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...
The successful Business Showcase South West returns next week to again celebrate the best of the region’s innovation, creativity and enterprise. The event, the largest of its kind in the South West, takes place at Bristol’s newly redeveloped Ashton Gate Stadium, meaning it will be even bigger. Delegates from across...
The Bristol office of accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson has made BRACE, which funds research into Alzheimer’s disease, its charity of the year. The decision was based on the votes of around 200 staff at Smith & Williamson’s Bristol office. Funds raised by the firm...
Bristol business support organisation BRAVE Enterprise is urgently seeking experienced business people to mentor the city’s growing number of aspiring entrepreneurs. The not-for-profit organisation has helped thousands launch successful ventures since it was launched in the 1980s. But its existing network of mentors is now advising record numbers of...
Civic leaders and VIPs joined Arnos Vale fundraisers for a recent Night at the Cemetery event to help secure its long-term future. Invited guests included the Lord Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Clare Campion-Smith, High Sheriff of Bristol Helen Wilde and Mayor George Ferguson. The event raised more than £15,000...
Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has strengthened its services to education establishments in the South West with the appointment of Christina Winter and Clare Thomas as specialist education relationship managers. The pair will each work with a broad range of education clients across the region offering tailored guidance and support....
Accountancy firm EY’s Bristol corporate finance team has acted as lead advisor to specialist systems integrator IPL’s shareholders in its sale to major UK IT firm Civica. Bath-based IPL was formed 37 years ago and now employs more than 370 staff. It has developed secure software for more than...
Three Bristol firms have today been named among the finalists of the region’s most prestigious business awards. Property services firm Ian Williams, dental group Oasis Healthcare and mobility equipment supplier and retailer Oaktree Mobility line up against some of the South West’s top firms in accountants PwC’s annual West...
Some of Bristol’s most influential business figures have lent their names to an open letter backing the re-election of George Ferguson as mayor. The letter, signed by 41 men and women, has been published with less than a week to go to the mayoral election next Thursday. The group...
Eighty intrepid cyclists – including Bristol medics, managing directors and even a Wonder Woman – bid ‘bon voyage’ to family and friends today as they set off on the Bristol-to-Paris Cycle Challenge for local hospital charity Above & Beyond. In just four days, the cyclists will pedal 430km to...
The successful Business Showcase South West returns next month to again celebrate the best of the region’s innovation, creativity and enterprise. The event, the largest of its kind in the South West, this year takes place at Bristol’s newly redeveloped Ashton Gate Stadium, meaning it will be even bigger. Delegates...
