The South West TUC and Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, have jointly welcomed the latest government measures to tackle the economic and jobs crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. But in a joint statement they slammed the regional response as “too slow . . . fragmented and...
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EasyJet, the largest operator at Bristol Airport, today said it will ground the majority of its aircraft fleet from Tuesday. It will conclude rescue flights to repatriate customers by Monday and will, at most, continue to run “a minimal schedule” of essential, mainly domestic routes. The airline urged customers...
Pubs, cafes and restaurants must close down this evening, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced, as Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a massive package of measures to support businesses and their workers. The government is to pay 80% of wages for employees not working, up to £2,500 a month, Mr...
Growth in its use of Artificial Intelligence has resulted in Bristol being named as one of Europe’s ‘top-scaling’ tech cities. The latest accolade for the city – which has regularly appeared at or near the top of similar league tables – comes in the latest annual Tech Nation Report....
The government’s decision to delay the roll-out of IR35 to the private sector for another 12 months has been welcomed by Bristol-based human resources outsourcing specialist The HR Dept. The off-payroll working rules were due to be controversially introduced to the private sector next month but have been postponed...
Agents have been appointed to market an empty warehouse at Cribbs Causeway which its owner claims is better located than similar units at Avonmouth. The 423,000 sq ft unit is let to Morrisons but its lease is due to expire at the end of August. The supermarket group inherited...
Bristol manufacturers are being advised on measures they can take to switch production to essential medical equipment that will help tackle the coronavirus crisis. Earlier this week the Prime Minister called on around 60 leading UK manufacturers to make specialist medical equipment including ventilators. Among the businesses were aerospace...
A Bristol firm that helps small e-commerce firms distribute their products has received a major investment from an international logistics group. The undisclosed funding from Maersk Growth, the corporate venture arm of the global shipping container giant, will allow Emersons Green-based Huboo to continue its rapid growth. uboo’s innovative...
