Category Archives: SWRDA

World Cup footBALLS: jolly news

Posted on August 14, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

By our Chief Football Correspondent, Sell Outter See the Evening Cancer on Tuesday? Unfortunately its World Cup “fluff” piece of the day wasn’t considered worth putting on their internet site … But essentially it was about a World Cup jolly … Continue reading →

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Toffwatch south west

Posted on August 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

I say chaps. Have you heard yet? Spiffing news what? Those jolly good fellows of the South West Regional Development Agency have only gone and got themselves a terrific new Chairman chappie don’t you know? Naturally such a character, responsible … Continue reading →

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Ignoble Savage better for you than Greens?

Posted on March 16, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

No sign yet of a formal press release announcing the arrival of “Junket” Jan Ormondroyd to run Bristol City Council. So we’ll just have to make do with the one that the council’s PR girl Simon Caplan did back in … Continue reading →

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Jesus wept, now we've got mystery consultants and moonlighting PRs

Posted on March 10, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Willard: Who’s in charge here? Soldier: In charge? I don’t know man. I thought you were in charge… Apocalpyse Now If you’re looking for any hard news about the city these days – as opposed to articles about what the … Continue reading →

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Corporate backscratch (with added greenwash)

Posted on February 20, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Well, well, well … Who’s this sponsoring the Evening Cancer Business Awards 2008 then? Why knock me down with 10,000 tons of high strength concrete if it isn’t Atkins, the multinational civil engineering outfit (Blogger passim) who’ve recently received a … Continue reading →

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University challenged

Posted on February 12, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Great news just in! A recent parliamentary answer reveals that the city’s best known higher education college, the University of Bristol, continues to be one of the most ridiculously exclusive and elitist institutions in the country. Latest figures show that … Continue reading →

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Diversity news

Posted on February 8, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

OK. How many buzz words can you get in one title? Beat this: SW Equality & Diversity Action Plan and SWRDA Draft Corporate Plan Consultation Event Start: 19 Feb 2008 – 10:00 End: 19 Feb 2008 – 16:21 Venue: Somerset … Continue reading →

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Fancy that! Business West news

Posted on January 5, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

As The Blogger reported here well before Christmas, a Business West press release published verbatim in yesterday’s Evening Cancer confirms that Business West will be merging with Swindon based GWE to form an organisation, GWE Business West, “to represent the … Continue reading →

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SWRDA: Those executive travel expenses in full

Posted on December 17, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

You’ve got feel for our friends at the SWRDA – Chair Juliet Williams and Chief Executive Jane Henderson – struggling along on pro rata pay packages with benefits worth around just £166,000 and £170,000 a year respectively. How do they … Continue reading →

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SWRDA: You scratch my back . . .

Posted on December 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

That tireless worker in the public interest, Merchant Venturer John Savage – a board member of the SWRDA – told us earlier this week in the Evening Cancer after the cancellation of the arena project: in the end, we are … Continue reading →

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