Blogs

The 50:50 Challenge in the Forest Of Dean

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Over the last few months, what I believe is a very innovative idea in attracting people over 50 back into the workplace, has been developing in Gloucestershire.

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The march of AI and the impact on small business. Friend or Foe?

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In the first of our Director blogs, FEP chair Neill Ricketts shares his thoughts on one of the biggest tech developments of the 21st Century - Artificial Intelligence.

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A New Chapter for the University of Gloucestershire

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  FEP Director Ian Mean recently caught up with Clare Marchant, the incoming Vice Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire, about challenges the university faces and how she plans to tackle...

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Success of the Last Stakeholder Meeting of 2023

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    Thank you to everyone who attended our final stakeholder meeting of 2023 last night.

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Business West are Listening to Businesses in the Forest

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  Thursday 23rd November saw Business West host a number of business leaders from the most exciting Forest based companies to the Speech House hotel, where they had an evening of...

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Ian Mean Visits No 10 To Discuss Gloucestershire's Levelling Up

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  Businesses, and apprenticeships, are the vehicles to kick-start social mobility   By Amy Drummond, Senior Communications Manager at Business West Ian Mean MBE, Gloucestershire Director for Business West and FEP Director, recently attended...

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In Conversation with FEP Director and Cabinet Member for Economy Councillor Johnathan Lane

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  Forest of Dean District Councillor, Jonathan Lane, has just taken over the challenging mantle of boosting the Forest economy.

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The Cows That Are Doing Their Bit For The Environment

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 Recently FEP Directors Wendy Jackson, Cllr Johnathan Lane, Regeneration Assistant Lydia Smith and Comms officer Tom Abraham met with Emily Crawley of Grazing Management Ltd, a small family run business...

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Project Gigabit In The Forest of Dean

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  Digital Connectivity in 2023. By FEP Director David Trevelyan   The government identified Digital Connectivity as a cornerstone of the UK's Industrial Strategy.

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Forest of Dean's AccXel Changing The Game

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The Forest of Dean are hosts to many fantastic businesses, including the UK's first female led construction school - AccXel.

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Forest Economic Partnership September Stakeholder

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On Wednesday 13th September, the Forest Economic Partnership hosted our quarterly Stakeholder meeting at The Speech House hotel.

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DEEP finally unveils plans for old Dayhouse Quarry

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By Ian Mean Business West Gloucestershire director and  vice-chair GFirstLEP.  It is not often that I am gobsmacked by company announcements in Gloucestershire but yesterday it happened.

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