Label producer Bristol Labels is on track to achieve double-digit year-on-year growth after increasing productivity by installing more efficient machinery. Supported by a working capital facility from RBS Invoice Finance, the company is on track to secure a 15% increase in turnover for the year ending March 2016, up...
Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub has teamed up with city charity LinkAge to stage an exhibition exploring the devastating impact that isolation and loneliness can have on the lives of older people. Called Step Into My Shoes, it takes as its backdrop the shocking statistic that almost 5m older...
Accountancy firm BDO has appointed Daniel Bond as a new transaction services director in its Bristol-based corporate finance team to focus on advising businesses in the South West. Daniel, pictured, has relocated from BDO’s Southampton office, where he spent 10 years working on a variety of private equity, corporate,...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised a subsidiary of long-standing client, wind farm development company Infinergy, on the development and financing of a project in Cumbria. Mean Moor Wind Farm will include three wind turbines as part of a five-turbine Furness Wind Farm scheme. The Burges Salmon...
The Bristol office of national chartered surveyor and property consultancy Sanderson Weatherall has been further strengthened with the appointment of Anthony Turner to the role of associate partner. Anthony, pictured, who previously worked for West and Wales chartered valuation surveyors Andrew Forbes, brings a wealth of additional expertise to...
SThree, one of Europe’s largest IT recruitment companies, is to relocate its Bristol base to one of the city centre’s recently refurbished office building to accommodate further growth. The firm is taking 5,500 sq ft on the top floor of Legal and General Property’s (L&G) Redcliff Quay. It is...
Bristol’s world-class capabilities in virtual reality are being seen by millions of international business travellers in a new advertising campaign at Heathrow Airport. The campaign has been launched by West of England inward investment agency Invest Bristol & Bath (IBB). The advert, part of a £500,000 campaign paid for...
Regional law firm Thrings is warning businesses that they face criminal proceedings if they fail to comply with new rules aiming to improve corporate transparency. From April 6 all firms will need to keep and maintain a register with information about individuals – or relevant legal entities – with...
Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget included a number of important measures for the South West, including New mayoral devolution deal for the West of England (Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset), giving it “significant” new powers over improved transport, planning, skills and employment. This area...
More than twice as many West businesses want the UK to stay in the EU as leave, according to the hotly anticipated results of a major regional survey. Some 57% of business people said they will vote to remain part of the EU, compared to 26% who say they...
The long-awaited devolution deal giving the West of England a £1bn boost for investment in infrastructure and skills has been announced by Chancellor George Osborne. The move would represent a major change, transferring decisions on transport, investment, funding, skills training, business support, housing and strategic planning from Westminster. But...
Bristol property industry figures gave the thumbs up to many of the measures in the Budget but said they did not go far enough. Jeremy Richards, head of JLL’s office, said: “The headline act for the West of England in today’s Budget was the announcement of a new mayoral...
The Budget heralded a mix of changes for businesses: some good news for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) but restrictions for larger businesses. Mike Lea, managing partner at the Bristol office of Smith & Williamson, the accountancy, investment management and tax group, looks at the key changes: More...
