Bristol Airport’s terminal building will be filled with the sights and sounds of Flamenco dancers and samba rhythms tomorrow when a flashmob arrives to greet a special passenger off a flight from Glasgow. Felipe de Algeciras, one of the UK’s top Flamenco teachers, is arriving to take part in...
Businesses should ignore the cynicism of the mainstream media and instead look at the huge opportunities that come from believing in the positive, the Eden Project's co-founder Tim Smith told business leaders in Bristol. Taking as the theme of his speach to the West of England annual dinner of...
A student at Bristol Grammar School is set to benefit from an annual sponsorship courtesy of Clifton-based chartered accountants Whyatt Pakeman Partners. Whyatt Pakeman has agreed to support a business studies or economics student in the school’s 6th form. Roger Pimblett, a partner at the firm, said: “At Whyatt...
Individual insolvencies in the South West have decreased from 15,108 (35.8 per 10,000 adult population) in 2010 to 13,048 (30.4 per 10,000) in 2011, according to R3, the insolvency trade body’s analysis of the Insolvency Service’s statistics. Joanne Rumley, chair of the R3 South West and Wales region and...
Bristol subsea cabling firm Offshore Marine Management is among the six finalists for accountants PwC’s West of England Business of the Year Awards 2012 – the region’s most prestigious business competition. Since their launch 24 years ago the awards, which this year are staged in association with Bristol Business...
Following the successful launch of its Tech Start-up School 2012 on Monday, Science City Bristol is promoting the next sessions in the programme, which focuses on helping launch technology businesses. Next week’s two sessions look at sales and marketing. Research shows that most start-ups that fail do so because...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Details of South Bristol’s new public transit network have gone on show as a major public consultation begins. Bristol City and North Somerset councils are preparing planning applications for the South Bristol Link section of the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) network, costing about £200m. New services will...
Independent local news website Bristol24-7 has today been nominated for the prestigious Best Local/Regional News Website in the national Online Media Awards 2012. The site, set up by former Western Daily Press and The Independent journalist Chris Brown less than three years ago, will be up against the very...
Only one in four manufacturers in the South West believes the Government has adopted the right strategies to support and develop the sector, according to research by accountants and business advisors BDO. While 93% of manufacturers value the Government’s message that manufacturing is essential to the UK economy, they...
