A four-company consortium led by Yate-based building group ERH has retained its a place on a regional construction framework agreement covering projects valued at £1m-plus. The Builders Consortium South West (BCSW) was formed in 2009 to compete on the first phase of the Construction Framework South West. It is...
The revolutionary online service meals.co.uk, which delivers food from upmarket restaurants direct to customer’s homes, is launching in Bath following a year of success in its home city of Bristol. meals.co.uk uses cutting-edge technology, a sophisticated user-friendly website and delivery logistics to allow customers to place orders from their...
Bristol’s reputation as a centre for creativity and innovation has been recognised through a new technology partnership in the Middle East’s equivalent of Silicon Valley. The UK Jordan Tech Hub was launched in Amman this week to help drive economic growth through a technology and innovation partnership between the...
The multi-billion pound funding gap in the £16bn Hinkley C nuclear power plant project could be filled by investment from Gulf state governments, according to media reports. A consortium led by French energy giant EDF was given the go-ahead on Monday to build two reactors at Hinkley Point in...
Property consultancy CBRE’s Bristol office has celebrated 10 years of successful trading in the city – a period in which it has grown from four staff to nearly 40 despite the near market meltdown and the worst recession in living memory. The office, which started out in an attic...
Racism remains a cancer on society and organisations and businesses across Bristol need to do more to combat it, a high-profile debate on the issue heard. Members of black and minority ethnic (BME) communities were more likely to underperform at school, be unemployed or fail to fulfil their potential...
Clifton chartered accountancy firm Whyatt Pakeman Partners has presented Bristol Grammar School student Sonny Chiba with an annual scholarship. Sonny received the sponsorship package from the firm’s partners at a special presentation earlier this month in recognition of his achievements in all aspects of his economics course. Partner Richard...
Bristol businesses’ record on discrimination and race equality in the workplace will come under the spotlight this evening at a high-profile question time style debate and panel discussion. Employment opportunities will be included along with crime, education and other issues at the event, staged as the final meeting in...
Independent Clifton and Chipping Sodbury-based financial consultancy Jelf has shrugged off what it admitted were “challenging” market conditions to enjoy a positive start to the second half of the year. As a result it expects its results for the year to September 30 to be in line with market...
The £14bn Hinkley C nuclear power plant has gained official Government go-ahead, delivering a massive boost to the economy of the West of England but re-opening the debate on the cost of the massive project for consumers. The two nuclear reactors to be built by French giant EDF Energy...
Monday 21 October Trading statements: Informa, Senior AGM: Renewable Energy Economics: Rightmove house price data Tuesday 22 October Interims: BP Marsh & Partners, Whitbread Finals: Epistem, Spirit Pub Company Trading statements: ARM Holdings, BHP Billiton, Eurasia Drilling Company, GKN, Petropavlovsk, UBM, Reckitt Benckiser Economics: Public sector borrowing figures Wednesday...
Two Bristol-based organisations have announced a joint venture to support the city's burgeoning environmental technology and services sector. The tie-up comes after the city’s success in being named European Green Capital of the Year for 2015. Low Carbon South West, one of the largest trade associations of its kind...
Bristol firms are invited to an event next week to help them forge relationships with the charitable sector and boost the city’s growing reputation for responsible business. Hosted by BITC (Business in the Community), the Power of Partnership workshop on Tuesday will give charities and community organisations a platform...
