More than 40 workers at the Bristol site of collapsed parcel delivery firm City Link have been made redundant, it was announced this afternoon – leaving just five staff to clear a backlog and wind down the depot. The 45 workers losing their jobs at the Cribbs Causeway site...
Bristol businessman and charity champion Stephen Parsons has been appointed MBE in the New Year Honours list. Mr Parsons, pictured, splits his time between specialist engineering firm Redcliffe Magtronics, where he is chairman, and his extensive charity work. He also chairs the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP)...
Workers based at collapsed parcel delivery firm City Link’s Bristol depot face an anxious few days as they wait to find out if they are to lose their jobs. The depot, pictured, at Cribbs Causeway, is one of the firm’s largest in the South West and employs 50 staff....
Phil Smith, managing director of Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative, looks back at the past 12 months and considers why next year’s General Election is set to be one of the most important in recent memory. “The noise and glare of...
Monday 22 December AGM: Kolar Gold EGMs: Eco City Vehicles, Noble Tuesday 23 December AGMs: Inspirit Energy, Red Rock Resources EGMs: Cupid, Dairy Crest Economics: BBA house purchase loans, GDP (Q3, final revision), Current account balance (Q3) Wednesday 24 December Nothing scheduled Thursday 25 December UK Bank holiday –...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on our weekly e-bulletin. This week Santa Claus, aka Father Christmas, founder and CEO of Ho-Ho-Ho Enterprises, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? I don’t get much...
Children at the NSPCC’s Bristol service have been receiving special Christmas treats this year, thanks to the generosity of Santander and a representatives from a number of Bristol businesses. Santander staff from across its Thames Valley and South West region organised a Santander Treat campaign, raising money throughout the...
The Bristol office of accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson has completed two private equity deals in one week, signalling a resurgence of interest from both businesses and investors. The firm’s Bristol tax, advisory and corporate finance teams worked closely with Bristol-based specialised advanced engineering firm Stirling...
Global engineering consultancy Parsons Brinkerhoff has relocated its Bristol base in the city’s second-largest office deal of 2014. The firm, whose interest span planning, engineering, and program and construction management, has taken just over 17,000 sq ft at Kings Orchard, the landmark office building next to Castle Park overlooking...
Regional law firm Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, has advised former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher’s retail brand Pretty Green on the opening of two stores in London as part of its UK growth plans. Pretty Green was launched in 2009 and now operates from 17 outlets...
The amount of world-leading research carried out at UWE Bristol has soared by 170%, according to a major new national report. The results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) show that 57 % of the research submitted by UWE was judged to be either world-leading or internationally excellent....
Law firm Bond Dickinson’s Bristol-based corporate finance team has advised Countrywide Farmers on the sale of businesses worth £18.4m to a number of buyers. The disposals will allow Countrywide, the UK’s leading supplier of products, services and advice to the rural community, to focus on its retail network of...
The Wickes retail warehouse at Cribbs Causeway has been bought by a property fund investing on behalf of charities, faith organisations, and local authorities for £7.2m. The freehold of the 24,100 sq ft building has been let to Wickes Building Supplies for a term of 25 years since 1991,...
