The ‘winner of winners’ of the prestigious PwC West of England Business of the Year Awards was revealed at a celebratory dinner to mark their final year. Launched in 1988 by accountants PwC to showcase the region’s top large businesses, the awards have over three decades become the South...
Bristol Airport’s efforts to reduce its carbon footprint have been recognised with accreditation in a global industry programme. The airport, which last year handled 8.1m passengers and is one of the UK’s fastest growing, has been awarded the second of four levels in the Airport Carbon Accreditation. The scheme...
Bristol recruitment agency ISL is celebrating doing the treble after being ranked one of the best places to work in the UK, then in Europe – and now for women. In April ISL Recruitment jumped 20 places on one of the UK’s most prestigious workplace culture lists to be...
International property firm Cushman & Wakefield is to expand its medical sector offering into the South West following the appointment of Kasia Glaz to its Bristol office. Kasia, pictured, joins Cushman & Wakefield’s UK Healthcare Advisory team as a senior surveyor. She previously worked in rival Christie & Co’s...
National law firm Clarke Willmott is to launch a residential property team in its Bristol office as the city’s housing market continues to go from strength to strength. The team will be led by newly appointed partner Samantha Grimwood as a partner. Samantha, pictured, has joined the firm’s private property...
Stuff, the Bristol-based creative agency, has expanded with the launch of a presence in Cornwall and a new public relations division. The agency, which was formed in 2005, works across a range of sectors with clients such as Mars’ Royal Canin pet food brand, the NHS, Destination Bristol and...
Louise Mitchell, CEO of Bristol Music Trust, which runs Colston Hall, has joined the South West Council of Arts Council England (ACE). ACE area council members are drawn from different roles across and beyond the arts and culture sector. They include practitioners, arts administrators and local authority representatives who...
National financial and professional services group Smith & Williamson, which has a large office in Bristol, has chalked up another year of strong growth as it continues to prepare to float on the stock market. The group is also looking for bolt-on acquisitions to spur further expansion – although...
The University of Bristol has struck a major partnership with St Pauls Carnival ahead of its 50th anniversary tomorrow. The university’s support includes headline sponsorship of two stages – the main Windrush Stage outside St Pauls Learning Centre and the World Carnival Stage in Portland Square. It will also...
Bristol-based restaurateur Ajith Jayawickrema, the founder of the Las Iguanas and Turtle Bay chains, has become the patron of mental health charity Changes Bristol. Ajith, pictured below, will play a key role raising awareness of Changes Bristol’s free-to-access mental health peer support meetings as well as highlighting the stigma...
Monday July 2 Trading Update: AG Barr Economic announcement: Manufacturing PMI (June) Tuesday July 3 Interim: St Modwen Trading Update: HSS Hire Economic announcement: Construction PMI (June) Wednesday July 4 Trading updates: Sainsbury’s, Topps Tiles, McCarthy & Stone Economic announcement: Services PMI (June) Thursday July 5 Final: Superdry Trading...
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 Chris Dyson, head of the Bristol office for law firm Ashfords, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Hunt for the Wilderpeople...
The body representing Bristol’s largest hotels has urged the city council to clamp down on people using the Airbnb platform to rent out rooms in their homes, including banning it completely in some areas. The Bristol Hoteliers Association (BHA) says there are now nearly 2,000 properties registered in the...
