Bristol’s year as European Green Capital officially ended this afternoon with a pledge by its key players to keep the city at the leading edge of sustainable business innovation. A closing ceremony staged at Colston Hall looked back over Bristol’s year in the green spotlight and at its legacy....
The Hobbs Show – the largest fashion show in the UK outside of London – will put Bristol’s fashion industry in the spotlight tomorrow. The night of style, music and performance – the last to be staged by iconic Bristol salon Hobbs – will offer a platform for the...
Each week Bristol Business News lets a prominent member of the area’s business community have the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Peter Clough, head of Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Amy – a brilliantly put together...
Private jet hire firm Bristol Flying Centre (BFC), which flies celebrities, sports stars and business people from Bristol Airport, has been acquired by Guernsey-based Pula Aviation. BFC also operates aircraft management and handling, maintenance and engineering as well as pilot training. The acquisition includes its subsidiary Centreline Air Charter...
Bristol-based specialist recruitment firm Heat is celebrating winning a top prize at the coveted Employment Engagement Awards 2015. The firm, which specialises in recruitment for the accountancy and financial sectors, topped the Project of the Year (Private Sector – 0/50 staff) category. The Employee Engagement Awards recognise and celebrate...
Development in Bristol city centre’s next growth area is to get underway following city council consent for the demolition and archaeological investigation of a derelict site in Redcliffe. The decision paves the way for phase two of the Redcliff Quarter development – an area of 330 high-quality new homes,...
Bristol’s Colston Hall, Hippodrome and SS Great Britain were among the winners at last night’s prestigious South West Tourism Excellence Awards. Held in Exeter Cathedral, the awards championed the quality and breadth of the region’s tourist industry – from guest houses, hotels, campsites and pubs to large attractions, cultural...
The Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke has demonstrated its global reach by advising on the closure of a major cross-border property fund. A team led by Bristol-based partner Tim Simmonds, pictured, worked with Nordic real estate private equity firm Niam on the close of its €800m...
A Bristol technology solicitor is spearheading a national network of young lawyers campaigning to keep Britain in the European Union. Darren Jones, who works in the Bristol office of national law firm Bond Dickinson, is calling on other young lawyers from across the country to join the group’s campaign. ...
Bristol firms can get instant access to an extensive network of business knowledge and skills partners through a new growth hub launched by Business West. The region’s largest business group – and the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative – wants the portal to be...
The latest deal by BGF, the independent fund that backs small and medium-sized firms with strong growth potential, has taken its total investment in the South West past the £100m mark. The £4.43m equity funding in marketing technology software and service firm Adestra means BGF’s Bristol office has now...
Experienced accountant Andrew Jordan has joined fast-growing Bristol accountancy firm Corrigan Associates. Andrew has worked as a consultant for the past 18 months and before that worked with national accountancy firm Baker Tilly for 10 years. Corrigan Associates was formed in 2009 by Edward Corrigan and two former colleagues...
Bristol facilities management firm Almeda has launched a new catering division with the ambition of making the traditional staff canteen a thing of the past. The Keynsham-based family business wants large firms to think about the way they feed their staff and so change perceptions about food and drink...
