Specialist legal expenses insurer Temple Legal Protection has appointed Peter Thorpe as head of business development in its Bristol office. He has joined the firm’s expanding team of experienced insurance experts under the leadership of underwriting director Phil Bellamy, working with head of corporate partnerships Andy Parkinson. Peter, pictured,...
Somerset family cidermaker Thatchers has appointed former CBI boss and trade minister Lord Digby Jones to its board as a non-executive director. Lord Jones, who was director-general of the CBI for six years, is a champion of British business at home and abroad. He is a regular – and...
Wapping Wharf, the extensive Bristol waterfront development now nearing completion of its first phase, is to become the jazz quarter for this weekend’s Habour Festival. The area will include a bandstand offering a performance space for some of Bristol’s top jazz musicians along with a bar and food outlet....
Bristol property developer the Fear Group has teamed up with the city office of planning consultancy Nash Partnership to draw up a £60m mixed-use regeneration scheme to transform a run-down part of Newport. The ambitious project, which has been submitted to Newport City Council for outline planning approval, includes...
The tables were turned on a team of solicitors from the Bristol base of commercial law firm Thrings last week when pupils they have helped under a year-long reading scheme were given the chance to find out what goes on at their office. Almost 20 eight and nine-year-old Whitehall...
Smith & Williamson, the accountancy and investment management group, has promoted Simon Weston and Kelly Jones to associate directors in its Bristol office. Simon has been with the firm since 1988 and leads its business outsourcing team in Bristol. As well as managing the accounts preparation process for clients,...
The Bristol office of property agents DTZ has recruited Chris Hays to head a new town planning team that will provide consultancy services across the South West. His role will involve developing DTZ’s town planning profile and portfolio in the region and nationally. A chartered town planner with 16...
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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 Jo Davis, regional senior director in the Bristol office of property adviser Bilfinger GVA, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Shaun...
A number of city firms have joined UWE as the lead partners supporting Bristol Pride, the week-long celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. It is the sixth year running UWE has sponsored the event, the largest free Pride Festival in the UK which last year...
Bristol communications agency Purplefish has taken on Fatin Guled as an intern as part of a new scheme to promote diversity in the creative sector. Fatin, 18, pictured, came to Purplefish through Represent, a start-up organisation dedicated to improving inclusion and equality in the creative sector which was launched...
Ambitious plans for a new international automotive research facility at Bristol & Bath Science Park were revealed today. The facility, along with more space for growing businesses and improved training provision for the UK composites sector, were announced by a newly created steering committee set up to deliver phase two...
Bott, the workplace storage equipment firm, and Devon Air Ambulance Trust have won the PWC Business of the Year Awards – the South West’s most coveted business accolades. Bude-based Bott’s CEO Clive Woodward received his trophy for the £30m-plus turnover category from Mark Beard, chief executive of last year’s...
