Award-winning Brexit advisors launch Trading Through Coronavirus service
By Anita Jaynes
on 1 April, 2020
The global coronavirus pandemic is not just public health emergency, but an economic one too, and in response, Business West has established a...
Bath and Somerset represented in Ones to Watch Award nominations
By Ben Carey
on 14 January, 2020
The inaugural Enterprising West of England ‘Ones to Watch’ Awards has released details of the nominees for each category.
The Awards will be a...
Bath residents named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List
By Nick Batten
on 13 June, 2022
Two residents of Bath have been named in The Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours List 2022, which recognises recipients for their outstanding...
British Chambers of Commerce forecasts testing times for business as quarterly growth dries up
By Nick Batten
on 16 June, 2022
The British Chambers of Commerce, of which Business West is a key member, has downgraded its expectations for UK GDP growth for 2022 to 3.5% (from...
Business leaders respond to the return of tiered restrictions
By Nick Batten
on 30 November, 2020
Last week, the Government announced that, on Wednesday 2nd December, the South West region will move from the national restrictions to high-risk...
Business reaction to the General Election result
By Anita Jaynes
on 13 December, 2019
Business West
Phil Smith, Managing Director, Business West
Phil Smith, Managing Director of Business West, the South West’s largest business...
Business West advises firms on how to prepare for an ‘Australia-style’ EU exit
By Anita Jaynes
on 28 October, 2020
As the government urges business leaders to get ready for an ‘Australia-style’ exit from the EU with the launch of its ‘time is running out’...
Business West and Amazon partner to help firms operate safely post-lockdown
By Anita Jaynes
on 9 June, 2020
Business West has launched an innovative partnership with Amazon to help businesses get back to work and kick-start the economy as lockdown...
Business West and Dept. for International Trade host virtual conference on boosting online sales overseas
By Nick Batten
on 4 March, 2021
A week before International Women’s Day – which takes place on 8th March 2021 – the Department for International Trade (DIT), in...
Business West calls for government rethink of quarantine rules
By Anita Jaynes
on 12 June, 2020
Business West has joined representative bodies in business, education and employment to urge a government rethink of quarantine rules for travelers...
Business West congratulated by PM for global win
By Nick Batten
on 27 October, 2017
Business West, the Bristol-based Chamber of Commerce for Bath, Bristol, Gloucestershire and the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative, was one of five...
Business West demonstrates its commitment to the green agenda as it becomes carbon neutral
By Anita Jaynes
on 23 December, 2020
The South West’s largest and most influential business organisation, Business West, which represents some 23,000 businesses across the region,...
