The annual search for the region’s best companies has started with the launch of accountants PwC’s widely-respected West of England Business of the Year Awards 2015. Now in their 27th year, the eagerly-contested awards are the most prestigious in the region by far – previous winners read like a...
The Chancellor produced a balanced Autumn Statement that addressed business concerns around rates reform and finance, according to Bristol business leaders. James Durie, executive director of Bristol Chamber of Commerce at Business West, described it as a “crowd-pleasing” set of proposals for business, particularly its pledge for a major...
Bristol’s pioneering use of digital technology to improve the lives of its residents has earned it a major international award that places it among the world’s most-innovative cities. The International Award for Urban Innovation was presented to Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson at an event hosted by the municipal...
Real estate lawyer Nicholas Lykke Dahn has joined West of England law firm Ashfords’ Bristol office as a property partner, bringing with him a clutch of blue-chip corporate clients. Nicholas, pictured, joins after 11 years with Oxfordshire based commercial law firm BrookStreet des Roches where he specialised in commercial...
Economic development in the Avonmouth and Severnside areas has been given a massive boost after the Government today finally gave the go ahead to a new junction on the M49 near Bristol. South Gloucestershire Council and the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership first made a plea for the...
The trend for pop-up shops and restaurants may be overheating but Bristol has maintained it cool reputation by being the location for a chilled-out pop-up ice rink and bar. Property firm THAT group has transformed a derelict Clifton building site into an alpine ski lodge and real ice rink....
National multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Clarkebond, which has an office in Bristol, has been ranked as the UK’s second-fastest growing consultancy. The firm leapt 31 places in the recently published 2014 Building Magazine’s Top 150 Consultants list to the number two position as a result growth in its offices in...
Stands for The Business Showcase South West – the major business event which celebrates the best of the region’s innovation, creativity and enterprise – are now on sale and pre-registration for delegates has also gone live. Following the huge success of the inaugural event in April this year, The...
Bristol city centre’s landmark Colston Tower has been sold for £12.3m – earning its London-based owners a £2m profit since they bought it three-and-a-half years ago. Property investment companies Development Securities and Ellandi bought the 15-storey office block in a 75:25 joint venture from the HSBC Pension Fund in...
More than 100 ‘fintech’ jobs are to be created in Bristol by one of South Africa’s largest financial services groups in a move that was today welcomed by Prime Minister David Cameron. MMI Holdings, which acquired Bristol-based financial technology firm Blue Speck Financial earlier this year, plans to open...
Nailsea mechanical and electrical engineering (M+E) consultants Wye Solutions has been acquired by independent national building and property consultancy Tuffin Ferraby Taylor. Wye, whose high-profile clients include Siemens, Highcross Strategic Advisers and Ashdown Phillips, has a strong reputation and significant expertise in technical due diligence and dilapidations. TFT said...
Keynsham-based estate agency chain Andrews plans to grow its network of branches across the South of England after promoting Emma Cox to the new role of business development manager. Emma, pictured, has been promoted as Andrews continues with an ambitious expansion programme. It is market researching new commercial opportunities...
Victoria Moore, a graduate of Northumbria University, has joined national property agents DTZ’s Bristol office-based valuation team. Victoria, pictured, is one of 36 graduates to have recently joined the firm’s UK office network. Following an induction week at DTZ’s City of London office, Victoria has started a two-year training...
