The CBI has appointed Susan Davy, chief financial officer of environmental infrastructure group Pennon Group, as the next chair of its South West region. Susan, pictured right, will replace Andrew Livingston, CEO of Yeovil-based DIY and building equipment supplier Screwfix, who is leaving the post early. Andrew, pictured below,...
The corporate team from Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised on the sale of Education Personnel Management (EPM) to national HR, employment law and health & Safety consultancy Citation. The team, led by corporate partner Richard Spink, pictured, and senior associate Tim Roberts, supported by solicitor Briony...
Bristol-based communications agency Purplefish has appointed Hannah Simister as strategic project manager to support its ongoing expansion. Hannah, pictured, has joined from advertising agency Grey London, where she worked as an executive assistant. She brings experience in project managing and organising agency presence at industry events such as the...
Bristol-headquartered architecture firm Stride Treglown has been appointed as lead consultant on the pioneering car-of-the-future research centre to be built on the city’s outskirts. The firm, which has nine offices across the UK and in Abu Dhabi, has already worked on the £60m centre for the University of Bath, producing...
Monday December 4 Trading update: Ryanair Economic announcement: UK construction PMI Tuesday December 5 Interim: Northgate, iomart Trading update: IAG, easyJet Economic announcement: UK services PMI Wednesday December 6 Interims: Stagecoach, Mulberry Trading update: Carillion Thursday December 7 Interims: DS Smith Trading updates: Capita Friday December 8 Interims: Berkeley...
Two Bristol firms have been named among the UK’s 100 fastest-growing private businesses. TV documentary maker Plimsoll Productions and recruitment consultancy Opus Professional Services Group appear in the 21st annual Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 league table, which ranks Britain’s private companies with the fastest-growing sales. Plimsoll Productions...
Bristol headquartered law firm VWV’s specialist team of healthcare lawyers won the ‘Legal Team of the Year 2017’ title at last night’s General Practice Awards. The award recognised the team’s outstanding work and advice for the primary care sector across the UK, and along with its talent, dedication and...
A team of Bristol advisers has helped Cornish nursery group Happy Days secure £8m funding to develop up to 10 new nurseries over the next three years. Accountancy firms Smith & Williamson and BDO and law firm Foot Anstey advised on the deal with the funding coming from Santander...
St Austell, the Cornish brewery and pubs group that acquired Bath Ales last year, is to open a 40,000sq ft storage and distribution depot in Avonmouth. St Austell, which has an existing 14,000 sq ft distribution facility in the area, decided to centralise its logistics operations as part of...
BRAVE Enterprise, the not-for-profit business advice organisation in Bristol, is holding a free workshop to help aspiring entrepreneurs start their own business. The Thinking About Business course takes place at The Coach House, 2 Upper York Street, Bristol BS2 8QN on December 13. It is aimed at anyone considering...
Lawyers from the Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke have helped on the €22.5m (£19.8m) refinancing of a portfolio of six UK solar farms. In the deal Aberdeen Standard Investments provided a long-term, 18.5-year debt financing for Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP) – the specialist manager established to...
Bristol specialist tech firm Pertinax Pharma is launching its antimicrobial products into the commercial market after a year of growth and development. The company, founded in 2015 by Reader in Biomaterials Dr Michele Barbour, has created a slow-release technology that provides controlled and sustained delivery of the antiseptic chlorhexidine. ...
Bristol’s economy could benefit from aspects of the government’s long-awaited Industrial Strategy, announced this week, three key figures in the city’s business community have said. But there was also disappointment at the lack of detail in some of initiatives and a need for more engagement with the business community...
