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Unless the new Prime Minister acts quickly next week on the energy crisis, I fear that many small businesses in Gloucestershire will soon be on their knees. The cost of living crisis and the cost of...
Today, (Friday 26 August) energy watchdog Ofgem has confirmed the energy price cap will rise more than 80% in October. There is still no price cap in place for businesses. Responding to the...
Victoria Chidgey and Rachel Pook are both Directors at Atoll HR, a HR Constultancy based in the West of England. They are delivering HR Support workshops, alongside Business West over the coming...
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), which Business West is a key member of, has written to the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and both leadership candidates for the Conservative...
Over the years, I have too often heard companies bemoaning the fact young people are just not work ready. It’s an indictment that becomes a general perception far too often, and one that I think is...
It was Mark Twain who came up with the memorable line that reports of his death had been exaggerated when his obituary was inadvertently reported in a newspaper. But I’m beginning to think the same...
Commenting on the Office for National Statistics inflation figures for July 2022, Managing Director of Business West, Phil Smith said: “The rise in Consumer Prices Index inflation to 10.1% is the...
After a long hot summer, the need for climate change resilience is even more important. As we go into a drought-with the Gloucestershire source of the great River Thames dried up-the need for new...