Hungarian airline Wizz Air, which launched its first service from Bristol Airport in June, is to add a second next year when it starts flying to Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria. The twice-weekly service will operate on Mondays and Fridays from March 28. Wizz Air, the largest low-cost...
Hartnell Taylor Cook, the Bristol-based independent commercial property consultancy, has made a raft of promotions and new appointments following another successful financial year. Its draft results for 2014/15 indicate a 10% year-on-year growth in turnover with an increase in profits which it described as “satisfactory”. The firm continues to...
Experts from Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon have worked with US office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller on its new state-of-the-art £14m plant in Wiltshire. The 170,000 sq ft (15,794 sq m) development, which is now finished and ready for fit-out on a brownfield site in Melksham, will combine Herman...
Estate agency and property group Andrews has appointed Tim Bishop as its new business systems manager – the third senior IT role to be created at the firm in the past year. Tim, pictured, joins Keynsham head-quartered Andrews from the Financial Supervisory Authority of Iceland where he was software engineer based...
Facilities management business Almeda has appointed Brady George as managing director, taking over from his father Gary, who set up the business in 2007. Brady, aged 29, joined the Keynsham-based firm six years ago and worked in every department of the business before taking on his previous role as...
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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 Sonja Jefferson and Sharon Tanton of digital marketing consultancy Valuable Content answer our 10 questions: What was the LAST: Film you watched? Sonja: Little Miss Sunshine...
Serial entrepreneur Mark Mason has taken a step back from his role as CEO of his innovative app developer Mubaloo to become its chairman. Fast-growing Mubaloo, which is on course for its most successful year in 2015, has named Sarah Weller and Gemma Coles as joint managing directors and...
Digital media company Zone has opened its Bristol office in the city’s latest creative hub – the Brew House. The agency, which has bases in London and Cologne, has taken 12,500 sq ft of office space over two floors – roughly half the total space in the Grade II...
Bristol-based Rosemont Recruitment managing director Craig Davidge has been appointed as the South West’s first ambassador for the Association of Executive Recruiters (AER). Craig, pictured, will help to enhance the wider reach into the region of the AER, a sector group of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) which...
Bristol groundworks and land remediation specialist Churngold is celebrating 30 years as a leading player in the construction and contaminated clean up industry, having evolved from a small start up to a multi-million pound business with more than 200 employees. The firm was formed in 1985 with a handful of employees, and initially based in Filton. ...
Global metering services firm Alderley Systems, part of the South Gloucestershire advanced engineering group Alderley, has appointed Kim Ruthven as new regional sales manager. In her new role, Kim, pictured, will be responsible for promoting Alderley’s metering systems business in the UK, Europe and the Caspian region. The Wickwar-based...
Filwood Green Business Park has won a prestigious award in a scheme that rewards innovative projects that push the boundaries of sustainable business. The £12m park, which was officially opened in May, collected the New Building of the Year accolade at the 2Degrees Network Champions Awards. The annual awards...
