Property consultancy Colliers International has strengthened its building surveying and project management team in the South West with the appointment of Jessica Harding as a trainee surveyor. Jessica, who will be based in the Bristol office, will be involved in work on behalf of commercial landlords and tenants on...
Monday April 2 Bank holiday Tuesday April 3 Economic announcement: Manufacturing PMI (March) Wednesday April 4 Trading update: Topps Tiles Economic announcement: Construction PMI (March) Thursday April 5 Final: HSS Hire Trading updates: Electrocomponents, Homeserve, Ferrexpo Economic announcement: Services PMI (March) Friday April 6 Nothing listed
Around 2,000 Bristol aerospace workers face an uncertain future a week after engineering group GKN lost its bitter £8bn takeover battle with turnaround group Melrose. Shareholders in GKN, which employs around 2,000 people making wing parts for Airbus and other major aerospace groups at its sites in Filton and...
Bristol community radio station Ujima’s founder Roger Griffith has been awarded a Lord Mayor’s Medal for his passion for promoting equality. Roger, pictured, founded the St Paul’s-based station in 2009 and has since attracted more than 250 volunteers to work at it in a wide range of roles from...
BBC Studios’ Bristol-based Unscripted Productions and the hard-hitting made-in-Bristol drama Three Girls were the big winners at the region’s largest annual celebration of TV excellence, scooping 12 awards between them. Also tasting success at the Royal Television Society (RTS) West of England Awards were perennial victors the BBC’s Natural...
Julz Davis has been appointed as the new managing director of the St Paul’s Carnival Community Interest Company (CIC) as the much-loved carnival prepares to return this summer for its 50th anniversary. The Ujima Radio station manager and former Bristol City Council arts officer, pictured, is known in the city...
Bristol’s saintnicks has been appointed as the lead agency for Elizabeth Shaw, one of the UK’s best-loved luxury chocolate brands and a business with its roots in the city. The appointment covers new brand repositioning and the development of campaign creative across press and digital media, supported by retail/experiential...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has expanded its partnership with two promotions in its corporate tax and construction & engineering teams. The promotions of Ian Carnochan and Richard Adams, which take effect from May 1, follow the recent arrival of Sarah Lane as a partner in its corporate tax...
Confidence among small business owners in the South West has bounced back thanks to lower inflation, progress on Brexit talks and the Chancellor’s positive Spring Statement, according to a new survey. The report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) – Britain’s biggest business representation group – also reveals...
Monday March 26 Final: Spotify Trading update: Pennon Tuesday March 27 Finals: AG Barr, Moss Bros, Alliance Pharma Interim: James Halstead Trading updates: United Utilities, Stagecoach Wednesday March 28 Final: Johnston Press Interim: DFS Trading updates: Diploma, Hilton Foods Thursday March 29 Final: Eddie Stobart Logistics Interims: DX Group,...
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 Charmaine Lawrence, founder of The Mogul Minded Group & N9NE Cosmetics, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? I went to the cinemas to watch Coco...
A pioneering higher educational institute that aims to transform the skills young people develop in schools, colleges and universities to create the next generation of entrepreneurs and managers is to open at UWE. The Aldridge Institute will be the first of its kind in the UK and will pull...
Bristol’s visitor economy was given a major boost today with the opening of the £7.2m Being Brunel museum – complete with a giant head of the famous engineer which visitors can walk inside to ‘see’ the workings of his mind. The museum, alongside Brunel’s ground-breaking SS Great Britain on...
