Airbus has landed its second multi-billion pound order in less than a week with Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines announcing it is to buy at least 75 medium-haul planes worth around $7.5bn (£4.7bn). The Istanbul-based budget carrier placed a firm order for 58 fuel-efficient A320neo (new engine option) aircraft and 17...
Watershed, Bristol’s ground-breaking media centre and café/bar, has appointed James Taljaard to the new senior position of general manager. James, pictured, who joins after 11 years at Arts & Business (A&B), will focus on further developing the venue’s award-winning conference and events service. He began his working life as...
Bristol city centre has secured a prestigious national Purple Flag award for the third year running for being a safe, well-managed and vibrant place to visit in the evening. The award, made by the Association of Town Centre Managers (ATCM), recognises the city centre’s wide choice of entertainment and...
Bristol Green Capital Group has staged its first blogfest, bringing together more than 25 people from sustainable organisations across the city who blogged and tweeted for more than four hours. Taking the theme ‘I’m dreaming of a green Christmas’, the event, hosted by the science attraction At-Bristol, garnered much...
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Airbus is celebrating a pre-Christmas boost with the confirmation of a 100-aircraft, £5.8bn order from fast-growing airline AirAsia for its A320 plane, including a new version re-engineered at its Filton, Bristol, plant. The deal was welcomed by Prime Minister David Cameron on a visit to Filton’s sister plant at...
My bank has turned down my request for a loan. What alternative funding sources are available and how can I access them? Despite pledges from the Government to increase lending to smaller businesses, many firms are still finding it increasingly difficult to obtain finance from their banks. However, a...
Nine couples made up of lawyers and staff from Bristol law firm Burges Salmon have raised more than £28,500 by taking to the dancefloor for the firm’s charity of the year, Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal. They took part in a ‘dance off’ at the firm’s showpiece head office...
Prominent central Bristol retail and office building Southey and Aylward House has been sold to a private investment fund for £2.45m – beating the £2m price tag it was being marketed with. Property consultants Alder King and Lambert Smith Hampton said they were delighted with the deal, which reflects...
Direct flights from Bristol Airport to Corsica are to be launched next summer. Tour operator Corsican Places will operate the service to Bastia in North East Corsica every Sunday for 13 weeks between June 23 and September 22, chartering aircraft from airline bmi regional. The two-and-a-half-hour flights will be...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com About 19,000 jobs would be created if planned transport schemes for Bristol and the surrounding region go ahead, an independent consultant has said. In a report presented to the West of England Joint Transport Executive Committee yesterday, the consultants Atkins said an extra £1.2bn \ year could...
Bristol City Council today seized 20 small advertising boards that it claims were blocking pavements for people in wheelchairs. It took the action, part of a campaign to tackle concern that some pavements are becoming unsafe for disabled and other pedestrians, after giving full warning to traders in Clifton...
Bristol-based Imperial Tobacco has lost its Supreme Court challenge against plans to ban open displays of cigarettes in Scotland. Lawyers representing Imperial had asked a panel of five Supreme Court justices to analyse the issues after twice failing to persuade Scottish judges to set aside legislative provisions. Ministers say...
