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What to expect from a meeting with a Business Skills Advisor
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Fiona Malpas explains what happens when business leaders, managers and entrepreneurs meet with a Business Skills Advisor to discuss their workforce development plans and staff development.
Fiona Malpas
Fiona Malpas
Posted on: 26.01.23
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Business West supports Bristol based business to drive Net Zero through supply chains

Business West has supported Bristol business, TISCreport with its new initiative, Project Vana which reveals disused corporate land and joins it up with communities who want to take action on...
Posted on: 25.01.23
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How Babbasa is creating lasting change for underrepresented young people in Bristol

Every so often you meet someone who inspires you. Poku Osei is one of those people whose organisation-Babbasa-is now making an incredible difference to the lives of many young people in Bristol. Born...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 23.01.23
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5 minutes with Ecologi: Why should businesses become a B Corp?

With Business West recently celebrating one year of becoming a B Corp, we spoke to Ecologi, a platform for climate action based in Bristol. Business West first teamed up with Ecologi in 2021, and...
Posted on: 23.01.23
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SME exporters under tightening pressure

A British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) survey of more than 2,300 UK SME exporters has warned that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that export are facing 'tightening pressure' because of...
Fiona Parsons
Fiona Parsons
Posted on: 19.01.23
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County strength in face of energy

I make no apology for continuing to promote Gloucestershire’s credentials in the face of the UK’s desperate race for new energy sources. My enthusiasm has been increased by the visit last week to the...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 17.01.23
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50 business automation solutions for 2023

Business automation has found its way into almost every sector imaginable. As technology becomes more accessible to the modern consumer, businesses are also seeing remarkable technological innovation...
Dakota Murphey
Dakota Murphey
Posted on: 13.01.23
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Business West helps successful restaurant business with staff development

Pieminister was founded in Bristol in 2003. With their revolutionary take on the traditional Pie and Mash shop, they have grown from their first restaurant on Stokes Croft into a widely successful...
Dan Graves
Dan Graves
Posted on: 12.01.23
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Top six ways businesses can reduce their energy costs

With businesses only just recovering from the pandemic, rising costs are pushing many to the brink. According to a survey by The Federation of Small Businesses , 15% expect they could have to close...
Posted on: 12.01.23
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