Cubex, the Bristol-based commercial and residential property developer behind the city’s Finzels Reach regeneration scheme, has appointed Laura Hamer-West as its new development project manager. Laura, pictured, will work closely with Cubex director Gavin Bridge to complete the regeneration of the 4.7-acre former brewery site on the historic Floating...
Innovative start-ups and high-growth businesses based at SETsquared, the global number one business incubator backed by the University of Bristol, will soon be able to pitch online for vital investment in a move that maintains its world-leading status. Pitching for the incubator’s investment programme has traditionally involved running panel selection days...
Bristol’s small and medium-sized firms should use the next two years to get ‘Brexit-ready’, according to the area’s business support service GetSet for Growth. The organisation, which has just marked its one-year anniversary, said the EU referendum result had already triggered an increase in the number of businesses seeking...
The Bristol office of commercial property specialist Colliers International has strengthened its investment property management team with the appointment of two trainee surveyors. The team now has seven members – its highest-ever level – following the arrival of graduate surveyor Evan Whitson and the promotion of Helen Margetson to...
Clevedon-based engraving firm Brunel Engraving has completed a major contract at a new heritage site in Stratford-upon-Avon commemorating William Shakespeare. The firm produced more than 500 individually engraved bronze and steel items for Shakespeare’s New Place, which opened to visitors in August. The site, Shakespeare’s family home from 1597 until his...
Legal training at Bristol’s three biggest corporate law firms has been rated “outstanding” in a national survey of more than 1,500 trainees and junior solicitors. Burges Salmon, Osborne Clarke and TLT are among just nine firms to gain the top A* rating in the poll conducted by Legal Cheek,...
Monday 17 October Finals: Applied Graphene Materials, Avacta, Bioventix, Lok’nStore, Tristel Trading statement: Robert Walters AGMs: City of London Investment Group, Clipper Logistics Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 18 October Interims: BP Marsh & Partners, Gear4Music Holdings Finals: Asos, Bellway, Connect Group, dotDigital, Utilitywise Trading statements: Arm Holdings, Burberry, Evraz, Hays, Polymetal International, SABMiller AGMs: Frontier Developments,...
The Lord Mayor of the City of London has praised Bristol’s business community for working in partnership to develop the city’s economy. Lord Mountevans, pictured, said out of the dozen UK cities he had visited this year, Bristol’s businesses had shown the greatest commitment to drive their city forward. ...
The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs returns to the West of England next Friday for its fifth year, bringing together some of the UK’s most influential female entrepreneurs, business leaders and brightest start-ups to provide detailed insight for starting and scaling a business. The jam-packed programme at the At-Bristol science...
A cider shop and a wine merchant will be among the first retailers at Bristol’s independent food and drink hub CARGO to open their doors this weekend as the area continues to become a magnet for discerning shoppers. The scheme at Wapping Wharf on the Harbourside is the first...
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 Juliet Gellatley, founder and director of charity Viva!, answers our 10 questions: What was the LAST: Film you watched? Last week it was my turn to...
Robert Bourns, President of The Law Society of England & Wales, last night received the Bristol Law Society President’s Outstanding Achievement Award for his contribution to the legal sector in the city and across the country. His 30-year plus career has taken him from trainee in Bristol – where...
Bristol Airport has unveiled plans to address congestion in arrivals following a major overhaul of the security search area for departing passengers. The £2.3m project will increase the number of passport control points from 10 to 17 when it opens next spring, including 10 of the latest ePassport gates...
