Bristol-based building supplies firm Kellaway has maintained its record of being either a winner or finalist at the prestigious Builders’ Merchants Awards for Excellence. The firm, founded in 1982 and employing more than 120 people, has featured in the annual awards every year since 2006. This year it was...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com The long-awaited South Bristol Link Road has been overwhelmingly approved by Bristol City in a move that is likely to be welcomed by most businesses in the city. The combined three-mile road and rapid transit MetroBus route will link the A370 in Long Ashton with...
National estate agents Connells has appointed Paul Matthews as new homes partner covering Bristol and South Gloucestershire. He will be responsible for working with the company’s local, regional and national housebuilder partners. Paul, , previously on the estate agency side of the business and brings many years’ experience and...
Bristol City FC’s plans to redevelop their Ashton Gate stadium have received unanimous backing from councillors. The club’s £40m scheme would result in a major upgrade of the existing 21,500-capacity stadium to a modern 27,000-capacity venue. The proposal includes demolishing and rebuilding the Williams and Wedlock stands, remodelling the...
A sketch of Bristol’s Oscar-winners Wallace and Gromit by their creator Nick Park is among works from more than 70 renowned artists to be auctioned for youth charity The Prince’s Trust. An Evening of Art, which is being staged at The Assembly Rooms in Bath on December 5, will...
Sales have increased for more than half the West’s small to medium-sized West manufacturers over the past six months, with just over a third also experiencing an increase in inquiries and orders. The upbeat picture emerges from the Manufacturing Advisory Service’s latest Barometer, which also reveals a slight rise...
Lawyers based in the Bristol office of national firm Bond Dickinson have advised on the Gulf state of Oman’s first renewable energy project. Senior associate Ed Rimmell worked with the Authority for Electricity Regulation in Oman on the procurement of the 303-kilowatt solar PV project, which will provide green...
Bristol Business News, the city’s fastest-growing business news service, is delighted to have teamed up with Only Connect, the region’s premium business and social networking company, to support its Only Connect Christmas Connections red-carpet event this Thursday. Only Connect’s prestigious events have become must-attend dates in the city’s business...
Bristol Airport today announced it is to introduce direct flights to the Swedish capital Stockholm next summer – adding another major European city to its departure board and bringing a potential £1m to the regional economy. The twice-weekly service will be operated by Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) from June 30...
Monday 25 November Interims: Cranswick, Essar Energy, Quintain Estates and Development Trading statement: Seadrill Partners AGMs: Aeorema Communications, Pantheon International Participations Economics: British Bankers’ Association loans for house purchases data, Nationwide house prices data Tuesday 26 November Interims: ACM Shipping, Assura Group, Caledonia Investments, Chamberlin, De La Rue, Kcom,...
An ambitious plan is being drawn up to harness Bristol and the West of England’s creativity and innovation to potentially create more than 100,000 jobs over the next 17 years. The emphasis will be on five key sectors spanning digital to aerospace, and in which the area is already...
Labour can win the next general election with business-friendly policies but will probably find itself in a Lib-Lab coalition, the party’s former spin doctor Alastair Campbell told West business leaders last night. The election battleground will be the economy, he said in his keynote speech to the CBI South...
Law firm DWF, which has an office in Bristol, has posted a 57.5% increase in half-year revenues to £93.6m. Nearly 90% of the increase came from its merger with Fishburns and its acquisition of Cobbetts. The deals, which both took place in February, created a top-25 firm with 984...
