The woman who ran a female-only software business in the 1960s and strived to change the gender makeup of the technology sector is set to inspire a new generation of women in business as the annual Festival of Female Entrepreneurs returns to Bristol next week. Dame Stephanie Shirley, now...
The Bristol office of financial and professional services group Smith & Williamson has advised a UK ready mixed concrete supplier on its sale to a major international building materials group. Leicester-based Maxi ReadyMix was founded in 2014 by the Abraham family and has grown into a regional supplier to combines high-quality service and product with strong...
The deadline is looming for Bristol’s small and medium-sized businesses to apply for grants to help them improve their energy efficiency by reducing bills and protect against future price rises. A £1m fund has been set up by the West of England Combined Authority through which businesses across the...
Law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, has made its largest ever round of promotions with three new partners, a legal director, six associates and eight senior associates – a new role for the firm. The new partners are planning expert Ros Trotman and agricultural litigator Robert...
Bristol-headquartered ethical bank Triodos has teamed up with Creative England to launch a £24m fund to provide vital scale-up finance to the UK’s most promising creative businesses. The initiative, the first of its kind, aims to plug a major gap in the financing of the sector with 72% of creative...
Whitechurch Financial Consultants’ series of exclusive sponsored infographics for Bristol Business News continues with an easy-to-use guide to where to invest. Please click on the image to read more
International accountancy group Deloitte has appointed Lizzie Hill as a partner in its South West practice to help ‘supercharge’ the growth of its family-owned and entrepreneurial business clients in the region. Lizzie, pictured, who was previously based in its Cambridge office, now heads the Deloitte Private team in the...
Monday October 7 Finals: PCI Pal, Sensyne Health Interim: Angling Direct Economic announcement: Halifax house price index Tuesday October 8 Final: YouGov Interim: Air Partner Economic announcement: Retail sales Wednesday October 9 Final: Volution Group Interim: Vertu Motors Trading announcement: Robert Walters Thursday October 10 Interims: Brown Group, Morses Club Economic announcements: RICS housing market...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Giles Woodward, a partner in Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST Film you watched? The last film I saw at...
