Feature Archive

South West Exports on the Up Despite Disappointing National Figures

Figures released yesterday show that the value South West exports bucked the national trend, increasing 10.6% over the past year ...

Thrings Negotiates Sale of T Brewer to Grafton Group

Thrings, the leading commercial law firm has advised the shareholders of specialist timber importer and merchant T Brewer & Co ...

Make the Extra Day Count this Leap Year and Attend a Special Business of Charity Event

George Ferguson, the Mayor of Bristol is set to chair a special Q&A event at Hotel du Vin in Bristol ...

Newest Data Shows South West Unemployment is Lowest in the Country

New data released today shows that unemployment in the South West is currently the lowest in the country, due to ...

VR World Congress Brings the Latest in Virtual Reality Innovation to the South West

Virtual Reality is poised to go mainstream this year and take over from apps and websites as the best new ...

New West of England Growth Hub Changes the Face of Business Support

A brand new growth hub has launched, administering the first port of call for businesses that are searching for any ...

GDP Increase Mirrors Business Optimism Seen in the South West

The latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data released today revealed that the UK economy grew by 0.5% in the final ...

South West Unemployment Continues to Fall

The latest data released by the Office for National Statistics today shows that unemployment in the South West fell by ...

Business West Named One of the UK’s Best Employers to Work For

Business West, the largest business membership organisation in the region and the UK’s largest Chamber of Commerce, has been named ...

Liz Earle MBE to host South West Fairtrade Business Awards 2016

The South West Fairtrade Business Awards are open for applications to all businesses in the south west region until 31st January.

Quarterly Data Shows Swindon and Wiltshire Ended 2015 on a High

Results from Business West’s local business survey indicate that the Swindon and Wiltshire economy ended 2015 on a positive note, ...

West of England Businesses Ended 2015 with Sales Increases and High Confidence

Results from Business West’s local business survey of firms across Bristol, Bath and the West of England found that domestic ...

Prosperity and Political Drama Set to Continue in 2016

Phil Smith, Managing Director of Business West, looks back on the past 12 months and considers what 2016 holds for ...

Are Bristol and North Somerset Businesses Aware of these 2016 Employment Law Changes?

The Christmas stockings have been folded and put away, New Year’s Resolutions have been made. It’s back to business, but ...

Bristol Prepares for Small Business Saturday 2015

Many of Bristol’s business community will come together and join up for the UK’s annual Small Business Saturday on 5 ...

Rolls-Royce Joins Bristol Is Open to Launch UK’s First Interactive Data Dome

Bristol Is Open announced today Rolls-Royce, the power systems company, as a Project Partner in the UK’s first interactive Data Dome.

Bristol Businesses Urged to Back Colston Hall Campaign

Bristol businesses are being urged to back Colston Hall’s 45K for £45 million campaign, which needs 45,000 people to show ...

South West Businesses Gear up for Nuclear

The announcement earlier this week that the UK government will guarantee a £2billion loan guarantee to help fund the construction ...

Medilink South West Launches

Over 80 of the South West’s top clinicians, academics and businesses from across the region gathered at Leigh Court, Bristol ...

Boost for the South West as Hinkley Point C Edges Closer

Chancellor George Osborne has announced today that the UK government will guarantee a £2billion deal to help fund the construction ...

Charity Auction - Bid to Keep Teens Off the Street

Business West Managing Director, Phil Smith, is urging businesses to take part in an auction in aid of Action For ...

Top Tips for a Successful Business Show

Business shows are a great way to showcase your company to potential customers and to meet other local businesses through ...

Spring Surge in GDP Growth, But Challenges Remain

- GDP growth in Q2 2015 (April to June) was 0.7%, up from 0.4% in Q1 2015 - GDP in Q2 ...

Summer Budget a ‘Mixed Bag’ for South West Business

Commenting on the Summer Budget 2015, delivered on Wednesday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, Phil Smith, Managing ...

C&D Group Managing Director Karen Davison-Renouf Elected to REC Council

Six new members were elected to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) council on Wednesday 17th June at the organisation’s ...

South West Businesses Concerned About the Risk of Leaving the EU

Almost 1,000 firms in the West of England, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Swindon responded to Business West’s Local Business Survey on ...

Organic Growth Fuels Further Rise in Turnover at Thrings

Leading commercial law firm Thrings has recorded a second double-digit rise in turnover in as many years.

South West Labour Market Continues to Strengthen

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) today released the Labour Market Statistics for the 3 months ending April 2015:

Growing Links Between Business and Education

Leading businessman and Chairman of Business West, Stephen Robertson has been appointed as Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Business ...

Reorganisation Helps Priston Mill Untie the Knot

Leading commercial law firm Thrings has completed the restructure of Priston Mill in a move which is expected to accelerate ...

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