The Indian market will be demystified and the commercial opportunities outlined at a seminar for West of England firms next week. Speaking at the event in Castle Combe, near Chippenham, on Thursday March 5, will be Siddharth Mukne, business adviser at the UK India Business Council, and Waseem Hussain, internationally renowned expert on doing...
A future Labour government would support business in the West of England – not damage it – by creating a more prosperous Britain and investing in skills and new technologies, Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said this week. Launching the party’s business plan for the region, he dismissed suggestions that Labour was anti-business, insisting it...
Business networking group What’s Right is holding an auction at Bristol and Bath Science Park in aid of several local charities. The event, from 6pm on Thursday, is the latest staged by What’s Right, which has raised more than £20,000 for good causes. Bristol Rovers tickets, a round of golf, spa days, free business consultations and a...
Alliance Pharma, the Chippenham-based speciality pharmaceutical company, has started the search for a new finance director following the announcement that Richard Wright, who has been in the role for nearly eight years, is to leave. Mr Wright, pictured, who will remain at the highly-acquisitive company until May 31, is to pursue other interests, the...
Businesses across the West of England have the chance to shape the future skills make-up of the region by taking part in a new survey. The 2015 West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) business skills survey, which is now live, takes around 15 minutes to complete and will help develop an informed skills...
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With businesses becoming increasingly reliant on the successful use of social media to grow, Barclays is staging an event next week highlighting some of its more effective tools. Called Leading in the Digital Age – the use of Intelligent Social Media, the event at UWE’s Frenchay Campus near Bristol on Wednesday evening will hear...
Bath creative and tech firms are being invited to hear some of the biggest names in the world of gaming and entertainment at a major event next week that will put the West of England on the global map for the fast-growing virtual reality industry. Leading lights from Sony and Bossa Studios have joined...
Business West, the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce, will continue to be responsible for helping firms across the West of England to export after being awarded the contract to run the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) services in the region for another five years. Business West, which has held the contract for the...
The first show flat at a major £16.6m student housing development in Bath opened this week as transformation of the historic Twerton Mill neared completion. The scheme will convert the former landmark building on Lower Bristol Road into a state-of-the-art student housing complex. The project is being developed by McLaren Property with construction work...
