Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

February 10, 2018
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Monday February 12 Finals: Heineken, Michelin Trading update: YouGov Tuesday February 13 Final: Acacia Mining Interims: TUI, PepsiCo Economic announcement: UK CPI (January) Wednesday February 14 Finals: Shire, Credit Suisse Interims: Galliford Try, Cisco Thursday February 15 Finals: RELX, Airbus, Nestle Trading update: Aveva Friday February 16 Final: Segro...

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The LAST WORD: Mark Payne, general manager, The Bristol Hotel

February 9, 2018
The LAST WORD: Mark Payne, general manager, The Bristol Hotel

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 Mark Payne, general manager of The Bristol Hotel, a member of the Doyle Collection, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST:  Film you watched?  Hidden...

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Deutsche Bank Labs head quits to get on board with Bristol fintech disrupter

February 9, 2018
Deutsche Bank Labs head quits to get on board with Bristol fintech disrupter

Former head of technology at Deutsche Bank Labs, Charles Radclyffe, has relinquished his role at the global financial institution to lead NetKernel, an innovative fintech firm disrupting the financial services world from its HQ in Bristol.   Charles’s role at Deutsche Bank included the research and evaluation of emerging...

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Praise for university after it ditches all investments in companies linked to fossil fuels

February 9, 2018
Praise for university after it ditches all investments in companies linked to fossil fuels

The University of Bristol has sold all its shares in fossil fuel businesses after calling in ethical investment experts based in the city. The university’s landmark decision to review its holdings in the most carbon-intensive sectors came after a campaign by the university’s Fossil Free Society, which praised the...

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First partners selected for SETsquared’s pioneering diversity and inclusion research project

February 9, 2018
First partners selected for SETsquared’s pioneering diversity and inclusion research project

Bristol’s SETsquared incubator has chosen Ashley Community Housing and Up Our Street as research partners for its innovative upcoming diversity and inclusion research project. The project aims to improve and increase the inclusion and representation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) business founders applying to the incubator. Research...

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Lockton’s Bristol team bolstered with senior appointment

February 9, 2018
Lockton’s Bristol team bolstered with senior appointment

Lockton, the world’s largest privately-owned insurance broker, has strengthened its professional services expertise with the appointment of James Page to its team in Bristol as senior vice-president. James, pictured, comes with 15 years of specialist professional indemnity insurance experience, having most recently held the role of director at Bristol-based...

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Burges Salmon team advises banks on retirement village developer refinancing

February 9, 2018
Burges Salmon team advises banks on retirement village developer refinancing

A cross-firm team at Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon has advised HSBC Bank and Bank Leumi (UK) on a major refinancing of retirement village developer Audley Group. The £125m revolving credit facility to Audley Group to refinances its existing facilities with AIG, Bank Leumi and Coutts and will fund existing and...

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Future of Bristol Wood Recycling Project now secure after JLL finds it new base

February 9, 2018
Future of Bristol Wood Recycling Project now secure after JLL finds it new base

Bristol Wood Recycling Project has relocated to an industrial unit in the St Philips area of the city – ending the social enterprise’s anxious search for a new home. The Bristol office of property agents JLL acquired the William Street premises on behalf of the project, which has been...

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Appliance of science at UWE’s Future Space hub generates £2m boost for economy

February 9, 2018
Appliance of science at UWE’s Future Space hub generates £2m boost for economy

Future Space, Bristol’s first science and tech hub, contributed more than £2m to the regional economy within its first year, new figures reveal. The innovation centre, which was the first flexible office space in Bristol to also offer private and shared laboratory space to start-up R&D-heavy enterprises, exceeded all...

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