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MESSAGE FROM MEMBERSHIP
BY PHIL BRIDGEMAN MEMBERSHIP MANAGER AT BUSINESS WEST
We’re pleased to announce a special new service to help you to navigate your way through the complexities of Brexit with the minimum disruption to your business. We’ll be addressing some of the
biggest issues most likely to affect you. As one of the lead Chambers of Commerce in the UK we will closely monitor Brexit negotiations as they occur and provide clarity on any proposed changes and how they might impact on British businesses. Matt Griffith, our director of
policy and a leading authority on international trade deals, together with an experienced team, will help you make sense of the changes as they happen and also provide answers to the questions you may have. For more information, go to
www.businesswest.co.uk/campa igns/trading-through-brexit. In other news, we’re looking
ahead to the New Year where we will be reviewing our Chamber membership benefits. What works for you? What doesn’t? What would you like to see more of? We are very keen to hear from members and ex-members who would like to contribute - your thoughts, your experiences, your business needs. Please get in touch. Every member will get the chance to have their say via the survey which we will send to you soon.
Wishing you a great Christmas
break and we’ll see you in the New Year!
Tel: 0800 980 2789 12 insight NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018
The Hub launch event (from left): Garry Pratt, Entrepreneur in Residence DBAH with panelist's Jo Hardy, Curious Trekkers; Becky Sage, Interactive Scientific; Adrienne Percival, Flourish Zone; Professor James Bilzon, Chair in Human & Applied Physiology from the University of Bath and Ben Shorrock from TechSpark
Hub becomes a home for digital innovation
Earlier this year it was announced that funding had been secured through the European Regional Development Fund for new business acceleration hubs. These have been set up through the University of Bath in connection with SETsquared, the world’s number one university business accelerator. Part of the new hub is the Digital Innovation Business Acceleration Hub (DBAH) which will support 120 companies working on new technologies in the health, well-being and creative media sectors in the West of England. Interest and engagement from tech companies has been very positive since the announcement of the DBAH programme, which highlights the incredibly vibrant and growing number of new or growing tech companies in the region seeking business support.
‘The project will establish and scale-up SMEs over the next three years’
The DBAH is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund to support start-up and existing high growth SMEs in Digital Innovation. The aim is to help these businesses grow, innovate and establish lasting research partnerships with the University of Bath – offering its expertise and facilities to work with the businesses to undertake research, development and innovation, leading to the adoption and commercialisation of
new products, services and technologies that will drive this sector’s growth and productivity.
To find out how to apply for the Digital Innovation Business Acceleration Hub visit the website
www.dbah.org and follow their latest news via @dbahub
Making slavery transparent
See who is most effectively driving out modern slavery and exploitation from their supply chains through a live transparency map that collates real-time information for the UK’s cities, councils, districts and boroughs. A year ago the CEO of the Transparency in Supply Chains Register
TISCreport.org, Jaya Chakrabarti MBE, presented the state of compliance with section 54 of the UK Modern Slavery Act in Westminster to
Parliamentarians and key industry leaders. It was fair to say that, bar a handful of exemplars, the level and quality of compliance was as variable as it was poor. A lot has changed in 12 months however. There is now a review of the Modern Slavery Act with a focus on the Section 54 transparency clause. Most recently at the UN General Assembly (UNGA), prime minister Theresa May called for action from the international
community, endorsed by 77 states. But how are these initiatives manifesting in real actions on the ground? To answer that question
TISCreport has published a live Transparency Map. Members of the public can now see how their cities are using the buying leverage afforded by public funds to drive out modern slavery and labour exploitation/
Visit:
tiscreport.org/public- sector/uk-transparency-report/
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