David Marsh, managing partner of leading Bristol law firm Burges Salmon, is the new Master of the Society of Merchant Venturers, the historic business-led organisation that encourages entrepreneurialism and has extensive charity interests across the city. David, who has been a Merchant Venturer for 10 years, has identified support...
MITIE, the Bristol-based outsourcing giant, said continued cost cutting in both the public and private sectors will spark further growth as it unveiled a 0.8% increase in pre-tax profits to £48m. The small profits rise, which was earned on a 5.8% jump in half-year revenues to £972m, scarcely showed...
Sales staff at Bristol’s Mercedes-Benz dealership are celebrating being part of the regional group that recently won the manufacturer’s Sales Team of the Year Award. The Cribbs Causeway dealership is one of the Sytner group of Mercedes-Benz sites in the West judged as having the best UK sales team...
A world-class festival of sustainability is to be staged in Bristol next summer in a move which organisers hope will make the city synonymous with all things ‘green’ in the same way as festivals in Edinburgh, Hay and Cheltenham are linked with the performing arts and literature. Bringing together...
Firms considering making investments in new plant and machinery are being urged to do so now while generous tax allowances are still available. The advice comes from Bristol-based chartered accountancy firm Whyatt Pakeman Partners, which says that the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), a capital allowance which enables business owners...
The Localism Act, which gives local communities more say about planning and development, was given Royal Assent on Tuesday. But is it good news for Bristol and the West? According to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), it is an encouraging shift of power from central government to communities. For...
Bristol-based digital marketing outfit Montage Communications has won a five-way pitch to manage the UK-wide public relations account for Brabantia, one of the top housewares brands in Europe. Montage, based near Whiteladies Road, Clifton, has been running Brabantia's international social media account for the past 12 months and now...
Entrepreneurs need three attributes to be successful – creativity, passion and tenacity, according to Paul Lindley, the founder of fast-growing baby food producer Ella’s Kitchen. The former accountant and kids’ TV executive launched the business, named after his daughter, six years ago with a clear mission – to produce...
Airbus rival Boeing has struck what is potentially its biggest ever commercial order within days of breaking its previous sales record at the Dubai Air Show. The American planemaker has secured a commitment from Indonesia's Lion Air to buy 230 single aisle Boeing 737 MAXs and 29 Next-Generation 737-900 ERs...
Banking group Santander has been fined £2,000 and ordered to pay £380 costs this week for persistently leaving commercial rubbish on the pavement outside one its Bristol city centre branches. A council officer found waste belonging to the bank in Baldwin Street eight times in the last year outside...
The £50m Leisuredome to be built in Weston-super-Mare has secured its first tenants, including household name food and drinks retail brands and leading leisure operators. Bristol businessmen Mark and Clive Hamilton-Davies, the entrepreneurs behind the venture, have announced that sandwich retailer Subway, chicken takeaway chain Tennessee Chicken, local brewery...
South West entrepreneur Mike Love (pictured) was shortlisted last night for Grant Thornton's 2012 Chairman of the Year Quoted Company awards. Dr Love has grown a number of companies, including CODASciSys, which at its peak featured in the Top 50 companies on AIM. It was taken private by Unit4 Agresso in...
Marketing, media and communications recruitment specialist Xchangeteam, which operates from offices in Bristol and London, has been acquired by the Pertemps Network. Chief executive Emma Brierley, who founded Xchangeteam in 1999, said: “We are delighted to have become part of the successful Pertemps Network Group while still retaining our operational independence...
