UWE Bristol is to award honorary degrees to a number of prominent Bristol business people, including former Airbus chief Iain Gray and Lord Lieutenant Peaches Golding OBE. Also receiving honorary degrees are former British Retail Consortium director general and Business West chair Stephen Robertson and entrepreneur and leading private...
A two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between UWE Bristol and the manufacturer of popular Henry and Hetty vacuum cleaners – which will revolutionise the way they are made – has earned an Outstanding grade from Innovate UK. The grade is the highest possible for a KTP and rarely given....
Bristol-based Paradigm Norton has been named Advisor Firm of the Year at the Money Marketing awards, which celebrate the best in financial advice from across the country. The financial planning firm, which has is head office at Ham Green, was chosen as firm of the year thanks to a...
Bristol-based brick and timber distributor Taylor Maxwell Group has undergone a corporate restructuring with help from experts in the Bristol law firm Burges Salmon and the city office of accountants Grant Thornton. Taylor Maxwell Group is one of the UK’s leading brick and timber distributors with 18 branches nationwide...
International law firm DAC Beachcroft’s Bristol office is exhibiting a series of paintings in its street level windows by LGBT+ student artists as part of the firm’s support of Bristol Pride. The paintings are the work of Alex Wilson-Evans and Elliot Stahlmann, who are members of UWE and the...
Social investment legal expert Richard Hiscoke has been appointed by national law firm Bevan Brittan as a senior associate in its Bristol corporate team. Richard, pictured, joins from Bristol-headquartered rival Veale Wasbrough Vizards where he worked for 11 years. He has also worked for Lyons Davidson. Richard has advised...
Bristol-based specialist insurance broker Brightside, which sponsors Gloucestershire County Cricket Club’s ground, has renewed its support of the club’s T20 campaign with the T20 shirt lead sponsorship for the second year running. Gloucestershire had a strong campaign in the NatWest T20 Blast last year, finishing top of the south...
The South West’s construction industry is missing out by not claiming one of the best forms of tax relief available to it, according to research by accountancy group Smith & Williamson. Recent analysis of government statistics by the firm, which has a large office in central Bristol, showed that...
Three firms from the Bristol area have been named among the finalists for the coveted PwC West of England Business of the Year Awards – the region’s most prestigious business accolades. Recruitment specialist Resource Solutions Group (RSG), advanced engineering group Viper Innovations, and Bodywise (UK), which trades under the...
