Business in the Community (BITC), the national charity promoting corporate responsibility, has appointed Dairy Crest chief executive Mark Allen as chairman of its South West Advisory Board. Mark, pictured, who previously chaired BITC’s National Rural Leadership team, will now focus on helping South West businesses of all sizes integrate...
A bursary scheme has been set up by Bristol-based Wildscreen, the world’s leading wildlife and environmental film festival, to encourage aspiring young filmmakers to join the industry. The six ROAR Talent bursaries are part of a new programme being introduced to this year’s Wildscreen Festival. Applicants aged between 17...
Economic growth is set to return to its pre-recession level in the second half of this year – nearly six years after the global financial crisis first hit, according to figures published today. High confidence levels are fuelling growth across all sectors, with manufacturing particularly optimistic, while many firms...
Monday 10 March Finals: Clarkson, Escher Group, Goals Soccer Centres AGMs: Ecofin Water & Power Tuesday 11 March Interims: Close Brothers, Craneware, Kalibrate Technologies, St. Ives Finals: Computacenter, Empresaria Group, esure, Foxtons, Hansteen Holdings, Hill & Smith Holdings, Inchcape, Stadium Group, Tyman Trading statement: Fenner AGMs: GW Pharmaceuticals, Vatukoula...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol will celebrate the 25th anniversary of two of its most famous sons’ first appearance with a major new exhibition dedicated to Wallace & Gromit. It is a quarter of a century since the dynamic, plasticine duo made their screen debut in A Grand Day...
Talented individuals working in Bristol’s creative industry are being urged to enter the second Brand You Awards. The scheme is different to most others in an industry known for its countless awards for campaigns and projects as it focuses on the individual – the freelancer or member of staff...
Leading figures in business and education will discuss how they can work more closely together to prepare young people for the workplace at a high-profile event next week. Among panel members at the debate staged by the Institute of Directors (IoD) Bristol branch, will be Dan Nicholls, principal of...
Bristol’s iconic International Balloon Fiesta, now in its 36th year, has been launched to the city’s business community with a plea to get involved. The Fiesta attracts around 500,000 visitors and more than 150 balloons, making it the second-largest event of its kind in the world and one of...
Bristol law firm Temple Bright has added another practice area to its operations with the arrival of insolvency and turnaround specialist Phil Winterborne from Clarke Willmott. Phil, pictured, will head a new insolvency and turnaround practice based in Temple Bright’s Bristol office. He expects much of his work to...
