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Hydrogen is an opportunity that Swindon and the South West needs to seize

The announcement of a UK hydrogen strategy on Tuesday has attracted enormous interest and not a few misleading headlines. This much delayed strategy provides government sanctioned targets for the use...
Dr Jack Frost OBE
Dr Jack Frost OBE
Business West
Posted on: 19.08.21
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Business West and Lloyds Banking Group – the future of our workspaces

The term ‘office worker’ once lazily defined a vast spectrum of the region’s employees. Now, it’s a label set to fade away as how ‘office workers’ add value to their businesses has evolved beyond...
Freddie Palmer
Freddie Palmer
Social
Posted on: 18.08.21
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West poised to prosper from government's hydrogen strategy

Yesterday (17 August) was the eagerly awaited launch of the government’s hydrogen strategy . It sets out the approach to developing a low carbon hydrogen sector in the UK to meet the government’s...
Nina Skubala
Nina Skubala
Business West
Posted on: 18.08.21
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Mike Godfrey on the history and closure of Honda in Swindon

As Swindon's Honda plant closed its doors for the very last time, I spoke with Mike Godfrey OBE - non-executive director at Business West and one of Honda's first employees in the UK - for his...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 17.08.21
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Business West response to UK government’s hydrogen strategy

Responding to a long-awaited hydrogen strategy for the UK’s burgeoning hydrogen sector Head of Climate Strategy at Business West Nina Skubala comments: “The much-awaited hydrogen strategy rightly...
Posted on: 17.08.21
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Business West supports Bristol based luxury handbag company to grow post-COVID

We spoke to Amschela, a luxury hand bag company based in Bristol about how Workforce for the Future has helped give her the resilience to grow post-COVID.
Posted on: 13.08.21
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Trying to look on the bright side

There used to be an old saying in business that your most valuable assets walked out of the door at 5pm every day. It’s long been recognised that talented staff are at the heart of every successful...
Ian Bell
Ian Bell
Business West
Posted on: 12.08.21
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Who understands what 'net zero' means?

The acceleration in addressing climate change has brought with it a dictionary of new terms. The British Chambers of Commerce partnered with O2 in a recent survey which found that one in five...
Posted on: 12.08.21
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Meet the Chamber Team: Luke Marshall

Luke Marshall is a Customer Engagement Executive at Business West. He is the first point of contact for Chamber of Commerce members and supports businesses to grow through helping them to make...
Posted on: 11.08.21
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