NatWest has promoted Chris Preston to the role of regional managing director – business banking, for the South West and Wales. Chris, pictured, who has worked for NatWest for 30 years, was previously the bank’s South West regional director – business banking. In his new role he will oversee...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Katharine Finn, regional leader of PwC in the West and Wales, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? So there might be...
Bristol designer Jen Hamley, who won international fashion awards just months after setting up her own business, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to develop her luxury workbag range. Jen, pictured, started her handbag label Jennifer Hamley, England, while unemployed. She is now pitching for investment of £40,000 through the...
A one-day event in Bristol yesterday offered firms a unique opportunity to find out about exporting to Latin America. More than 100 businesses from Bristol and across the South West attended the event at the M Shed hosted by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) – the government’s trade body....
Six bosses from the Bristol area have been shortlisted for the Institute of Directors (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards. They will join others from around the region at a prestigious event next month to celebrate outstanding business people and focuses UK-wide attention on the region’s success. In...
Bristol-based R&D tax credit consultancy ForrestBrown has been named the UK’s Best Independent Consultancy Firm in recognition of its phenomenal growth and high quality of service since it launched in 2013. The accolade came at the Taxation Awards – the biggest night in the taxation calendar. ForrestBrown took home...
Bristol gourmet pie company Pieminister is to open five new restaurants across the UK and create more than 80 jobs after securing a £1.4m finance package from HSBC. The funding will be used to open and fit-out the new Pieminister outlets in as-yet-unnamed locations, taking its total to 16...
Business Showcase South West – the region’s largest event of its kind – is taking place today at Bristol’s Ashton Gate Stadium with the city’s Bloodhound Supersonic Car one of the star attractions. The free-to-visit event will also hear from the Bloodhound’s driver Wing Commander Andy Green OBE as...
Business leaders have welcomed the election of Labour’s Marvin Rees as Mayor of Bristol and pledged to work with him to drive through much-needed changes in key issues such as housing, skills and transport. They will also back him in the final negotiations over the devolution deal to transfer...
The Bristol-based corporate finance team at accountants Smith & Williamson and Bristol law firm TLT have acted as lead advisers on the sale of Wessex Garages, one of the leading independent car dealerships in the South West and Wales. The company, which has a large dealership in Bristol, has...
Finance firm Bristol & West has lost a £27m tax avoidance case after trying to exploit a non-existent loophole. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) challenged the attempt to avoid Corporation Tax by the former building society, now owned by The Bank of Ireland, and the Court of Appeal has...
Bristol-based dental group Oasis Healthcare has won two awards in an annual celebration of excellence in private equity and venture capital. Oasis, a leading provider of NHS and private dental treatment throughout the UK, headed the Large Company Team and Social Responsibility Team categories at British Private Equity &...
A Bristol-based specialist sound studio that has worked on award-winning natural history programmes has installed state-of-the-art equipment to keep it at the forefront of the industry. Wounded Buffalo Sound Studios secured funding from Royal Bank of Scotland and asset finance provider Lombard to redevelop a building for the Dolby...
