Dave Harvey
All posts on "West Country Cash" by Dave Harvey
- Straight talking from the top, at MoD Abbey Wood. - 10:03 UK time, Thursday, 12 May 2011
- Inside the Royal Navy's secret submarine factory - 17:56 UK time, Monday, 9 May 2011
- Labour of Hercules? What next for RAF Lyneham - 16:37 UK time, Wednesday, 30 March 2011
- A Racing Certainty: Cheltenham Festival brings in the cash - 15:30 UK time, Tuesday, 15 March 2011
- "Training Pipeline is blocked" says Pump Supremo - 13:16 UK time, Wednesday, 9 March 2011
- Made in Chard: The Somerset factory keeping it local - 14:59 UK time, Tuesday, 8 March 2011
- Carbon Fibre Wings: I have a go at making one by hand - 09:10 UK time, Tuesday, 8 March 2011
- New from Airbus: A bike to transform Aerospace - 17:13 UK time, Monday, 7 March 2011
- Green capital: can Bristol's eco-warriors finance the Big Society? - 08:00 UK time, Sunday, 30 January 2011
- Can Bristol weather the storm? Go figure... - 18:10 UK time, Sunday, 23 January 2011
- Scrambling to survive: Egg Farmers caught by new Euro rules - 15:55 UK time, Monday, 10 January 2011
- Tears and Tesco: the changing face of the High St - 17:43 UK time, Sunday, 5 December 2010
- Burger Bars and Barber Shops: The future of our High Streets - 17:52 UK time, Thursday, 2 December 2010
- Can Somerset really turn back time? - 17:07 UK time, Monday, 1 November 2010
- A Frenchman in Filton: Louis Gallois opens new Airbus centre - 15:13 UK time, Monday, 11 October 2010
- The Somerset cider apple that took 25 years to grow - 15:22 UK time, Tuesday, 28 September 2010
- Is that a lot of cash? The Maths of the Spending Review - 13:05 UK time, Thursday, 23 September 2010
- 'Scrap public pensions,' says pensions guru - 09:50 UK time, Wednesday, 8 September 2010
- Fox and The Grizzly: Will the UK pull out of A400M? - 17:03 UK time, Thursday, 15 July 2010
- 'One key fits all' tractor policy blamed for countryside crime wave - 14:57 UK time, Friday, 28 May 2010
- Bristol Airport Expansion: The Final Council Showdown - 11:47 UK time, Monday, 24 May 2010
- Haggling for votes at Frome's cattle market - 11:35 UK time, Friday, 30 April 2010
- "It's like a drug". Bristol City Chairman on owning a football club - 15:34 UK time, Thursday, 29 April 2010
- Are Bristol's builders booming again? - 18:22 UK time, Tuesday, 30 March 2010
- Wiltshire brewers prepare for another Budget headache - 13:26 UK time, Tuesday, 23 March 2010
- Is Keynsham the graveyard of Kraft's reputation? - 20:17 UK time, Tuesday, 16 March 2010
- Kraft and Keynsham: Westminster summons the Americans. - 14:20 UK time, Monday, 15 March 2010
- Not Banksy, not Brunel, just plain old 'Bristol' Airport - 08:59 UK time, Friday, 12 March 2010
- Kraft, Cadbury and Keynsham : Enter the Pinstriped Policeman. - 11:47 UK time, Monday, 8 March 2010
- Bristol Airport expansion plans get the green light - 17:17 UK time, Thursday, 4 March 2010
- Could a bigger airport actually make a greener Bristol? - 10:58 UK time, Tuesday, 2 March 2010
- Bristol or Borneo? How are Biofuel planning applications decided? - 16:44 UK time, Tuesday, 23 February 2010
- Airbus' military adventure: Is an A400M deal in the air? - 14:48 UK time, Monday, 22 February 2010
- What made Filton fly? From Box Kites to Concorde and beyond... - 15:27 UK time, Thursday, 18 February 2010
- Power from Palm Trees: green dream, or eco-nightmare? - 14:46 UK time, Thursday, 11 February 2010
- "Kraft made a fool of us," say Keynsham chocolate workers - 18:36 UK time, Tuesday, 9 February 2010
- Kraft in Keynsham: more twists than a Curly Wurly - 10:11 UK time, Tuesday, 9 February 2010
- 'Kraft will cut jobs': Is Mary Buffett right? - 14:30 UK time, Monday, 1 February 2010
- Radicals lead the recovery in the West - 21:50 UK time, Sunday, 24 January 2010
