nuclear

The Nuclear South West Showcase & Conference was one of the largest nuclear events to land in the South West this autumn.
Posted on: 15.10.19
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HMRC accelerates 95,000 firms onto simplified import procedures following British Chambers pressure

Following success in persuading the government to automatically issue EORI numbers to businesses, British Chambers of Commerce has now secured government action for businesses in Transitional...
Tom Smith
Tom Smith
Posted on: 15.10.19
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How to have great ideas: Design Thinking for Innovation (Part 4 of 5)

Design Thinking helps businesses to create user-centric products and services by discovering insights into user needs. In part four of this series, Sarah Dickens looks at ‘Ideation’, which is the...
Leigh Jenkins
Leigh Jenkins
Enterprise Europe Network
Posted on: 14.10.19
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75 per cent of EU migrants in Bristol ineligible to work under new immigration plans

The government’s proposals for ending freedom of movement after Brexit put Bristol and the West of England’s economy at risk, according to a new IPPR and Business West report . Skills and salary...
Posted on: 10.10.19
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6 reasons you should become a real living wage employer

At the Conservative party conference on 30th September, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, announced the government’s intention to raise the national living wage to £10.50 an hour by 2025...
Posted on: 10.10.19
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Great West Way® project outlined at Wiltshire Business & Economy meeting

With the summer holiday period behind us, there was a definite sense of anticipation among businesses at the most recent Wiltshire Business & Economy meeting to get back to business! Coming the...
Posted on: 08.10.19
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Bristol businesses respond to the climate emergency

Business West hosted a roundtable on the 11th September to explore the Business Response to the Climate Emergency. The aim was to draw out learning and insights from a range of experts that should be...
Nina Skubala
Nina Skubala
Business West
Posted on: 04.10.19
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Is flexible working the answer to Gloucestershire's recruitment woes?

Recruitment is one of the biggest challenges facing business in Gloucestershire. I hear that everywhere I go from the smallest engineering firm to the NHS - now our biggest employer. I have always...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 03.10.19
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How flexible can working be?

A couple of months back I wrote about the growth in employment levels in the rural areas of Bath and North East Somerset, which were outstripping those in urban areas. One of the reasons for that was...
Ian Bell
Ian Bell
Business West
Posted on: 03.10.19
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