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...
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A team of architects and urban designers who have worked on high-profile urban schemes across the world are to create a six-month programme of community engagement on Bristol’s Western Harbour redevelopment. Turner Works, Place Bureau and Burgess and Beech were chosen by Bristol City Council to lead a city-wide conversation...
Bristol’s delayed Clean Air Zone is to be introduced next summer, the city council confirmed today as it unveiled an improved package of support to help firms with polluting vehicles avoid paying fines to enter the city centre. More than seven in 10 vehicles now entering the area that...
A Bristol city centre office block has become the first in the world to achieve a new smart building standard – even though it will not be ready for occupation for nearly another two years. CEG, the developers of the 200,000 sq ft EQ building, pictured, on Victoria Street,...
Bristol-based National Friendly, the specialist provider of insurance and care funding to the over-50s, has appointed Graham Singleton as its new CEO. Graham, pictured, is a qualified actuary with more than 35 years’ experience in the UK life & pensions financial services industry. He started his career in life...
Bristol-based software consultancy Helastel has appointed entrepreneur and seasoned tech product management expert Gareth Williams to its board as it moves into the product market. The arrival of Gareth, pictured, as managing director for product comes as Helastel, which has spent 17 years as a software solutions and consultancy...
A business mentor, coach and advisor who spent much of his career in the West of England’s defence electronics industry has become vice-chair of the Institute of Directors’ South West region. In his new role, Steve Hill, pictured, will support the transition to a new chair later this year...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT is to change its working practices to create what it describes as a fully flexible, progressive and inclusive work environment. The firm said the new approach would introduce a significant, long-term shift for its 1,150 employees and 130-plus partners and put it among the legal...
Nine new directors and a new partner have been appointed by global accountancy group PwC’s West & Wales region as it heads into its new financial year. New audit partner Stuart Couch, pictured, joined PwC in the region as a director in 2014, having been with the firm in...
A report on rural communities co-authored by a Bristol-based partner at regional law firm Foot Anstey has called for a new approach to transport and mobility to those in urban areas. Called The 30-minute rural community, the research by Foot Anstey and global consulting firm WSP shows that many...
The founder of pioneering Bristol hand-tracking software firm Ultraleap, Dr Tom Carter, has been awarded one of global engineering’s most prestigious awards. The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Silver Medal recognises an outstanding personal contribution to the sector that has resulted in the successful commercial use of their innovation. Tom, pictured, invented Ultraleap’s haptic...
Live entertainment venue Bristol Beacon has appointed specialist city-based sustainability agency Hope Solutions as its partner to help make it the UK’s first carbon neutral concert hall by 2030. Bristol Beacon, pictured, which was previously called Colston Hall, will work with Hope Solutions to develop its ambitious sustainability plan. ...
