Strategic consulting firm Whitecap Consulting is to open an office in Bristol in its latest phase of its regional expansion. Whitecap, which was established in 2012, helps clients typically located outside London analyse, develop and implement growth strategies. Headquartered in Leeds, the firm expanded last year into the North...
A business using Artificial Intelligence to develop new methods of teaching and learning has received £150,000 in equity funding from the Bristol Private Equity Club. Fluence, a member of the globally-acclaimed SETsquared business accelerator in Bristol, has also appointed Bristol Private Equity Club member Jez Williams as chairman, giving...
The Bristol office of national accountancy group Haines Watts has recruited Paul Bray as a corporate tax partner. Paul, pictured, who joins from Smith & Williamson’s Bristol office, has been appointed as head of tax to work alongside office managing director Matt Bracher. Having been at Smith & Williamson...
The Bristol office of transatlantic law firm (WBD) Womble Bond Dickinson has donated around 200kg of food and drinks to East Bristol Foodbank as it faced one of its busiest periods over the summer school holidays. The donation was part of a firm-wide effort to support foodbanks across the...
Regional law firm Ashfords has promoted Suzie Miles, a solicitor in its Bristol technology team, to senior associate. Suzie Miles, pictured, is an expert in IT and technology including software licensing, IT outsourcing, e-commerce and information security. She advises on drafting and negotiating commercial/IT contracts for bespoke software development,...
By Louise Somerset, Smith & Williamson private client and family office services partner If you who owe tax in relation to offshore assets you need to act now or face a potentially severe fine. Under the Requirement to Correct (RTC) legislation, taxpayers with outstanding offshore tax liabilities must come forward...
Bristol-based advisers at accountancy group Smith & Williamson and law firm Thrings have advised cyber security software firm CybSafe on a £3.5m fundraising. CybSafe, based in London’s Canary Wharf, is an award-winning cloud-based platform which raises awareness of cyber security in organisations through learning materials, risk assessments and analytics....
Architect Nick Fairham, who heads global practice BDP’s design studio in Bristol, has been appointed to its board of directors. Nick, pictured, has more than 20 years’ experience in housing, healthcare and mixed-use design and has led the Bristol studio since 2015. He specialises in creating new, sustainable communities...
Newly completed Bristol landmark office building Aurora has been sold for just over £62m after setting the highest-ever rent for the city centre. Following weeks of speculation, contracts have been exchanged on the 95,000 sq ft grade A building at Finzels Reach – more than 85% of which is...
The Institute of Directors (IoD) is seeking a new South West chair to represent its 5,000 members across the region. Current chair Nick Sturge, pictured, who is director of Bristol innovation hub Engine Shed, steps down in January after the standard three years in the role. The voluntary, unpaid...
Monday September 10 Trading update: Associated British Foods Economic announcements: Trade balance (July), GDP (July) Tuesday September 11 Interims: Cairn Energy, Ashtead, Hilton Foods, JD Sports Trading updates: Halfords, DS Smith, Severfield, Ryanair Economic announcement: Employment data (August) Wednesday September 12 Finals: Dunelm, Galliford Try Interim: Inditex Trading update:...
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 Andrew Thresh, general manager of the Avon Gorge by Hotel Du Vin, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? Mamma Mia! Here...
Bristol has been placed among Europe’s top 10 tech ‘super clusters’ in a table that ranks it above Cambridge, Cologne and Vienna. The city appears at number six in the table based in research from global real estate adviser CBRE. The report EMEA Tech Cities: Opportunities in Technology Hotspots,...
