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Business confidence in SW falls

The Business in Britain report, now in its 24th year, gathers the views of 1,500 UK companies, predominantly small to medium sized businesses, and tracks the overall “balance” of opinion on a range of important performance and confidence measures, weighing up the percentage of firms that are positive in outlook against those that are negative.

Since the last report in July 2015,...

South West housing market reaches breaking point

High housing costs and low wages are pushing many areas of the South West out of reach for local people according to a new report from the National Housing Federation.

South West Broken Market, Broken Dreams warns that while the average house price in the region is now close to £230,000, earnings in the region are among the lowest in England, making house prices on average nearly ten...

Post Office secures further Government funding

The Post Office has secured further government funding to complete its modernisation programme which has already brought huge benefits to customers up and down the country.

Postal Affairs Minister Jo Swinson announced investment of £640 million from 2015 to 2018 to maintain the network of over 11,500 Post Office branches. This investment will make sure Post Office branches are...