Hotels in Bristol are preparing to take on around 500 new staff – many of them jobless young people – ahead of what they predict will be a very busy summer once coronavirus restrictions are lifted. The Bristol Hoteliers Association (BHA), which represents 40 hotels in and around the...
Regional law firm BLB Solicitors, which has offices in and around Bristol, is to undergo a rare change of management – only the second in its 42-year history. Managing partner Stephen Bishop is stepping down from the role, although he will remain with the practice as head of residential...
Mr B & Friends, the Bristol branding agency, has completed a major digital brand transformation project for experiential learning business Active Learning Group (ALG) and a number of its businesses. ALG, which stages activities and courses ranging from residential English language for overseas students, to bushcraft experiences and summer...
The South West continues to be the best place in the UK for gender equality at work, according to research by accountancy group PwC. The firm’s latest annual Women in Work Index places the region in the top spot for the second year in a row. It has also extended...
A Bristol-headquartered pre-school education group with sites across the South West and Wales has expanded its presence in Wiltshire with the acquisition of two day nurseries. Westbury on Trym-based BBN bought the New Road Nursery in Chippenham and Little Robins in Melksham for an undisclosed sum from their longstanding...
A month-long diversity and inclusion campaign has been launched by Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon to encourage staff to speaking about their experiences at work. Called The Power of Inclusion, the campaign aims to highlight the firm’s commitment to developing an inclusive culture where people are encouraged and...
Clarke Willmott, the national law firm with an office in Bristol, has renewed its partnership with Somerset County Cricket Club for the upcoming season, remaining as its preferred legal partner. The firm has a long-running relationship with the club, having provided it with legal advice for more than 30...
Pioneering technology developed in Bristol by specialist software firm Invatech Health has created the UK’s first paperless pharmacy – saving its owner up to seven hours a day previously spent manually checking prescriptions. Khizer Qureshi, who owns Foxhill Pharmacy in Sheffield, last month processed 16,000 prescriptions on Invatech’s completely...
Property agency Knight Frank has strengthened its Bristol office’s residential development and consultancy offering with the appointment of Daniel Harris. Daniel, pictured, arrives from rival Savills’ Bristol office, where he worked for just over seven years – most recently as an associate director – and led on some of...
Global accountancy group KPMG has combined the top jobs in its Bristol and Plymouth offices, with Ian Brokenshire, currently senior partner in Plymouth, taking up the role next week. Ian, pictured right, replaces Andrew Hodgson, pictured below, who returns to a full time mergers and acquisition (M&A) advisory role...
A new fund to support start-ups across the South West has been launched by a group of successful Bristol-based entrepreneurs. BPEC Seed is seeking investment opportunities among early-stage, scalable and innovative firms with credible teams and clear marketing opportunity. It has already made its first – so far unnamed...
Financial and professional services firm Smith & Williamson has appointed Andrew Manning as a partner in Bristol to lead its new risk advisory business. Andrew, pictured, has more than 20 years’ professional services experience leading on risk assurance and controls transformation and has worked across a range of clients...
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