Aero-engine giant Rolls-Royce yesterday confirmed that workers based at its major Bristol plant will be among the 4,600 to lose their jobs over the next two years. In what the engineering giant described as a “fundamental restructuring”, 3,000 mainly middle-management and administrative posts will be shed by mid-2020 from...
Eight Bristol directors will go head to head with some of the South West’s top bosses next week in one of the region’s most prestigious business award schemes. The eight are among the finalists in this year’s South West Director of the Year Awards. The coveted awards will be presented...
Bristol firms that go the extra mile to ensure their staff are cheerful and fulfilled are being invited to enter the annual South West Happiest Workplace Competition. The brainchild of Bristol-based workplace and interior design consultancy Wylde IA, the contest has successfully championed enlightened businesses since it was launched...
Two experienced senior managers have been appointed by Butcombe Brewery to support its continued expansion. John Breading has been appointed as UK sales director at the firm, based at Wrington, near Bristol, while Phil Rowsell joins as operations manager at its recently opened 54,000 sq ft distribution centre in...
The managing director of the West of England’s largest business group this week joined more than 50 other chamber of commerce leaders to urge the Prime Minister to take radical action and ‘fix the fundamentals’ of the UK economy. Phil Smith from Business West – the organisation behind Bristol...
Lloyds Bank has launched a £100m fund to help small businesses take advantage of supply chain opportunities linked to the construction of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset. The fund, which opened today, will help small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK access discounted lending and...
Two iconic modern Bristol buildings and a new social housing scheme in the city have won major architectural awards. Aerospace Bristol, the showpiece aviation museum which opened last October and houses Concorde, landed the highly acclaimed South West Project of the Year accolade at the RICS South West Awards...
A programme to enable some of the UK’s best tech scale-up companies become the sector giants of tomorrow has been launched by the University of Bristol The programme, part of a national project, is supported by £5m of government money through Research England’s Connecting Capability Fund. It will enable...
Bristol businesses are to be helped prepare for the challenges and opportunities that Brexit will bring when an Export for Growth roadshow arrives in the city later this month. The day-long Trade Horizons event is one of four being staged across the South West by Business West – the...
The South West’s most technologically advanced brewery has been officially opened on the outskirts of Bristol following a multi-million pound investment by drinks and pub group St Austell. Bath Ales’ new state-of-the-art Hare Brewery at Warmley will double its capacity and open up the possibility of a wider range of beers. The...
Three recruitment firm bosses, a university pro vice-chancellor and the founder of a tech business that harnesses under-utilised computer power for financial services and animation clients are among the Bristol directors hoping to win one of the region’s top awards for boardroom excellence. The Institute of Directors (IoD) has...
A world-class health technology cluster could be developed in Bristol following the opening of a £5m centre. The hub, on UWE’s Frenchay campus, will help businesses develop innovative products harnessing technology that enables people to live independently and manage their own health and wellbeing, ensuring they spend the least...
Bristol small business owners can get advice on how to protect against the latest online threats at a free cyber security workshop next month. Hosted by business support organisation BRAVE Enterprise, the event on June 13th will take place following figures showing more than four in 10 UK firms...
