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Gloucestershire Needs Homes

A few years ago I was involved in the Gloucestershire 2050 project when perhaps the key concern exposed was the haemorrhaging of talented young people from the county. And as our companies are now...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 09.08.23
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Get ready for Maison&Objet: simplify your trade fair experience with an ATA Carnet

ATA Carnets for trade fairs and exhibitions Maison&Objet is a bi-annual home, décor and lifestyle trade fair which will be taking place in France this autumn (7th – 11th September 2023) and early...
Elsa Mendl
Elsa Mendl
Posted on: 04.08.23
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Business and Civic Leaders Welcome Secretary of State and Norwegian Ambassador to Swindon

Business West and the Office of Sir Robert Buckland MP welcomed the Secretary of State for Transport, Mark Harper MP, and the Norwegian Ambassador, His Excellency Wegger Strømmen and his wife, the...
Huw James
Huw James
Posted on: 04.08.23
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Region boosted by the Tour of Britian race

Ian Mean, Business West Gloucestershire director and vice chair GfirstLEP, congratulates Gloucestershire County Council and South Gloucestershire Council in bringing this year’s Tour of Britain, the...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 02.08.23
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President of Bristol Chamber receives Honorary Degree

Jaya Chakrabarti (pictured with her husband, Stuart and children Talin and Arjun), the highly respected President of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce and Initiative, was today (Tuesday 1st August 2023...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 01.08.23
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HMRC customs intermediary consultation

By Joe Goldsworthy, Customs Agent HMRC are currently consulting with a variety of businesses in the UK with a view to improving the customs intermediary sector. Consultation with businesses began...
Fiona Parsons
Fiona Parsons
Posted on: 01.08.23
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Business West helps clients prepare for the world's leading production tech show

Our Carnet team is currently preparing for the busy trade show season, and coming up next is EMO Hannover , the world’s leading production technology trade show, which will be re-launching for the...
Elsa Mendl
Elsa Mendl
Posted on: 27.07.23
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Spotlight on: Helen Haskell, Head of Fundraising for Corporate Partnerships for The Grand Appeal

Every so often we like to shine the spotlight on our members, and in this case one of the members of the Bristol Initiative. We sat down with Helen Haskell, Head of Fundraising for Corporate...
Sam Harrison
Sam Harrison
Business West
Posted on: 27.07.23
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Great step for the automotive industry

Former Chancellor George Osborne closed his 2011 Budget speech by setting out his aspiration for “a Britain carried aloft by the March of the Makers”. Nothing really substantial came from that...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 27.07.23
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