Bristol firms are being encouraged by the city council’s public health team to help staff stay off the booze this month and support Alcohol Concern’s annual Dry January campaign. Support on offer for businesses from the public health team includes informative lunchtime talks as well as training to support...
UWE Bristol and Bristol Music Trust, the charitable trust that runs the Colston Hall, have agreed a new strategic partnership. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two set out a framework for new strands of collaboration. It also includes the city’s music education hub Bristol Plays Music, which is...
A report naming the UK’s best legal advisers has placed Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT in the top five firms for the quality of its legal advice and service delivery – areas cited as the most important aspects of legal service by buyers. The report, by online magazine Legal Week,...
The payroll services team at regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has its largest office in Bristol, has been awarded the highest possible mark in its recent assessment under a major national scheme. The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals’ (CIPP) Payroll Assurance Scheme, the professional body for the payroll...
Bristol innovation hub Engine Shed has teamed up with the RSA to host a briefing exploring the convergence of the scale-up and inclusive growth agendas. Called Scale Up Inclusively – Minding the Gap, the event on February 24 will hear from a panel of speakers including Mayor of Bristol...
Bristol business support organisation BRAVE Enterprise is launching a Planning for Business Growth event for local entrepreneurs who want to take their business to the next level. The half-day session – at the Coach House, 2 Upper York Street, Bristol, on January 24 – is for existing business owners...
Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby has strengthened its commercial team with the arrival of commercial property lawyer Iain Robinson. Iain, pictured, who has joined from Bristol and London firm Humphreys & Co, has seven years’ experience in commercial property, specialising in shops, retail units and food and drink outfits. He will...
Passenger numbers at Bristol Airport are expected to reach 8m for the first time this year as it continues to build on 2016’s record of just over 7.5m. The airport this week confirmed it had achieved its seventh consecutive year of growth last year by handling more than three...
Top 100 UK law firm Bevan Brittan has appointed Tim Bartlett as its new director of business development & marketing based in its Bristol office. Tim, pictured, joins from national law firm DAC Beachcroft in Bristol, where he was head of health business development and worked with its brand,...
Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT has appointed partner Ed Fiddick as its new training principal, responsible for its trainee recruitment programme as well as mentoring the firm’s trainees. Ed, pictured, takes over from Richard Hayllar, who held the post for three years. Like Richard, he is based in TLT’s Bristol...
South West law firm Foot Anstey has launched its own retail advisory board – thought to be the first of its kind in the legal sector – offering insight and strategic advice to its clients. The firm, which has offices in seven cities including Bristol, has recruited industry heavyweights...
Specialist IT group SCISYS, which has a base in Bristol, has completed the acquisition of German media software firm Annova Systems in a move that it called a step-change in its growth prospects. Chippenham-headquartered SCISYS paid €11.35m (£9.64m) upfront in cash for Munich-headquartered Annova. The firm, which had earnings of...
Confidence among South West businesses has surged as the fall in sterling opens up new export opportunities, according to a a new survey. The bounce back in optimism in the region – the second strongest across the UK – is in marked contrast to the position last September when South West...
