Bristol-based recruitment investment business TIMESTWO has launched a start-up focused on the senior HR market as part of its ongoing commitment to the industry. Maru HR has been founded by expert Hannah Waddington, who plans to develop a unique offer to the market by drawing on the expertise of TIMESTWO...
Bristol has been named as one of the best cities in the world to live in as a young professional. Luggage shipping firm My Baggage has placed the city sixth in its global league table, putting it among such well-established hipster locations as Amsterdam – which headed the list...
An overseas investment firm has added a major Bristol student accommodation scheme to its portfolio, doubling its total holding in the city to 600 beds across three sites and adding to the wave of investment in this specialist segment of the property market. The firm, which has not been...
Bristol businesses have less than two weeks to give their views on the type of employment spaces, vital transport links and homes the region needs over the next 20 years. The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) has already received almost 1,000 responses to the survey it is running...
An investigation has started into the explosion yesterday at an Avonmouth wastewater treatment plant that killed four people. A fifth person was injured in the incident at Wessex Water’s Bristol Wastewater Recycling Centre at Avonmouth but is not thought to be in a life-threatening condition. Three of those killed...
Bristol Zoo’s shock decision to quit its iconic Clifton site and relocate to the city’s outskirts has been supported by Bristol Chamber of Commerce. The 12-acre Bristol Zoo Gardens near The Downs has been home to the Bristol Zoological Society for nearly two centuries and is one of the...
Bristol-based customer relationship marketing agency Armadillo, which works with big-name brands such as McDonald’s, Disney, P&O Cruises and Cunard, is offering employees external coaching as it moves away from a traditional line-managed structure. This move aims to give its staff the opportunity to work through their challenges, ambitions, frustrations...
South West accountancy group PKF Francis Clark has appointed a new head of its Bristol office to spearhead its continued expansion in the city and surrounding area. Paul Bray, pictured, has taken over as lead partner following the retirement of Mike Lea. He will be working closely with corporate...
Silverback Films, the Bristol-based world-leading independent producer of landmark natural history series, has been taken over by one of the UK’s largest TV production groups in a major deal for the industry. Silverback’s acquisition by All3Media means it has joined a stable of 40-plus production and distribution companies across...
International commercial property agency Cushman & Wakefield has made five promotions in its Bristol office. Chris Yates, pictured, who works in the logistics & industrial team, and Sophia Sham, pictured, from its healthcare team, have both been made up to partner. At the same time Kasia Glaz, also part of the...
National Friendly, the Bristol-based insurer, has stepped in to support city literacy and schools charity Ablaze with a new fundraising campaign. Under the initiative, the mutual insurer – a long-term partner of Ablaze – will use its influence to urge Bristol firms to contribute to the charity as well...
Monday November 30 Finals: Barloworld, Tharisa, Zambeef Products Interims: Civitas Social Housing, Discoverie Group, Draper Esprit, Foxtons, Omega Diagnostics group, St James House, Victoria Tuesday December 1 Finals: Gooch & Housego, Hyve Group Interims: Bilby, Ince Group, Iomart, Mercia Asset Management, Sosandar, Tekmar Group Economic announcement: PMI manufacturing Wednesday December 2 Finals: Avon Rubber, Ixico,...
Tech has overtaken engineering to become Bristol’s dominant industry, boasting the most jobs and higher-than-average salaries, according to a new report. There are currently 1,965 IT-related job openings in the city, the highest of any industry, with logistics and warehouse coming in second with 1,840, and a total of...
