Construction group Beard has been named as the West of England’s top company in the prestigious Business of the Year awards. The Swindon-based firm, which has recently completed a number of major projects in Bristol, beat five other finalists to claim the prestigious title in the annual awards sponsored...
Bristol’s Watershed is screening a season of rarely seen Chinese films this month as part of the most extensive presentation of Chinese cinema ever staged in the UK. Chinese cinema is one of the world’s largest – yet least known – film cultures. Watershed’s unprecedented season offers a rare...
Three firms are bidding to operate Bristol’s long-awaited arena, which is set to open in mid-2017. The potential operators will now be invited to submit detailed tenders outlining how they would run the 12,000-capacity venue, including the type of programme that could be expected and the amount they would pay...
Three Bristol-based bosses who were among the winners of the recent IoD South West Director 2014 awards have been selected to compete in the national competition. Nick Sturge, Henry Williams and Steve Clark will join other regional winners for the national honours, which recognise excellence in the boardroom, in London in October. Nick Sturge, co-founder...
Chartered accountant and licensed insolvency practitioner Andy Beckingham has joined business rescue and recovery specialist Leonard Curtis Business Solutions Group’s Bristol office as a director. Andy, pictured, is a former regional chairman of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals and previously worked for Cork Gully, BDO, Begbies Traynor and...
Bristol family law practice firm Foster & Partners has been taken over by national consumer debt services group Fairpoint in a cash deal worth £400,000 and will now operate under the Simpson Millar brand. Founded in 1976, Fosters has nine lawyers operating from a city centre office in Corn...
Workplace pensions and the reasons why multinational firms are relocating to the UK are the two topics that will go under the spotlight at the next meeting of accountants Grant Thornton’s quarterly FD Club. The event, which takes place in Bristol on Thursday next week, will hear from two...
Business West, the organisation that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative, has welcomed the £86.2m of Government investment to accelerate economic growth and create 5,000 jobs in the area. But it said the city’s business community still needed to make sure future funding was secured under...
The Government has announced funding of £86.2m for the West of England under its Local Growth Deal. This money is for projects to start in 2015/16 and 2016/17. The key projects to benefit will be: Terabit West – £15m A world-first project to ensure that the West is positioned...
The Bristol and Bath area is to receive £86.2m of Government funding to accelerate economic growth and create 5,000 jobs. The amount is the highest in England and seven times that of London calculated by population size. Bosses at the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), which will...
Accountancy group Grant Thornton has appointed Tim Lincoln as practice leader for the South West region. He succeeds John Golding, who will continue to lead the firm’s South West public sector assurance practice. Meanwhile Allister Weir, a director in the firm’s regional tax team, becomes a partner. The changes...
Monday 7 July Final: Solid State Trading statements: Robert Walters, Taylor Wimpey AGM: Leni Gas & Oil Tuesday 8 July Trading statements: Bovis Homes, Dunelm Group, Marks & Spencer, SIG, XP Power AGMs: 3i Infrastructure, Aqua Bounty Technologies, Marks & Spencer, Plaza Centers, Young & Co's Brewery EGM: 3i...
Wriggle, the Bristol-based app which alerts customers to last-minute offers at local bars and restaurants, has landed the top award at the annual SETsquared Innovation Showcase in the city. The firm, based at Bristol SETsquared in the Engine Shed innovation hub Temple Meads – where the innovation showcase was...
