The latest lockdown measures will be devastating to many Bristol firms despite their best efforts to make themselves Covid-safe, the region’s largest business organisation has warned. Most businesses were forced to close yesterday as the country entered its second lockdown, with staff being urged to work from home where...
Bristol businesses suspected of flouting measures aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus could be visited by a new team of Covid Secure Marshals being set up by the city council. The council said it is to have “at least 16” of the marshals operating around the city...
Nearly 6,500 Bristol businesses were in ‘significant financial distress’ between July and September as the coronavirus pandemic hit the city, according to a new report. The total of 6,476 was a 4% increase in the number of firms struggling in the previous three months, according to the figures from...
Staff from the Bristol office of financial and professional services firm Smith & Williamson got on their bikes to raise money for a charity that works to combat hunger and food waste. The 12-strong team took on the challenge of cycling 234 miles around Bristol - equivalent of riding to Paris – in aid of FareShare South West. ...
Bristol-based naval architect and boat design consultancy ENPLO has received funding to help establish its profile. The £15,000 loan, secured through regional alternative finance lender SWIG Finance via The Start Up Loans Company, is being used by ENPLO to provide working capital to cover initial repair costs and marketing...
Bristol-based mutual society National Friendly has appointed Toney Quinn to the role of business development manager in a move designed to continue to strengthen its profile in the intermediary sector. Toney, pictured, brings a wealth of experience of the insurance sector, having spent seven years with another mutual –...
Bristol-headquartered law firm VWV has secured a seven-figure finance facility from HSBC UK to support its ongoing growth strategy and ensure it is well-placed to adapt to the changing economy. The facility gives VWV, which moved its full banking to HSBC earlier this year, the financial headroom and the...
Bristol firms are being urged to prepare now for the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1 next year, despite many questions of how it will work in practice remaining unanswered. The government has launched a campaign for businesses with the strapline ‘Time is running out’ as...
Specialist legal expenses insurance group DAS UK is to relocate its Bristol head office in one of the most significant deals in the city’s commercial property market this year. DAS will move its 550 Bristol employees to 37,828 sq ft of refurbished space at 2 Trinity Quay, pictured, the...
Business West, the group that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, has welcomed the latest government job and self-employment support measures – but warned that many firms, including those in the city’s vital hospitality and events sectors, continue to miss out. The new support package was announced yesterday by Chancellor...
Bristol-based invoice finance provider Optimum Finance has appointed fintech expert Anthony Persse as its new chief executive officer following the death of its founder and CEO Richard Pepler in June. Optimum said Anthony, pictured, would fulfil Richard’s ambition for the company – to provide small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs)...
Firms will ‘despair’ over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s comments today that they should prepare for a no-deal Brexit, the region’s biggest business organisation said. Describing the move as “another period of political theatre”, Business West managing director Phil Smith, pictured, said firms across the West of England were already...
More than £100m is to be spent on ambitious plans that use the West of England’s creativity and diversity to protect and secure jobs while building back greener and creating opportunities for all residents. The plan has been drawn up by the region’s Recovery Taskforce, which brings together businesses,...