- Bristol's supermarket - stadium swap - 19:02 UK time, Thursday, 21 January 2010
- Has Kraft saved Keynsham? - 08:01 UK time, Tuesday, 19 January 2010
- Why Keynsham loves Kraft - 16:34 UK time, Monday, 4 January 2010
- Green or Black? Bristol's biofuel dilemma - 12:48 UK time, Tuesday, 22 December 2009
- Airbus cargo plane flies - straight into a diplomatic firestorm - 15:45 UK time, Friday, 11 December 2009
- Shopping with the Chancellor - 17:19 UK time, Wednesday, 9 December 2009
- Beef, badgers and belching cows in Somerset - 16:03 UK time, Monday, 7 December 2009
- Sugar, but not much sympathy, from Sir Alan - 17:11 UK time, Thursday, 3 December 2009
- Selling cider to Somerset - 11:18 UK time, Monday, 30 November 2009
- Bailing out the builders - 10:48 UK time, Monday, 23 November 2009
- Anyone for champers? - 14:45 UK time, Tuesday, 17 November 2009
- Kraft v Cadbury : It's Crunchie time. - 13:37 UK time, Monday, 9 November 2009
- Maltese lace and licorice torpedos: small shops take on the big chains - 06:02 UK time, Wednesday, 4 November 2009
- At Bristol docks, the recovery is still at sea - 07:02 UK time, Friday, 23 October 2009
- Is the west country hot property once again? - 08:55 UK time, Thursday, 22 October 2009
- It's boom time for the debt doctors - 17:27 UK time, Wednesday, 21 October 2009
- Dole queues fall across the West for the first time - 11:02 UK time, Wednesday, 14 October 2009
- Behind the scenes at Bath's new shopping centre - 16:06 UK time, Monday, 12 October 2009
- Can Mr and Mrs Average save Swindon? - 18:38 UK time, Tuesday, 6 October 2009
- Kraft get smooth over Cadbury's - 15:42 UK time, Tuesday, 6 October 2009
- Cat food, toothpaste, and option fatigue - 12:02 UK time, Monday, 5 October 2009
- BAE: Bribery allegations - or just a way of doing business? - 10:35 UK time, Thursday, 1 October 2009
- Curbing bank bonuses: I've found the victims - 13:00 UK time, Monday, 28 September 2009
- Cabot Circus: Are you singing Happy Birthday? - 11:06 UK time, Thursday, 24 September 2009
- Pick your crash : how bad is it out there? - 14:21 UK time, Tuesday, 15 September 2009
- Tourism: has Bath bucked the trend? - 17:06 UK time, Tuesday, 8 September 2009
- Will Kraft save Keynsham? - 14:52 UK time, Monday, 7 September 2009
- The weird world of organic milk - 06:00 UK time, Thursday, 27 August 2009
- Can you make money out of milk? - 10:13 UK time, Wednesday, 26 August 2009
- Has the dole queue stopped growing at last? - 09:52 UK time, Wednesday, 12 August 2009
- Wiring the Great Western : are electric trains worth the money? - 17:50 UK time, Thursday, 23 July 2009
- Bank's number two tells BBC Bristol: "I don't know" - 17:23 UK time, Monday, 20 July 2009
- How many more jobs will go at Lloyds in Bristol? - 13:16 UK time, Thursday, 16 July 2009
- The banker's problem: who will take my cash? - 11:00 UK time, Tuesday, 14 July 2009
- Swindon Jobs : The revolving door - 15:15 UK time, Thursday, 9 July 2009
- Jobs return to Swindon - but mostly for temps - 07:30 UK time, Thursday, 9 July 2009
- Green shoots, white flowers and long pipes - 15:24 UK time, Tuesday, 7 July 2009
- Green shoots in the garden ... or just weeds? - 15:52 UK time, Monday, 6 July 2009
- Today Fishponds, tomorrow the world... - 07:55 UK time, Tuesday, 30 June 2009
- The milk price war in black and white - 17:11 UK time, Tuesday, 23 June 2009
- C&G: A brand without a branch? - 14:35 UK time, Thursday, 18 June 2009
- A bigger airport for Bristol? - 13:37 UK time, Thursday, 18 June 2009

Hello, I’m Dave Harvey – the BBC’s Business Correspondent in the West. If you’re making hay in the markets or combine harvesting; scratting cider apples or crunching tricky numbers – this is your blog too.