Businesses across the South West worked more closely together in 2020 despite the economic challenges of the pandemic.
A survey of over 100 companies by Collaborate South West found that over two thirds increased levels of collaboration with other organisations, with 80% believing collaboration to be extremely or very important to their business success moving forward.
208 deals took place between South West SMEs and large organisations over the last four years, known to have exceeded £2.7bn, according to economic data from national law firm, Bond Dickinson.
Despite this billion pound figure, only 4% of all the UK’s collaborations between SMEs and corporates involved the South West. Taking into account the number of SMEs in each region last year*,...
As more and more consumers look for tailored products and services, so the need to move away from the cookie-cutter approach for branding becomes necessary. In response to this the large chains and supermarkets are moving away from ‘generic’ and ‘corporate’ and taking into account their surroundings and locations in a new way and identifying that they need to serve different communities with...
Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables from the five south west forces have signed an agreement for Special Branch collaboration across the region.
Special Branch units from Devon and Cornwall, Avon and Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire police forces will unite under shared management for investigative and intelligence work. This includes counter terrorism...
