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Q&A with Juliet Davenport OBE - founder and CEO of Good Energy

UWE , in partnership with Business West, runs an annual lecture series that brings top business leaders to Bristol. We caught up with Juliet Davenport OBE, CEO of Good Energy , before she gave her...
Lynn Barlow
Lynn Barlow
UWE
Posted on: 14.11.17
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Gloucester Services - making motorway journeys (way more) bearable since 2014

Gloucester Services on the M5 is no ordinary motorway service station - it is an experience with a very different business model.
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 13.11.17
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Wiltshire businesses get around the table with Chippenham MP Michelle Donelan

Wiltshire businesses had the opportunity to sit down with their local MP, Michelle Donelan, at a Chippenham restaurant recently thanks to Business West.
Posted on: 06.11.17
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Urgent action required to make A417 safer

The two deaths last night (Thursday) on the A417 at Nettleton Bottom just outside Gloucester are yet another tragic reminder that we must have some urgent action to expedite making this road safer.
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 03.11.17
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First bank rate rise for 10 years - what next for local businesses?

The latest Bank Of England rise in interest rates - the first for 10 years - raises concerns among businesses and home owners that more rises will follow
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 02.11.17
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Laying the foundations for a skilled and productive workforce in the West of England

In the West of England region, Skills West, an initiative of Business West and the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership, which is funded by the European Social Fund and Education & Skills...
Posted on: 30.10.17
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Build more roads Bath, and don't look back

Roadbuilding projects around Bath demonstrate the benefit of working collaboratively with our neighbours and will benefit business.
Ian Bell
Ian Bell
Business West
Posted on: 26.10.17
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New Museum & Art Gallery will put Swindon on the map

Swindon is an amazing place, with fantastic employers, a great workforce , and enviable communications, but it suffers from a poor image. Swindon has a reputation as a cultural desert, a new town,...
Rod Hebden
Rod Hebden
Swindon Museum & Art Gallery Trust
Posted on: 25.10.17
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GDP growth picks up in Q3

UK GDP growth expanded by 0.4 percent in Q3 2017.
Posted on: 25.10.17
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