Nine apprentices at leading housebuilder Redrow Homes’ Bristol operations are taking part in a national challenge to promote apprenticeships to potential employers and youngsters considering their future career options. Grace Knight, Rhiannon Trower, Abigail Hipkiss, Liam Fitzpatrick, Joe Page, Jacob Leworthy, Dario Lanciano, Ben Farrow and Caleb Law will...
Bristol Airport’s first on-site hotel, the 201-room Hampton by Hilton, has opened for business – the latest milestone in the airport’s rapid development. The hotel, just two minutes’ walk from the terminal, was built using an innovative construction technique, with steel modular segments made in a factory in China...
Deborah Carrivick, a Bristol-based partner in regional law firm Foot Anstey’s international private wealth team, has won Gold in an awards scheme that recognises the individuals who maximise the potential of women in the private wealth sector. Deborah, pictured, came top in the Woman of the Year: Business Growth...
Construction company Dribuild has gone above and beyond to raise more than £50,000 for urgent medical research into the treatment of a rare blood condition at Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre. Keynsham-based Dribuild started fundraising for the cause in March 2016 when it chose local hospital charity Above &...
The Bristol office of wealth management firm LGT Vestra has helped give some of the city’s most valuable works of art a more secure future as a result of a partnership with the RWA (Royal West of England Academy). LGT Vestra has partnered with the RWA, Bristol’s first art gallery, to sponsor is...
Bristol-based regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming has been named among the top 100 organisations to work for in the UK. The firm appears in the prestigious Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies lists, which are published this Sunday. The lists measure how engaged people are at work and how...
The West of England is experiencing a creative boom. From its trailblazing animators and filmmakers to its innovative marketing agencies, brand consultancies and graphic designers, the rich pool of talent in the region is going from strength to strength. To celebrate and showcase the world-leading work of this sector, Bristol...
The highly experienced judging panel for one of this year’s prestigious PwC West of England Business of the Year Awards has been announced. Among the judges are former winners of the award – widely regarded as the region’s top business accolade – as well as respected figures from the...
Bristol-based Greenhouse PR, which works exclusively with entrepreneurs and organisations committed to social and environmental change, has joined an exclusive global group of businesses striving for a more inclusive economy. The agency has been certified as a B Corporation – the latest in Bristol to be accepted into the...
Accountancy group Smith & Williamson and law firm Ashfords are to jointly sponsor this year’s Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival – one of the city’s largest music events. The highly-acclaimed festival, now in its fifth year, has a packed and diverse programme of concerts and workshops between March 16...
Employment lawyer Chris Seaton, who joined Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon 26 years ago, is to become its next senior partner. Chris, pictured, is the long-standing head of the firm’s employment team. He will take up the role on May 1. He joined Burges Salmon in 1991 after an...
Bristol’s Bottle Yard film and TV studios has revealed its latest starring role - as the base for the third and final series of TV crime drama Broadchurch. The high-profile show, which returns to ITV next week, was filmed at the studios and in and around Bristol last year. Staff...
Two Bristol-based creative agencies have developed a new national TV ad campaign for trade retail giant Toolstation, which first aired earlier this month. Happy Hour Productions and Flourish collaborated on the ‘Helping Hand’ campaign, creating a TV ad featuring a floating Toolstation-branded workman’s glove. The glove acts as an...
