Global engineering giant Renishaw was last night named as the ‘winner of winners’ as the prestigious PwC West of England Business of the Year Awards marked their 30th – and last – year. Launched in 1988 by accountants PwC to showcase the region’s top large businesses, the awards have...
Plans to develop office space for Bristol’s burgeoning tech, creative and media sectors in one of the city’s most iconic former industrial buildings have been given the go-ahead. The Generator Building, with its characteristic red brick and stone façade overlooking the Floating Harbour, originally housed the generator for the...
Bristol lawyers and accountants have been praised for their roles in the acquisition of animation software firm Sparkol by its chief executive. Zoe Taylor took over the 10-year-old company behind the VideoScribe whiteboard animation software last month. It now aims to build on the success of VideoScribe with new...
Bristol businesses are being invited to hear how they can prepare for the challenges and opportunities of Brexit at an event next week. The day-long Trade Horizons event – part of the Export for Growth roadshow – takes place at the Aerospace Museum, Filton, on Tuesday, June 26. It is...
Staff at Bristol’s most enlightened firms are being urged to enter them in a unique awards scheme that showcases the region’s best workplaces. The annual South West Happiest Workplace Competition was launched four years ago by Bristol-based workplace and interior design consultancy Wylde IA to champion businesses that go...
Planning, design and regeneration consultancy Nash Partnership has strengthened the planning team in its Bristol office with the appointment of a senior urban designer. Neil Harvie, pictured, has worked with private and public sector clients and has experience of complex urban settings and addressing rural challenges. He brings with...
Engine Shed, the Bristol innovation hub, is to extend its expertise and connections into two areas of the city that are under-represented in mainstream business. The ground-breaking partnership with ACH (formerly Ashley Community Housing) and Barton Hill Settlement aims to support a more inclusive business environment for companies and...
Innovative small and medium-sized Bristol firms can apply for grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 to carry out research and development following the relaunch of an established funding programme. Innovation 4 Growth (I4G) funding totalling £500,000 is available to businesses from across the West of England in all sectors...
Lawyers at Bristol-based commercial firm Meade King have advised on the acquisition of one of Bristol’s oldest vegetarian eateries. The Royce Rolls Cafe in St Nicholas Market, which has been serving the people of Bristol since 1979, has been acquired by Evie Gkatzioufa and Marilo Torres Pedrosa. The enterprising...
Bristol’s reputation as a centre for the video gaming industry will get a boost later this month when the city’s first gaming market takes place. The event on June 24 is set to draw around 2,500 fans from across the South West and Wales. It is being staged by...
One of the UK’s leading school uniform suppliers has hit the acquisition trail for the third time in less than three years with help from the Bristol office of international law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD). A team led by Bristol-based WBD corporate partner Tom Fitzpatrick advised Trowbridge-based Banner...
An exclusive hands-on science and engineering event aimed at secondary school students and their families is being staged by Brunel’s SS Great Britain next Tuesday. Called Explore Engineering, the free drop-in event is open to all, but is particularly aimed at providing a space for secondary school girls to...
Father-and-son football managers Gary and Lee Johnson will talk about their life on and off the pitch when they appear at an exclusive event for charity Above & Beyond in Bristol next month. Cheltenham Town boss Gary is an official ambassador for the charity’s £830,000 Bristol Heart Institute (BHI)...
