comms 2018-06-01T15:03:51+00:00 June 1st, 2018|
£6m is set to be invested in boosting construction skills in the West of England. The West of England Joint Committee today agreed to fund a new Construction Skills Centre in South Bristol, based at [...]
Paul Marshall 2018-05-30T16:36:45+00:00 May 30th, 2018|
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Esther McVey, was in the West of England today to meet regional businesses and talk about their skills needs. Photo attached shows (from left): West of England [...]
Paul Marshall 2018-05-30T17:40:30+00:00 May 30th, 2018|
Minister of State for Digital and the Creative Industries, Margot James, was in the West of England today to find out more about the region’s strengths in digital and 5G technology. From left: Margot [...]
comms 2018-05-30T08:46:22+00:00 May 30th, 2018|
The West of England Combined Authority’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee is organising a public meeting at 10am on June 6, at Bristol City Hall. The meeting will hear an update about MetroBus, which is [...]
comms 2018-05-23T16:50:08+00:00 May 23rd, 2018|
The West of England Combined Authority will meet at 10am on Friday June 1, at City Hall, Bristol. Members will be asked to agree to devolution of the Adult Education Budget (AEB) from central Government [...]
comms 2018-05-23T16:57:06+00:00 May 23rd, 2018|
The next meeting of the West of England Joint Committee will consider allocating £6m for a new South Bristol Construction Centre, based at City of Bristol College. This would offer construction skills training to around [...]
Paul Marshall 2018-05-15T16:28:31+00:00 May 15th, 2018|
The West of England Combined Authority’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee will meet at City Hall in Bristol on Wednesday May 23, at 10.30am. Members will hear about plans to devolve the Adult Education Budget [...]
Paul Marshall 2018-05-01T11:40:53+00:00 May 1st, 2018|
A new initiative to boost skills and opportunities for up to 3,000 adults is now underway in the West of England. Mayor Tim Bowles is pictured with some of the Future Bright team at [...]
Paul Marshall 2018-04-26T13:09:38+00:00 April 26th, 2018|
The West of England Combined Authority has appointed two new directors: Dr Jon Hunt as Director of Business and Skills, and David Carter as Director of Infrastructure. Jon joins the Combined Authority from the University [...]
comms 2018-04-20T10:21:11+00:00 April 20th, 2018|
Representatives from Heathrow Airport will be in the region today to meet West of England Mayor, Tim Bowles, as they visit sites in Bristol and South Gloucestershire which are in the running to be off-site [...]