Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

March 26, 2017
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Monday 27 March Interim: YouGov Finals: Inspired Energy, SpaceandPeople AGM: Toople Tuesday 28 March Interims: Bowleven, Wolseley Finals: AA, Barr (AG), Card Factory, Clarke (T), Cloudcall, Ebiquity, Gulf Marine Services, Hostelworld, Instem, Ladbrokes Coral Group, Lidco, Mortgage Advice Bureau, Moss Bros, Personal Group, Premier Technical Services, S&U, Silence Therapeutics,...

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The LAST WORD: Nick Matthews, regional director, Total Produce

March 24, 2017
The LAST WORD: Nick Matthews, regional director, Total Produce

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 Nick Matthews, regional director of wholesale fruit and veg group Total Produce, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Demolition starring Jake...

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UWE Africa Week: A celebration of diversity, heritage and progress

March 24, 2017
UWE Africa Week: A celebration of diversity, heritage and progress

UWE Bristol is recognising the value its African staff and students bring to the city with a weeklong showcase of events. Africa Week – which runs from Monday to Friday next week – aims to highlight the work of Africans in diverse fields in the UK and to challenge,...

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Bristol business leaders see risks – but also opportunities – as official moves start to quit EU

March 24, 2017
Bristol business leaders see risks – but also opportunities – as official moves start to quit EU

West of England firms face uncertainty and risks in areas such as skills and supply chains but also opportunities from Brexit, a meeting attended by bosses of around 100 businesses this morning heard. There was consensus that the region’s business community needed to lobby government over the impact of...

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Shared commuting service Slide drives into new areas of Bristol as take-up increases

March 24, 2017
Shared commuting service Slide drives into new areas of Bristol as take-up increases

Slide, the shared commuting service being trialled in Bristol, is expanding its service again to cover a larger area of the city following demand from potential customers. Brislington, Knowle, Totterdown in the south of the city and Emersons Green, Downend and Bromley Heath to the north east are being...

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Turnover hits record level at Pure Comms as new customers come on line

March 24, 2017
Turnover hits record level at Pure Comms as new customers come on line

Telecoms firm Pure Comms is celebrating a record 12 months in which its turnover went above £2m for the first time in its seven-year history. The firm, which has offices near Clevedon and in St Austell, Cornwall, posted a record turnover of £2.1m for the year ending February 2016...

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Happy customers help conference centre land top awards for third year running

March 24, 2017
Happy customers help conference centre land top awards for third year running

A Bristol conference centre has scooped the top two titles for the third year running in its industry’s only awards based on feedback from customers. Engineers’ House in Clifton was voted the No.1 Conference Centre and No.1 Venue Overall for the third consecutive year in VenueVerdict Awards, staged by...

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Bond Dickinson collects Insurance Firm of the Year accolade at Legal Business Awards

March 24, 2017
Bond Dickinson collects Insurance Firm of the Year accolade at Legal Business Awards

A strong track record in defending its clients and a raft of significant deals over the past year earned national law firm Bond Dickinson the title of Insurance Team of the Year at last night’s prestigious Legal Business Awards. Bond Dickinson, which has its second largest office in Bristol, was...

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Report showcases how Bristol’s world-class tech sector is powering area’s economic growth

March 24, 2017
Report showcases how Bristol’s world-class tech sector is powering area’s economic growth

The importance of the Bristol and Bath area’s tech sector to the local economy has been underlined by a major new report which puts it among the country’s most successful and fastest growing. While the strength of the industry has been highlighted in previous studies, this week’s Tech Nation...

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