Comments for GWE Business West Chambers of Commerce Blog http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com News & commentary from the UK network of Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire & Gloucestershire Chambers of Commerce Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:49:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Chambers of Commerce membership soars in difficult times by gwebusinesswest http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/chamber-membership-soars-during-difficult-times/#comment-103 gwebusinesswest Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:49:58 +0000 http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-103 Hi there - creating your own blog is free using Wordpress.com - you can easily set up your own from scratch. Simply visit www.wordpress.com to get started. Hi there – creating your own blog is free using WordPress.com – you can easily set up your own from scratch. Simply visit http://www.wordpress.com to get started.

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]]> Comment on Networking Events Evolve! by Emi Carmichael http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/networking-events-evolve/#comment-91 Emi Carmichael Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:14:24 +0000 http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/?p=169#comment-91 Great blog post, can't wait for the next event! Thanks for including me :) Great blog post, can’t wait for the next event! Thanks for including me :)

]]> Comment on Investment in training & skills is key to business survival by Liz Sparkes http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/investment-in-training-skills-is-key-to-business-survival/#comment-88 Liz Sparkes Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:02:04 +0000 http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-88 You could try one a little closer to home. THE Group will even customise the portal to your organisation, so it becomes your own. http://studentsv3.coursesforyou.com/Default.aspx You could try one a little closer to home. THE Group will even customise the portal to your organisation, so it becomes your own. http://studentsv3.coursesforyou.com/Default.aspx

]]> Comment on Investment in training & skills is key to business survival by marcus http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/investment-in-training-skills-is-key-to-business-survival/#comment-61 marcus Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:50:21 +0000 http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-61 Training employee's is very important in the growth of the company. Nowadays, we have a lot of technologies arising to help us in whatever things that needs to be done. One of which is the e-learning LMS. i have one website that i discovered recently, i hope this will interest you. it has online training programs and web-based learning programs. try to check this website. <a href="http://www.eleapsoftware.com/" rel="nofollow">eleapsoftware.com/</a> Training employee’s is very important in the growth of the company. Nowadays, we have a lot of technologies arising to help us in whatever things that needs to be done. One of which is the e-learning LMS. i have one website that i discovered recently, i hope this will interest you. it has online training programs and web-based learning programs. try to check this website. eleapsoftware.com/

]]> Comment on Bristol Wine and Food Fair reaches out to the Business Community by megans dad http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/bristol-wine-food-fair-reaches-out-to-the-business-community/#comment-51 megans dad Mon, 25 May 2009 23:43:42 +0000 http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/?p=155#comment-51 Hey, just a little advice if I may be so bold, take a look at the 5 steps of culinary tourism, this can be found on culinarytourism.org this is a really useful model that is free to use and helps a destination identify where there are in the promotion of what is unique and memorable in their destination. cheers and good luck! megs dad Hey, just a little advice if I may be so bold, take a look at the 5 steps of culinary tourism, this can be found on culinarytourism.org this is a really useful model that is free to use and helps a destination identify where there are in the promotion of what is unique and memorable in their destination.
cheers and good luck! megs dad

]]> Comment on Bristol Wine and Food Fair reaches out to the Business Community by gwebusinesswest http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/bristol-wine-food-fair-reaches-out-to-the-business-community/#comment-38 gwebusinesswest Thu, 21 May 2009 19:04:43 +0000 http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/?p=155#comment-38 Woops - thanks Nick, have sorted out those links now so hopefully can follow and download the information pack without the groundhog day effect...! Woops – thanks Nick, have sorted out those links now so hopefully can follow and download the information pack without the groundhog day effect…!

]]> Comment on Bristol Wine and Food Fair reaches out to the Business Community by Nick Arnold http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/bristol-wine-food-fair-reaches-out-to-the-business-community/#comment-37 Nick Arnold Thu, 21 May 2009 18:54:26 +0000 http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/?p=155#comment-37 The links seem to be stuck in an endless spiral - every time you click it takes you to another page that has a link that returns to the original page. Would love to book but can't and a bit nervous I might end up in Groundhog Day scenario ................ The links seem to be stuck in an endless spiral – every time you click it takes you to another page that has a link that returns to the original page.

Would love to book but can’t and a bit nervous I might end up in Groundhog Day scenario …………….

]]> Comment on Business gloom at budget news by Elizabeth Miles http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/business-gloom-at-budget-news/#comment-30 Elizabeth Miles Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:47:51 +0000 http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-30 As a company director I am not too concerned about the 50% tax rate for over £150k pa. There are many owner / directors, like myself, who work extremely hard to grow a sustainable business without needing to draw excessively. In our own case, we prefer to reinvest in the company, maintain a strong balance sheet, keep borrowings to a minimum (or zero in our case) with the objective of growing value, protecting the investment of our clients and ensuring the jobs of our committed employees. This approach is what is needed now, by all business owners, to pull us out of the recession. The current economic problems have been generated by a culture of greed and excess. Whilst I recognise that not all high earners are bankers (and indeed not all bankers are culpable) the Chancellor is right to expect the burden to fall on those with higher incomes. I am also pleased to see that the Chancellor has not (yet) further penalised owner / directors whose pension plan is in the value of their businesses as was the case with his capital gains tax revisions in last year's budget. As a company director I am not too concerned about the 50% tax rate for over £150k pa. There are many owner / directors, like myself, who work extremely hard to grow a sustainable business without needing to draw excessively.

In our own case, we prefer to reinvest in the company, maintain a strong balance sheet, keep borrowings to a minimum (or zero in our case) with the objective of growing value, protecting the investment of our clients and ensuring the jobs of our committed employees.

This approach is what is needed now, by all business owners, to pull us out of the recession.

The current economic problems have been generated by a culture of greed and excess. Whilst I recognise that not all high earners are bankers (and indeed not all bankers are culpable) the Chancellor is right to expect the burden to fall on those with higher incomes.

I am also pleased to see that the Chancellor has not (yet) further penalised owner / directors whose pension plan is in the value of their businesses as was the case with his capital gains tax revisions in last year’s budget.

]]> Comment on Survey reveals worries about budgeting for healthcare by Christopher Wickens http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/surveys-reveal-worries-about-budgeting-for-healthcare/#comment-22 Christopher Wickens Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:42:19 +0000 http://gwebusinesswestchambers.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-22 When the economy suffers a downturn more people are looking at these form of plans, particularly when the services (waiting times as an example) from the NHS are improving. WPA has recognised this with the new Health Top-Up Plan. It has been conceived as an "NHS plus" plan that supplements what the NHS can deliver and still allows patients to "vote NHS" first. It is the first NHS top-up policy and is a recognition of the structural and strategic challenges of the NHS and how health insurers can complement what it does. When the economy suffers a downturn more people are looking at these form of plans, particularly when the services (waiting times as an example) from the NHS are improving. WPA has recognised this with the new Health Top-Up Plan. It has been conceived as an “NHS plus” plan that supplements what the NHS can deliver and still allows patients to “vote NHS” first. It is the first NHS top-up policy and is a recognition of the structural and strategic challenges of the NHS and how health insurers can complement what it does.

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