A campaign to help Bristol businesses recover from the impact coronavirus by connecting them with essential support and guidance has been launched by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA). Called Together West of England, the campaign is part of a plan for a long-term, post-Covid recovery drawn up...
The potential of hydrogen to spark a revolution in the West of England’s industrial base is to be explored in a major digital event next month. The Virtual Hydrogen Summit is the first event of its kind to be staged by The West of England Aerospace Forum (WEAF), which...
PwC, the Global accountancy group, has promoted five senior managers into director roles in its West & Wales practice and hired a sixth as it continues its investment in the region. The group, which covers from the region from offices in Bristol and Cardiff, has also made 15 promotions...
Crematoria and cemeteries group Westerleigh has handed over £3,000 from its metal recycling scheme to launch a new partnership with the Bristol City Football Club Robins Foundation. The scheme uses money raised from the recycling of metals recovered during cremation, with the consent of the families involved, to support...
Businesses in the Redcliffe and Temple area of Bristol city centre are being urged to vote for it to become a Business Improvement District (BID) in a ballot put back by six months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Destination Bristol, the city’s destination marketing organisation behind the ballot, says...
Specialist personal injury law firm Novum Law has strengthened its team in Bristol with the appointment of associate solicitor Sabeena Pirooz. Sabeena, pictured, joins following a period of significant growth in demand for the firm’s expert medical negligence legal advice and support. Sabeena qualified as a solicitor in 2011...
Global real estate advisor CBRE is celebrating the ongoing success of its graduate scheme with two members of its Bristol office being promoted to surveyors. Hannah Hicks and Stuart Blick joined CBRE’s South West team in recent years as new graduates. Hannah, pictured right, is now a member of...
Construction group Bouygues UK has appointed John Boughton, the former deputy managing director of rival Willmott Dixon in Wales and the South West, as its managing director for the same region. John, pictured, has worked in the industry for more than 30 years, four of them at Willmott Dixon,...
A team based in the Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke has advised advanced analytics company Actual Experience on its oversubscribed £10m fundraising. Bath-based Actual Experience works with organisations to improve their digital infrastructure with its human experience management (HXM) services, the promotion of which has coincided with the...
Bristol Uniforms, the Staple Hill firm founded in 1801 and which supplied the RAF during World War II, has been acquired by a major US supplier of fire service personal protective equipment (PPE) products for $60m (£44m). As a result of the deal, Bristol Uniforms, which employs 200 people...
Sector specialist private equity firm SilverTree has been advised by a team from Bristol-based national law firm TLT on its acquisition of global market-leading software company Orbus. The deal will fuel further innovation and accelerate at London-based Orbis, which provides enterprise architecture software to a 550-strong client list spanning AstraZeneca...
Recently released research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has indicated that as many as 250,000 small businesses could collapse in the next 12 months. Whilst many businesses affected by the latest national lockdown are receiving assistance via the various government financial support measures, such as the furlough...
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