Super-Fast Broadband goes live in Hardwicke

Super-fast broadband is now available to the first homes and businesses in Hardwicke, BT announced recently. Nearly 6,500 local householders and firms in the village, near Gloucester, are poised to join Cheltenham inthe high-speed revolution as engineers complete the local upgrades in the coming weeks. This latest development will take the number of premises in Gloucestershire with access to the high-speed technology by the end of the year to nearly 190,000.

Posted on: 22.02.12

Prestigious Business of the Year Awards 2012 Launched

Swindon and North wiltshire firms are being invited to enter this year's West of England Business of the Year Awards, the most prestigious business accolades in the region.

Posted on: 22.02.12

Officeworx - Leckhampton Surgery Case Study

Officeworx have given staff at Leckhampton Surgery a good reason to enjoy going to work every day. Officeworx were called in and transformed the working space.

Posted on: 25.01.12

Bank of England Agents' Summary of Business Conditions

The Bank of England has published its latest monthly summary of business conditions in the United Kingdom, as reported by the Bank’s Agents. Please find attached a copy of the document, which is available on the Bank's website.

Posted on: 25.01.12

Women in Business Awards 2012

Posted on: 25.01.12

Minister puts bridge scheme on hold

Posted on: 25.01.12

A Bridge Quite Close

New Chamber member, Candy Yu from Yuan Ltd, has recently moved to Gloucestershire from China. No stranger to business already, Candy already operates a very successful company in China that exports goods throughout the world. So why start another business, Yuan Ltd? “China is the future. There is giant market potential- but you have to move fast to get established. Now is the time,” says Candy. “UK has some very desirable skills and products to export that China needs and wants. But doing business with China is not so simple- you have to be careful, do your homework, know the market, get serious introductions. Not anyone can do that, really- it takes connections, trust. You need safe hands in China.”

Posted on: 24.01.12

Gloucestershire LEP Update

Update on the Gloucestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) by the Business Membership Group (BMG), which has been created to ensure that all sizes and types of business could influence the LEP and be kept advised of its work. Through its current twelve members the BMG represents some 60 Gloucestershire based business groups and nearly 15,000 individual businesses.

Posted on: 18.01.12

Bank of England: Agents’ summary of business conditions

The Bank of England has published its latest monthly summary of business conditions in the United Kingdom, as reported by the Bank's Agents.

Posted on: 23.12.11

Howard Tenens Gains Support from Minister for Transport

Posted on: 20.12.11