Managers of Bristol’s top hotels were this afternoon meeting West of England Mayor Dan Norris for crisis talks over the worst staffing shortage in the sector for decades. As the city’s hotels count down the days to July 19, when they will be able to reopen fully for the...
Bristol-based games developer Opposable Games is to help stage courses in gaming software, digital marketing, data science, AI and user experience to help train more people for work in the region’s growing digital and creative businesses. Recruitment for the courses, created by Next Generation, Bath Spa University and UWE Bristol...
Lawyers in the Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke have advised broker Liberum Capital on its handling of online-only building materials retailer CMO Group’s London Stock Exchange flotation. Plymouth-based CMO is seeking to capitalise on the construction sector’s comparatively slow move online and Britain’s £27bn addressable building...
Bristol-based ethical lender Triodos Bank UK has been named as Best Savings Provider in a top finance industry award scheme – proving, it said, the growing demand for sustainable banking. Triodos landed the title at the at the British Bank Awards 2021 as well as being highly commended in...
An off-market property app that promises to give house hunters control of their search rather relying in websites or estate agents has launched in Bristol. Co-founded by former Bristol Bears rugby player Danny Gray, Zump aims to transform the process of buying or selling a property by tackling many...
Bristol Airport and two of its main airlines have welcomed the ending of quarantine restrictions for passengers returning from amber list countries on July 19. The decision by the government means the airport – the UK’s ninth busiest – can start to plan a return to near normal services...
Bristol firms are being urged to follow the lead of the city’s Bottle Yard film and TV studios and take on a young jobless person under the Kickstart Scheme. The studio complex in Hengrove, South Bristol – where productions ranging from Poldark, The Crystal Maze and Hellboy have been...
Bristol research and development tax relief consultancy ForrestBrown has shuffled its senior management team – with founder Simon Brown becoming chairman – as it prepares for extensive changes in the sector. The firm has grown rapidly since Simon, pictured, launched it as a disruptor in 2013 after identifying an...
Bristol firms will be guided through the latest changes to the UK’s innovation incentive landscape in an online event staged by accountancy firm Smith & Williamson next week. The Zoom webinar will highlight new rules around the Patent Box regime, which came into force on June30, as well as the recent government consultation on Research And Development (R&D) Tax relief. ...
Santander UK has again called on legal experts at Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT to advise it on a multi-million pound finance deal for a major battery storage plant. The bank’s latest transaction with Zenobe Energy, the UK’s leading owner and operator of battery storage plants, is for what is...
Tax consultancy Finch & Associates is expanding with the launch of its own accountancy arm having spent the past 16 months helping other firms grow through the pandemic. The new team at the Clevedon-based firm, which specialises in R&D tax credits and US and UK taxation, will be led by...
Burges Salmon, the Bristol-headquartered national law firm, plans to bring in new post-Covid fexible working arrangements for all employees that will allow them to work from home if they choose, subject to ensuring clients and colleagues are prioritised. The firm, which has more than 800 people in its Bristol HQ...
Invoice financier Advantedge Commercial Finance has appointed Ruth Bethel as its business development manager for the South West. Ruth, pictured, has re-joined the business having previously spent three years with it as regional sales manager before leaving four years ago. In her new role she will be responsible for...
