South West utilities group Pennon has vowed to invest in Bristol Water, which it bought this week for £425m, promising a better service for its 1.2m customers. Exeter-based Pennon, which already owns South West Water, bought Bristol Water from multinational asset management firm iCON Infrastructure and Itochu, one of...
Bristol-based timber supplier Taylor Maxwell Group, which started life in 1959 as a brick and timber merchant operating from one showroom in the city, has been acquired by a smaller rival in a deal worth up to £63m. Key senior management and around 190 staff will transfer to new...
The role of the financial services sector in the drive towards a low carbon economy will be explored at an event to be staged next week by Bristol-based green investment firm Rathbone Greenbank. Its 24th annual Investor Day – which this year takes place virtually – will look at...
The BBC has confirmed it is to relocate a large part of its Bristol operation from Whiteladies Road in Clifton to a modern city centre office building. Staff from BBC Studios, which includes its globally renown Natural History Unit, will move to Bridgewater House, pictured, part of the Finzels...
Bristol independent animation studio A Productions has scooped a national TV industry award for an iconic series that has broken new ground in pre-school programming. JoJo and Gran Gran: It’s Time to Go to the Hairdresser’s, pictured, won the Best Pre-School Programme category at the Broadcast Awards, which celebrate the best in British...
The West division of construction and regeneration group Vistry Partnerships has completed a board restructure, appointing Kevin Trow as operations director, as it targets ambitious growth across the region. The division, based in Bradley Stoke, is responsible for some of Bristol’s largest new home developments, including Blackberry Hill in...
Corporate and tax experts from the Bristol office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson have advised broking group Howden on its acquisition of Thornbury-based Medical Professional Risk Solutions, a specialist insurance broker for the primary care sector. The acquisition expands London-based Howden’s health & care division as it...
Bristol’s small and medium-sized businesses are being urged to take advantage of grants which can make them greener while also saving them money. But they need to hurry as applications for the grants close on June 25. The Green Business Grant scheme is run by the West of England...
Global architecture and engineering design practice BDP has appointed Bristol-based Nick Fairham as its next chief executive, a role that will involve him leading more than 1,000 staff working in studios around the world. Nick, pictured right, who is currently responsible for BDP’s bases in Bristol, Cardiff, the Middle East...
The majority of the senior leadership roles at Bristol-based invoice finance provider Optimum Finance are now held by women following the appointment of Vicky Williams as chief financial officer. Vicky’s arrival from Newport-based Propel Finance, where she was group finance controller, means that three of the five-strong team at Optimum are...
Bristol chartered surveying firm ETP has made two strategic hires to support its ambitious growth strategy. Nathan Clark joins as a director and Cameron Brown as a graduate surveyor to expand its commercial real estate agency department. ETP, which has operated across the South West for the past 140...
The Festival of Nature, the biggest free event of its kind in the country, comes back to Bristol and Bath this weekend after a reduced programme last year. The week-long festival, which runs from this Saturday, June 5, to the following Saturday, will include a multitude of virtual and...
National planning and development consultancy Turley has made three promotions in its Bristol office, including two associate director appointments. Jadine Havill, pictured, has been made associate director in Turley’s planning team. She has worked on several high-profile projects across the region, including the redevelopments of Wiltshire College’s Salisbury and...
