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What's new from the growth hub

31st March 2023

Following the previous successful run of The Growth Hub’s Hub Mentor programme, demand from local Gloucestershire businesses has kick-started th

Strategy
People & skills
Sales & marketing
5 mins

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Kate vidgen en route parking

Meet the entrepreneur solving Gloucestershire’s traffic, parking, and pollution in one fell swoop

19th January 2022

Let's be honest with ourselves for a second...

How often are you tempted to use the empty pub car park near work?

Net zero
Strategy
People & skills

7 mins

Pete Eastwood boys who sew

Collaboration comes good for Cotswold curtain makers

17th January 2022

Nestled between the edge of the Cotswolds and the River Severn might be the last place you expect to find a former Head Coach of American Football working.

Strategy
Peer networks
Operations
People & skills

7 mins

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Have your say on Net Zero and get support for your business

1st December 2021

A little after 10pm on Sunday 13th November 2021, Glasgow’s much-anticipated COP26 climat

Net zero
Operations
Strategy

7 mins

SoGlos Business Awards 2021

Gloucestershire's best businesses honoured at the inaugural SoGlos Business Awards

14th September 2021

Almost 300 business gathered together, many for the first time in almost two years, at Gloucestershire Airport to celebrate the 17 winners at the first SoGlos Business Awards event.

Finance
Operations
Sales & marketing
Strategy

5 mins

So you want to grow a social impact brand?

So you want to grow a social impact brand?

1st October 2020

This post was written by Janina Neumann. Janina is a bilingual graphic designer, intercultural management trainer, and business owner of

12 mins

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Business Recovery Toolkit

2nd September 2020

GFirst LEP decided to review the wealth of information being promoted during lockdown and, taking that as a base, develop a methodology that businesses of

People & skills
Covid 19
Operations
Sales & marketing
Strategy

5 mins

HR Manager sitting at desk, conducting an interview at a laptop

Managing Remote HR: Top Tips for Conducting Virtual Interviews

19th May 2020

This post was written by Liz Collins of Corinium Language Associates.

People & skills
Covid 19
Innovation
Legislation
Strategy

5 mins

how accounting will change in 2021

How accounting will change in 2021

29th April 2020

The global outbreak of COVID-19 has put most business plans on hold. Recruitment drives, training programmes, office expansions and new market entrances have become difficult, if not impossible.

Eu exit
Export
Finance
Innovation
Strategy

6 mins

Keeping up with the EU Exit

Keeping up with EU Exit

2nd April 2020

It's now been almost 4 years since David Cameron oversaw the EU Referendum.

Eu exit
Export
Operations
Strategy

10 mins

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