Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Jon Hickman, chief executive officer of Flexys, answers out 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Sweet Country Book you read? Cloud Atlas by...
Channel 4 bosses visited Bristol today to meet the team behind the bid which convinced them to open a creative hub in the city. The broadcaster also began its search for a location for the hub, which is expected to house around 50 staff, including some key creative decision...
A film production company, an internal comms agency and a social media marketing firm are the Bristol winners of the annual search to find the region’s happiest workplace. Icon Films, Home and Noisy Little Monkey landed the Bristol Large, Medium and Small Business titles respectively in the Happiest Workplace...
A fledgling Bristol firm behind a world-first composites manufacturing process that could revolutionise the way aircraft and vehicles are made has won top prize in the University of Bristol’s New Enterprise Competition (NEC). iCOMAT has created, through patented technology, two prototypes that have enabled it to manufacture a range...
A total of 54 employees have been promoted in the Bristol office of international accountancy group KPMG, including three senior managers who have become directors. Shaun Gealy, Nick Cullimore-Davies and Neil Clarke work in audit, tax and consulting respectively. Shaun, pictured top, has spent 13 years with KPMG and...
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has strengthened its real estate sector team in Bristol with seven new appointments. Managing associate Lorrae Hendry and three new associates – Mary Waters, Joanna Gannon and Martin Bailey – have joined WBD’s Temple Quay office while Kate Higgins, Tomas Griffiths and...
A former cigarette packet factory on Bristol’s outskirts is to be redeveloped to create much-needed industrial space. The Amcor Packaging factory in Warmley closed two years ago with the loss of all 75 jobs. It was the last of the Bristol area’s once world-leading cigarette packaging industry, which had...
Four weeks of events and resources to support fast-growth companies and make the West of England the best place in the UK to start and grow a business are being staged by Bristol innovation hub Engine Shed as part of its Scale Up Month. Engine Shed launched the Scale...
A national network promoting gender equality in the design industry has launched in Bristol to stage activities and events that will empower women and inspire change. Kerning the Gap was founded three years ago in London to help support female talent in design and encourage more women to reach...
A spate of deals in the tech sector has helped South West law firm Ashfords improve its ranking in a global league table of the most active in venture capital and private equity-backed transactions. The firm has moved up from fourth to third in Europe in the latest quarterly...
Bristol commercial law firm Meade King is to sponsor the Bristol Flyers Women’s basketball team as it aims to establish itself as a leading force in the sport. For Meade King, which will be the main kit sponsor, the move is part of its drive to support women’s and...
Bristol recruitment consultancy Moxie and Mettle has started a complimentary HR advisory service to help clients ensure their staffing policies support business growth. Every time the Pill-based firm, which specialises in the creative sector, places a new candidate with a client company it will offer a half-day consultation with...
Bristol Airport has invested £400,000 in state-of-the-art aircraft recovery equipment designed to ease disruption should a plane need to be removed from the runway or other operating area. The equipment, which is used in airports across the world, will dramatically cut the time it takes to move the aircraft...
