Love being active and have a few days holiday going spare? Grab that sports kit and prepare to snap up a fabulous last-minute bargain! Travel editor ANNE GORRINGE reveals the latest offers at a top sailing destination… A beautiful sandy bay, turquoise seas and a beachful of boats, rigged...
The first permanent tenant for Bristol’s Bottle Yard film and TV production centre has been signed up. 24-7 Drama has supplied broadcast equipment to many productions in the South West including Dr Who, Skins and Torchwood. Director Graham Hawkins said: “With branches in West London, Cardiff and Manchester, the...
Businesses from across Bristol have taken part in volunteering ‘speed dating’ event to match the skills of their staff with those needed by local arts organisations. With funding pressures intensifying for most arts projects, paying for professional advice is becoming even harder. Many organisations are having to put plans...
Technology, media and telecoms, manufacturing and tourism have been highlighted as the sectors business leaders believe will lead the South West’s recovery and help to head-off the threat of a double-dip recession. More than 100 directors contributed to South West Outlook – Recession to Progression – an authoritative report...
Julian Alexander has joined Santander Corporate Banking as regional director from Barclays, where he was the head of real estate in the Midlands with responsibility for the region’s main property accounts. In his new role, Julian will be based at Santander’s corporate business centre in Bristol, leading the bank’s...
CONSTRUCTION lawyer Peter O’Brien has joined Bristol law firm Clarke Willmott from South West competitors Osborne Clarke. Peter joins the expanding construction law team as a partner in the firm making the team one of the largest outside of London. As a dual qualified lawyer and quantity surveyor he...
MITIE has rounded off a month in which it had already won business worth more than £1bn with a further two contracts worth between £200m and £455m. The Bristol-based strategic outsourcing and energy services company has been awarded by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) the total facilities management contracts for Her...
Find yourself with time to spare on a business trip? Innsbruck is a fabulous, medieval city with a stunning mountain backdrop and plenty to do and see. Travel Editor ANNE GORRINGE has the lowdown on what to see and do on a budget – including free trips and how...
The market sent shares in database marketing software group Alterian down nearly 12% at one stage this morning following an update to mark the arrival of its new CEO, Heath Davies, earlier this month. Bristol-based Alterian, which recorded a pre-tax loss of £4.29m in April and has since replaced both its...
Bristol-based ERIC, the UK’s only charity dedicated to supporting children with continence problems, has won the Small Charity, Big Achiever award at the national Third Sector Excellence Awards. The award recognised ERIC’s Banish the Wee Horror campaign, which raises awareness of bedwetting, encouraging children and parents to contact ERIC...
Bristol-based Brandon Hill Communications has strengthened its event management and public relations divisions with the appointments of Mirelle Ball, James Meredith and Stephanie Muir. Mirelle joins as account director and will further reinforce the agency’s credentials in the environmental and renewable energy sectors, in which she has more than...
Dr Tom MacMillan has been appointed as director of innovation at the Bristol-based Soil Association. Tom has been director of the Food Ethics Council since 2003 and has helped to establish the think tank as a leading and respected voice on food policy. He edited Food Ethics, a quarterly...
Bid rumours are once again swirling around Bristol-based Imperial Tobacco – this time suggesting it could be in line for a break-up approach. Shares in the group, the region’s biggest company by turnover, edged forward 9p to 2,170p this morning in the wake of speculation that it could be...
