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As part of National Apprenticeship week we spoke to mother and son, Mary and Connor about apprenticeships. With Connor currently completing an apprenticeship, we chatted about how they found the...
Andrew McDermott, Business Skills Advisor at Business West, tells us how an apprenticeship was the best way to launch his career. Like many pupils in secondary school, I did not know what I wanted to...
Industrialist Sir James Dyson is something of a Marmite character but you certainly cannot fault him for saying it as it is on the economy. Having listened to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s major speech on...
We interviewed Aisha Stewart, who is our Net Zero Business Advisor, to find out more about her and the work she does to support local businesses on their Carbon Reduction journey. Having grown up in...
Whether your business has grown quickly, your lease agreement is reaching its conclusion, or your energy bills are unsustainable , moving premises is a big deal for most companies. For companies on...
Business West's Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIP) research has led to the development of a soft skills certificate for employers and businesses in the West of England.
Solving the problem of Bath is like tackling a Rubik’s cube. Just when you think you are working your way towards a solution, one of the pieces ends up in the wrong place and you can’t line up all...
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.
