Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson is to outline his vision for the city as Europe’s green capital at a business breakfast next Wednesday He will outline the approach to competing for the 2015 European Green Capital City Award, having come close to winning the 2014 title and will give...
Accountancy and business advisory firm Deloitte has announced the appointment of corporate tax director Leon Cane to its Bristol office. Leon, pictured, has extensive experience in corporate treasury and international tax and recently joined the firm after 20 years in treasury and tax, which included 10 on the specialised...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol Rovers chairman Nick Higgs has said it would now be a “travesty” if councillors reject plans for supermarket giant Sainsbury’s to redevelop the Memorial Stadium. Members on Bristol City Council’s Development Control Committee (North) are due to vote on the development next Wednesday evening...
Network Rail has pledged to improve services across the West and on the main Great Western line into London as it continues the biggest investment in the region’s railways since the Victorian era. But it also warned that tough choices needed to be made if the industry is to...
The National Trust has opened an office near Bristol as a base for its experts providing support to its sites across Somerset and Gloucestershire. The office at the historic, Grade II*-listed Leigh Court, Abbotts Leigh, was chosen for its modern office space within easy reach of Bristol and its...
Confidence is increasing among many West firms and they are ambitious for growth, one of the region’s key business surveys shows. But many are also fearful of the impact the wider economy could have on their business and there are still challenges ahead in 2013. And while many firms...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com The leader of Bristol’s Liberal Democrat councillors has described the mayor’s budget announcement as “shambolic”. Cllr Tim Kent, whose former leader Cllr Simon Cook sits in George Ferguson’s cabinet and supported the mayor’s plans yesterday, said the announcement showed “real disregard for the democratic process”...
Barclays has made three key senior appointments in its South West corporate banking division. Gavin Isle, pictured right, who has worked for Barclays for 30 years, has been appointed as managing director, corporate banking, having undertaken the same job in the bank’s Southern region since July 2010. His career has...
Bristol-headquartered TLT has beaten all the UK’s major law firms, including the ‘magic circle’ of City-based international firms, to rank number one for client satisfaction. The firm took top spot in the table compiled by trade magazine Legal Week which gauged the views of 1,204 of the UK’s largest...
Bristol property agency Hartnell Taylor Cook has secured a major retail transaction in Swindon town centre on behalf of its local authority owners. Hartnell Taylor Cook advised Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council on the £1.57m sale of the investment property in Regent Street to Swindon Borough Council. The detached building,...
Bristol Mayor George Ferguson has announced plans to shed more than 300 city council jobs and raise council tax as part of a plan to slash £35m – or 9% – from the budget. Mr Ferguson, elected as the city’s first mayor in November, also announced that funding for...
The value of fraud committed in the South West has more than trebled over the past year to go above £45m for the first time, new figures show. The increase is in marked contrast to the picture for the UK as a whole, with the value of total reported...
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