Bristol City Council has appointed a director to spearhead its growth and regeneration projects, including its plans for Temple Meads station, Western Harbour (formerly Cumberland Basin) and revitalising the city centre. Stephen Peacock, pictured, who starts work as executive director: growth and regeneration next month, has a huge amount...
Specialist IT group SCISYS’s £78.9m acquisition by Canadian tech giant CGI has been given the go-ahead by UK competition watchdogs. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had decided not to refer the deal to a phase 2 investigation based on the information available to it. The CMA...
Global accountancy group PwC has increased the workforce in its West and Wales region by 10.5% over the past year to 860 people, including its latest intake of 82 graduates and school leavers. The young recruits, pictured below, have joined the firm’s offices in Bristol and Cardiff – with...
Former HM Revenue & Customs inspector Mark Andrew has joined ForrestBrown, the Bristol-based research and development tax credit consultancy, as a senior tax specialist. Mark, pictured, worked at the Revenue for nearly 35 years, specialising in HMRC inquiries. He brings a wealth of experience, in particular having worked for...
David Pester, the long-serving managing partner of Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT, is to step down from the role next April. He will be replaced by corporate head John Wood, who has been elected to the post by the firm’s partnership. David Pester, pictured right, was first elected as...
Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Ben O’Connor to head its public sector advisory team in its Bristol office. Ben, pictured, who joins as partner, brings 19 years’ experience. In his new role he will manage the Bristol public sector advisory team with responsibility for delivering key public-sector contracts in...
Monday September 30 Final: Grit Real Est Interims: Altitude Group, Ariana, Creo Medical, Etalon S, Nasstar Economic announcements: Nationwide house price index, Consumer credit, M4 money supply, Mortgage approvals, Gross Domestic Product, Current account Tuesday October 1 Finals: Ferguson, James Halstead, SCS Group Trading announcement: Greggs Economic announcement: PMI manufacturing Wednesday...
International engineering, manufacturing and support firm Efinor has opened a new office in Bristol having grown tenfold since arriving in the city just two years ago. The French group has been working with EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant team near Bridgwater – one of a growing...
Bristol is now “considered by some” as the UK’s second city for legal work, according to the latest edition of respected national industry guide The Legal 500. The city not only serves as a hub for many South West-based firms, but has also been a popular location for national...
The landscape architecture and urban design practice behind Bristol’s pioneering Wapping Wharf development has been appointed to another major regeneration scheme in the city – the former Gardiner Haskins site in Old Market. London-headquartered Gillespies will work with developer First Base on its ambitious redevelopment of the landmark 2.25-acre...
A Bristol firm producing matching beachwear for fathers and sons has raised finance from a group of city entrepreneurs to sell into the European market. Henbury-based Tom & Teddy was the brainchild of husband-and-wife team Jelle de Jong and Michelle L’Huillier, who were inspired by the beach lifestyle of...
Bristol-based kitchenware supplier Horwood has bought an Australian eco-business as the hospitality market continues to look for alternatives to single-use plastic. EcoSouLife, based in Melbourne, produces disposable and reusable alternatives to plastic and foam housewares such as cups, mugs, bowls and lunchboxes out of agricultural waste. Horwood, one of...
Bristol businesses are invited to find out how the city’s young people would like to shape its future at an event next month. Called ‘Our Bristol, Our World’, it will give young people from less advantaged communities the chance to discuss the issues that matter to them with business...
