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Updates from RAU, Festival of Tomorrow and Swindon Futures at our Swindon and Wiltshire Initiative Meeting

Darren Brindley, Account Director for Swindon and Wiltshire Initiative, welcomed members and local businesses to our first meeting of the year.
Eleanor Ferrari
Eleanor Ferrari
Posted on: 24.01.24
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University of Gloucestershire Appoints Clare Marchant as Vice Chancellor

We have a new broom at the University of Gloucestershire and business in the county should welcome the appointment of Clare Marchant as the Vice Chancellor. Why should business welcome her...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 24.01.24
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How to banish business blues early in the year

The post-Christmas slump or ‘Blue Monday’ bleakness during January has, for some time, been referenced as the most depressing time of the year. While the current cold spell and dark nights might make...
Sam Harrison
Sam Harrison
Business West
Posted on: 22.01.24
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Interview with Camilla Rigby, Co-Founder & Joint CEO of the Women's Work Lab

We recently spoke with Camilla Rigby, the Co-Founder & Joint CEO of Women's Work Lab, celebrating the milestone of supporting over 300 mothers back into employment since 2020. Camilla shares the...
Sam Harrison
Sam Harrison
Business West
Posted on: 22.01.24
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Swindon’s Festival of Tomorrow; Showcasing innovation, and inspiring the workforce of the future

Where can you find a giant interactive robotic snail, strawberry flavoured clouds, drones and exploding custard? The Festival of Tomorrow, which takes place next month in Swindon… The festival, which...
Amy Drummond
Amy Drummond
Business West
Posted on: 19.01.24
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Somerset Innovation Network Empowers SMEs with Targeted Free Support in Somerset and Dorset Regions

The Somerset Innovation Network (SI-Net) is delighted to announce the release of its latest workshop dates for 2024, providing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Somerset and Dorset with...
Solomon Heath
Posted on: 19.01.24
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Fuelling Futures: Strive Internship Programme Seeks New Partners for 2024

The Strive Internship Programme, led by financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown and Bristol City Council is returning for its fourth year and is looking to attract new organisations to grow its...
Sam Harrison
Sam Harrison
Business West
Posted on: 17.01.24
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Oldbury and Berkeley in line for a nuclear boost

Nuclear energy and the expertise to develop its potential is in the very DNA of Gloucestershire. Not my words but those of Councillor Mark Hawthorne when the Western Gateway partnership launched its...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 17.01.24
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Quarterly Recruitment Outlook: Hiring Headaches And Labour Costs Loom Large

The latest Quarterly Recruitment Outlook (QRO), a survey of nearly 5,000 UK firms of all sectors and sizes, by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Insights Unit, reveals that the labour market...
Eleanor Ferrari
Eleanor Ferrari
Posted on: 17.01.24
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