House prices have inched up by a better-than-predicted 0.4% this month, according to Nationwide building society, but they are expected to ease again over the next 12 months as activity remains subdued. The month-on-month rise is the third straight monthly increase. In a year-on-year basis, the increase was 1.6%,...
Construction group Willmott Dixon is increasing its activity in the residential property market activity across the South West to a bid to combat reduced expenditure on public sector projects. The group, which traditionally has been a major player in the public sector and commercial construction markets, has appointed James...
Somerset entrepreneur Roger Saul has a track record for creating brands and building businesses from scratch. Here the founder of iconic fashion company Mulberry talks to Anne Gorringe about his passions including a scheme to regenerate Shepton Mallet’s historic Kilver Court, and his ever-supportive family… IT’S strange how...
Bristol businesses have been warned to prepare to live in a “static economy” by experts at Bristol-based accountants BDO. In the accountants and business advisers’ half-yearly review, firms in the city were told the indicators looked bleak, with higher unemployment and business failures expected. Simon Girling, a partner in...
A building designed to inspire and help educate UWE Bristol students studying architecture and product design, has won the public sector building 2011 award, from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Stride Treglown, the Bristol-based architects behind the building, were also been nominated for two other awards for...
HSBC has appointed Paul Wood as senior corporate banking manager for the South West. In his new role Paul will focus on the extensive corporate market in the region, supporting businesses with a turnover of £25m-plus and ensuring that HSBC continues to meet the needs of its corporate clients....
Richard Pepler, chief executive and co-founder of Bristol-based factoring group Ultimate Finance, has quit the business with immediate effect. Mr Pepler, who was previously sales and marketing director at Bibby Factors in Bristol, launched the business nine years ago and has since built it up to become one of...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Another 350 jobs are set to go at Bristol City Council as it aims to take another £21m out of its budget. Proposals for the 2012/13 budget, which will be voted on next February, include a freezing of council tax for a second successive year,...
Airbus is to create 200 jobs at Filton due to demand for its new A350 airliner, it confirmed today. The plane, which will use lightweight composite wings designed and part-built in Bristol, was due to come into service in 2013 but will has been delayed to the first half...
An independent Bristol brewery has won one of the UK’s top food and drink awards, recognising not just its beers but its role in regenerating South Bristol. The Bristol Beer Factory in Southville has won the Best Drinks Producer in the BBC Food and Farming Awards. The award was...
Global leader in multimedia and communications Imagination Technologies is to open a research and development base in Bristol, underlining the city’s world-leading position in microchip design. The group, which is quoted on the London Stock Exchange, creates and licenses market-leading products for a range of uses in mobile phones,...
Leading lights from the creative industry are in Bristol today and tomorrow to take part in a conference aimed at supporting the region’s burgeoning creative sector. Called Vision, the high-profile event is organised by Bristol Media and hosted by the Arnolfini and brings together more than 20 speakers from...
South West-based chartered accountancy firm Milsted Langdon have scooped a prestigious award for the UK’s Best Large Practice. Partners from the firm joined top accountancy practices in the UK for the final of the inaugural AccountingWEB Practice Excellence Awards held in London recently. More than 80 firms entered the awards, which resulted in 1,769...
