Ben Davies has moved from property firm Knight Frank’s rural department to join its industrial team in Bristol as an industrial agent, adding specialist knowledge of the renewable energy sector to the team. Ben, pictured, said: “I am delighted to be joining the industrial team, which is one of...
Monday October 01 FINALS Pure Wafer, Sabien Technology Group AGMS Begbies Traynor Group, City of London Investment Group, Swan (John) & Sons, Zetar TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS Andor Technology, ITE Tuesday October 02 INTERIMS Walker Greenbank FINALS Antisoma, St Ives, Ultimate Finance Group, Wolseley TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS Babcock International Group Wednesday October...
Trekking to the top of the Rockies, ice walking on a glacier and the thrills of wagon racing are some of the exciting highlights of a trip to Canada’s wild west for Bristol Business News Travel Editor ANNE GORRINGE… Top picture – The stunning view from our horse ride...
Organisers of a high-level, exclusive conference tackling issues of leadership and corporate responsibility for directors have just a few places left to fill. The event, part of the Board 2020 seminar series, will put the spotlight on how, in a rapidly-changing environment, businesses should present themselves to the world....
Small business owners from across Bristol will stage a ‘victory parade’ tomorrow to celebrate the city council’s decision to abandon its workplace parking tax. The council had tried to come up with a workable formula under which every firm in Bristol city centre paid a £1 per day levy...
Bristol cultural marketing consultancy Coconut Chilli Digital has launched a new website for Bell’s Diner, the city’s best-known fine dining restaurant. The site allows diners to book online and showcases the cutting-edge food on offer at the long-standing Montpelier eaterie. Launched as part of a new strategy to engage...
West manufacturers are increasingly targeting overseas markets to fuel their growth, according to a new survey. Despite the eurozone’s instability, some 75% of firms surveyed for the Manufacturing Advisory Service's (MAS) latest South West Barometer, hope to increase international orders by next year, with one in four aiming to...
Staff from Portishead-based paper-based packaging manufacturer Smurfit Kappa UK have raised £25,000 by cycling 2,012 miles around all the firm’s 25 UK sites. The feat, the biggest UK charity event of its kind for the company, involved more than 200 employees riding in relay, 12 hours a day over...
The University of Bristol has sold the freehold of a 1.2-acre site on Warren Lane, Long Ashton, to luxury retirement home specialists Blue Cedar Homes for a development of 12 cottages. The site was part of the university’s agricultural research station, which closed in 2003, and was subsequently sold...
Plans for a £11m green business park in South Bristol which could become a base for more than 100 fledgling environmental technology firms have been drawn up. The site, on the derelict site of Bristol’s original airport in Whitchurch, is owned by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). It...
Direct marketing expert James Harvey has joined Bristol-based brand engagement and internal communications consultancy Synergy Creative. James, pictured, who has more than 10 years’ experience in direct marketing and market research, joins as a senior account manager. He previously worked at Loop, the Bristol-based business consultancy, where he gained...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Controversial plans to introduce a tax on workplace car parking have been ditched by Bristol City Council. The move would have raised up to £27m towards public transport in the city but Tim Kent, the councillor responsible for transport, said fears that Bristol would be...
Law firm Ashfords has recruited 14 trainee solicitors to work across all five of its South West offices, including Bristol. And, for the first time, two will be based in its London office following its merger with Rochman Landau earlier this year. Over the next two years the trainees...
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