The government’s energy support scheme for firms has been welcomed by business groups in Bristol as giving them vital breathing space in the face of soaring bills. But Business West, the region’s largest business group and the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce, urged ministers to provide more details...
Wealth management and professional services firm Evelyn Partners has recruited Paul Morris to its financial services team in Bristol as it looks to grow the business across the South West. Paul who joins as director, financial planning, is a chartered wealth manager with 25 years’ experience in the industry,...
The government has been urged to give more details about how it intends to help struggling businesses with soaring energy bills a week after assurances its price guarantee plan for consumers would also apply to them. Business West, the region’s largest business group and the organisation behind Bristol Chamber...
Regional accountancy and advisory firm Bishop Fleming has welcomed its highest ever number of apprentices into the business. The 60-strong intake – made up of 42 university graduates and 18 school leavers – represents a third year of successive growth in apprentice numbers at the firm, which has the...
A senior associate from Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon’s tax, trusts, and family team has been recognised as a rising star of the private wealth sector for the second year running. Ronnie Myers is named among eprivateclient’s Top 35 Under 35, the definitive and original list of the...
Bristol-based financial services provider Clifton Asset Management has made another acquisition as it accelerates its ‘buy and build’ strategy. The addition of Stroud-based financial advisers Noble James Associates is the second since it secured substantial funding earlier this summer from Boost&Co for its takeover spree. At the time Clifton,...
A Bristol firm is to commercialise its world-beating 100% needle-free blood sugar monitor in a move that could have huge applications for chronic diseases such as diabetes. Transdermal Diagnostics, which was launched in March, has raised £1.1m in a pre-seed round investment to further develop and bring to market...
Bristol firms are being offer the chance to take part in the city’s next public sculpture trail by sponsoring one of 50 unicorns that will be sited around the city next year. The project, which follows the highly successful Wow! Gorillas of 2011 and the two Gromit Unleashed trails...
Business, civic and academic leaders from Bristol today joined the nation in mourning the death yesterday afternoon of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, paying tribute to her life and selfless service. The Union and St George’s flags outside City Hall and flags at civic buildings across the city are...
National law firm Foot Anstey has worked with Italian aviation group Magnaghi Aeronautica Group on its acquisition of a UK specialist in manufacturing components and supplier of surface treatments for the aerospace industry, including receiving national security clearance. Magnaghi, which is headquartered in Naples, said the takeover of Gloucestershire-based Five...
Eight recent graduates and three apprentice school leavers have become associates in wealth management and professional services firm Evelyn Partners’ fast-growing assurance and business services (ABS) team in Bristol. The 11-strong cohort will now take part in a training programme to become Chartered Accountants. Staffing levels in the team have...
The search is on again to find the South West’s best and brightest small companies as Britain’s biggest business representation group launches its annual awards. The FSB’s (Federation of Small Businesses) Celebrating Small Business Awards showcase small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from across the region and are open to...
The South West’s largest business organisation has ‘warmly welcomed’ the government’s promise to help firms with spiralling energy bills this winter – but called for it to regulate the market to ensure stability in the future. Prime Minister Liz Truss’s energy price freeze announced yesterday means households bills will be capped...
