Local unemployment in West London remains double pre-pandemic levels, yet businesses are struggling to find the staff they need. However, businesses in West London are now set to benefit from a Department for Education funded initiative launched this week that seeks to address the skills shortages that are stopping business growth in West London by helping local residents match their skills to available jobs.
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Entries Now Open for the West London Business Awards 2024
Entries Now Open for the West London Business Awards 2024
Entries are now open for the West London Business Awards 2024, which showcase business excellence, and are established as one of the pre-eminent award schemes in the capital. The awards celebrated their tenth anniversary earlier this year and now enter a second decade of spotlighting business excellence in West London’s business community.
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RECRUITMENT CRISIS: BUSINESSES URGED TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON BUSINESS SKILLS AND TRAINING CHALLENGES THIS JANUARY
Businesses across West London are being urged to have their say, and share their challenges and insights into employing more staff locally at sector-specific early January online roundtables. Aimed at digital, hospitality, retail, transport & logistics and manufacturing businesses in the area, these virtual events will shape the in-person West London Skills Summit on Wednesday 25 January, and directly inform how skills shortages are tackled across the area.
Take Pride in Your Organisation’s Success – Enter the West London Business Awards 2023
Entries are now open for the tenth West London Business Awards, which showcase business excellence, and are established as the pre-eminent award scheme in the north-west of the capital. The tenth edition of the awards will shine a spotlight on enterprises that are beacons in the following areas; SME Sector leadership, Sustainable & responsible business’, ‘Economic resilience’, ‘Corporate leadership’, ‘Individual leadership’ and ‘Next Generation entrepreneurship’.
Why West London Is A Great Business Destination
Blog post by Fiona Anderson, GEC PR Company Director
As destinations go, I am fortunate to have worked, lived in and visited some wonderful countries and cities around the world… The Maldives, India, New York, Kyoto, Cardiff, to name a few. All of these are outstanding places to do business, but I am proud and content to run a PR consultancy in arguably the most connected destination in the world – West London.