National business leaders welcomed a number of moves in this afternoon’s Budget, particularly those aimed at helping small firms. But there was concern over how the Chancellor will meet his deficit reduction target. The CBI called it a “stable Budget” for business facing global stormy waters. Director-general Carolyn Fairbairn...
Measures to help small firms in Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget this afternoon were immediately welcomed by Bristol’s business community and business advisors. Phil Smith, pictured right, managing director of Business West – the organisation that runs the Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative – said the Chancellor...
Chancellor started speaking at 12:34 He opened by saying he will report on an economy growing faster than any other major economy and a deficit falling each year and on course for a budget surplus. Economy was strong because he did not support short-term fixes. But he warned world...
Bristol businesses are being encouraged to sign up to Business in the Community’s Give & Gain Day 2016 – the only global day of employee volunteering. The event, on May 20, encourages businesses to give staff paid time off to volunteer to help local good causes. More than 30,000...
Bristol’s outstanding entrepreneurs and business leaders have just two weeks left to enter the region’s top awards scheme that recognises excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The annual Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards showcase the wealth of executive talent in the region. Bristol Business...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon has appointed five new partners across key growth areas including real estate, environment, pensions and banking. The promotions, which take effect from May 1, take the firm’s total number of partners to 85. Burges Salmon said the move reflected the firm’s work in a...
Legal experts said the Trunki case would have far-reaching implications, particularly over the use of Community-registered designs, which are meant to be a cheap and effective way for business to protect their designs. Magmatic’s registered design showed computer-aided drawings of the Trunki which included some shading and dark colours...
Regional law firm Foot Anstey has appointed Martin Hirst as a partner in its Bristol real estate group as it expands its offering to housebuilders and property developers. Martin, pictured, specialises in all aspects of development in the housebuilding sector from site acquisition through to disposal and has been at the...
The Bristol-based firm behind the top-selling Trunki child’s ride-on suitcases has lost its long-running legal battle with a rival to protect its design. Five Supreme Court judges analysed a dispute between Magmatic, which makes Trunki, and PMS International, which sells Kiddee Case luggage, at a hearing last November. Magmatic...
The Bristol office of law firm Davies and Partners Solicitors has expanded its land acquisition department with the appointment of two specialist solicitors to help meet the growing demands from the region’s land developers and housebuilders. Richard Vann Jones has joined the firm as an associate and acts for...
BRAVE Enterprise, the independent, not-for-profit business advice organisation based in Bristol, stages a comprehensive programme of training courses and workshops. Essential customer care Presenter: Sandra Mcneill Date: Thursday March 24 Time: 9.30am – 1.30pm Cost: £42 (inc VAT) per workshop This workshop is for anyone who wants to increase profitability...
New figures show that South West exporters out performed the national picture last year, increasing the volume of overseas sales by 10.6% compared to a national decrease of 2.7%. The data released by HM Revenue and Customs found that the total value of South West exports in 2015 was...
A scheme to bring ultra-fast internet speeds to Bristol and help boost the local economy has been launched by city Internet Service Provider Triangle Networks with fibre network infrastructure group CityFibre. Bristol: Gigabit City is offering a portfolio of new, ultra-fast services targeted at Bristol’s business community. Running over...
