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Revised Real GDP- Blog
Nigel Jump, Chief Economist
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‘Inspired’ course awarded certificate
A course being piloted in Bath that could make visiting the city easier for people with disabilities has been awarded the Inspire mark by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).
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Consumers keep buying in July – retail sales data points to a better than expected start to the second half of 2010
Data released by the Office for National Statistics shows that retail sales volumes grew by 1.1 per cent in July compared to June, extending the run of better sales growth that had begun in May.
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National claimant count falls again in July but decline is tailing off – RDA economist
National claimant count falls again in July but the decline is tailing off: rising employment is mainly part time. South West gains 32,000 jobs in the second quarter.
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Growth of South West economy strongest in three months
Key points:
- New order expansion gathered pace.
- Backlogs continued to fall, and at a solid rate.
- Output prices rose for sixth successive month.
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Environmental advice saves South West businesses £millions
Almost 3000 thousand businesses across the South West have been helped to cut up to £17 million from their energy bills, thanks to a programme run by the South West RDA.
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Plymouth City Development Company
The Board of Plymouth City Development Company (PCDC) today (Friday August 6) held a meeting to discuss the future funding arrangements for PCDC.
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Taunton tops SW enterprise league
TAUNTON has been crowned the most enterprising place in South West, beating stiff competition from across the region in the nation’s Enterprising Britain competition.
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Minister announces further investment in marine renewables during Wave Hub visit
Joint BIS release
Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk has today announced a £1.5 million investment in the development of wave energy technology during a visit to the South West RDA’s Wave Hub project at Hayle.
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£2.5m for Combined Universities in Cornwall at Tremough
Mark Prisk, Minister of Business and Enterprise today (29 July) announced that the South West RDA would invest £2.5m in two projects based at University College Falmouth (UCF) and University of Exeter’s (UoE) Tremough campus.
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