Road, pub and intern wages: three South West funding stories land in one week

Three South West announcements between 22 and 24 September cover transport infrastructure, a hospitality business and a student employment scheme.

BBC News Wiltshire reported final checks on the new £30m Southern Access Road under the M4, which links Wichelstowe to the south of the motorway [3].

The Business Desk South West reported that an indie distillery will spend £100,000 on a two-week refurbishment of a 300-year-old harbourside pub [2].

Bath & North East Somerset Third Sector Group said the UWE Bristol Internship Scheme, now in its 16th year, offers funding towards intern wages to South West-based SMEs, charities, social enterprises and public sector organisations [1].

Seen together, the items show three kinds of South West funding activity in one week: transport, hospitality and paid student work.