A membership scheme to support Bristol’s burgeoning local food scene will be officially launched later this month at the first-ever Bristol Food Producers’ Gathering. The event will be open to all those who wish to work together to support local, sustainable food production in the city and surrounding region....
Expert advice on investing in a green and clean way will be on offer at a seminar in Bristol next week – the latest in a series of events looking at ethical investments in the city. Stockbrokers Beaufort Securities’ Bristol office is staging the Bristol Green Investment Forum with...
A leading lawyer at regional law firm Foot Anstey has been elected as one of two deputy chairs of an international organisation with 20,000 members in nearly 100 countries. Patricia Wass, pictured, a specialist in private client law, has been selected by members of the Society of Trust and...
A billboard campaign promoting Bristol City and Bristol Rugby season tickets has earned city-based creative agency Studio Diva a place in the final of a major national awards scheme. The campaign for Bristol Sport is part of a package that has included the rebrand of Ashton Gate stadium, the...
Origin3, the Bristol-based planning, design and development consultancy, has recruited four new members of staff to meet the continued growth of the business. Lucy White, formerly with RPS, where she spent 15 years working in the private sector across the South West and South East, has been appointed a...
Bristol-based patent and trade mark attorney firm Haseltine Lake has promoted Magnus Johnston and Patrick Chapman to partners – bringing its number of partners to 24. Magnus, pictured right, is part of the firm’s chemistry and life sciences team and specialises in pharmaceutical, petrochemical and materials chemistry. He is...
Ahead of a major export promotion event next week, Bristol Business News profiles local firm CPD for Teachers, which hopes to put UK-style computer coding on the curriculum in US schools. A recommendation from a friend to call UKTI had a massive impact on the future of CPD for...
A new sports and entertainment centre has officially been opened as part of the regeneration of the former Cadbury’s factory site at Keynsham. Somerdale Pavilion has been built on the site of the former Fry Club and Conference Centre, which was founded more than 40 years ago by the...
Bristol headquartered national law firm TLT has re-jigged its management team, with real estate head Andrew Glynn becoming its new senior partner and energy & renewables sector leader Maria Connolly taking over as real estate head. Long-standing senior partner Robert Bourns, pictured, steps down in advance of taking up...
EasyJet, Bristol Airport’s largest airline, is to add Dubrovnik in Croatia and the French city of Nantes to its route network next year. The two new services – both twice weekly – will operate in the summer months. So far this year easyJet has launched, or announced the start...
Five major construction firms have expressed an interest in becoming the lead contractor for Bristol’s long-awaited arena. The firms – BAM Construction, Bouygues UK, Sir Robert McAlpine, Laing O’Rourke and Buckingham Group Contracting – were invited to a bidders’ day and site visit on Monday to find out more...
by Tim Stringer, divisional director, Integral Build. The subject of apprenticeships is a complex and thorny one right now. The Government has promised to create three million more of them by 2020. Some say this target will mean quality will be sacrificed for quantity, ticking a box but actually...
Regional law firm Ashfords’ employment partner Stephen Moore has been appointed as head of its expanding Bristol office. Stephen, pictured, will replace partner Andrew Betteridge, who is taking over as head of the corporate commercial department at the beginning of next year. The change comes following a year in...
