comms 2019-01-16T10:44:04+00:00 January 16th, 2019|
The next meeting of the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) Overview and Scrutiny Committee will take place in Kingswood Civic Centre on Wednesday 23 January at 10.30am. The Committee will receive a report and [...]
comms 2019-01-10T11:37:17+00:00 January 10th, 2019|
An innovative plan to encourage and support business to help them grow in the region is a role model for the country according to industry experts. A national report by the ScaleUp Institute heaped [...]
comms 2019-01-10T11:27:02+00:00 January 9th, 2019|
More than £45 million has been invested through the Local Growth Fund on major schemes which have been completed or started in 2018 to improve transport, skills and economic growth across the West of [...]
comms 2018-12-19T15:08:06+00:00 December 18th, 2018|
The first major trial of the West of England Combined Authority’s 5G Smart Tourism project has taken place at the Roman Baths – with visitors trying out futuristic technology which immersed them in the [...]
comms 2018-12-07T11:12:16+00:00 December 7th, 2018|
The West of England Combined Authority is set to receive £1.35m from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport to support creative businesses in the region. This new funding will be used to help creative [...]
comms 2018-12-06T15:18:54+00:00 December 6th, 2018|
Work on a food and drink innovation centre, the only one of its kind in the South West, has started near the motorway junction in Weston-super-Mare. A ground-breaking ceremony took place yesterday (Wednesday 5 December) [...]
comms 2018-12-06T15:16:20+00:00 December 6th, 2018|
West of England Mayor Tim Bowles welcomed the new sector deal between the aerospace industry and government – including a direct £15 million investment in the region – announced by Business Secretary Greg Clark [...]
comms 2018-12-07T11:10:22+00:00 December 5th, 2018|
Over £12m investment in projects to drive economic growth and support sustainable transport was approved by The West of England Joint Committee on Friday 30 November. The committee agreed to allocate £2.795m from the Local [...]
Daniel Cattanach 2018-11-30T16:54:19+00:00 November 30th, 2018|
A £10m boost for local high streets has been approved by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) through its brand-new Love our High Streets initiative. Today (30 November), the West of England Combined [...]
Daniel Cattanach 2018-11-26T10:06:10+00:00 November 26th, 2018|
Additional improvement work aimed at easing congestion and improving journey times for thousands of motorists at a major traffic pinch point in Bath and North East Somerset has been completed. An extra southbound lane [...]