Former Lloyds Banking Group head of equity investments Fiona Gibson has joined BGF (Business Growth Fund) as a portfolio specialist to support its growing portfolio across the South West. At Lloyds, Fiona, pictured, was responsible for the bank’s portfolio of more than 250 legacy equity assets. She delivered a number...
Digital marketing pioneer Chris Thurling has been appointed as the new chair of Bristol Media, the 600-strong membership group for the city’s burgeoning creative, media and digital sector. Chris , pictured, founded 3Sixty – one of the region’s first web design and digital marketing agencies – 1995. He left...
Alzheimer’s Society has been chosen by South West law firm Ashfords as its charity of the year in a vote by employees. The firm will now hopes to raise £100,000 for the charity until April 2018. Alzheimer’s Society supports those affected by dementia through both practical and emotional support....
Specialist software group SCISYS has landed a multi-million pound contract to support a pioneering European mission to search for life on Mars. The group with a base in Bristol and which has its roots in the European Space Agency, has signed the €3.7m (£3.17m) deal with Italian group Thales...
Train manufacturer Hitachi Rail Europe is creating 150 jobs at its recently built Bristol depot to maintain the new fleet of trains being introduced on the Great Western mainline to London, it announced today. The £80m depot near Bristol Parkway station prepare the new intercity express trains for service...
Lawyers from the Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke have advised on the acquisition of the largest solar park in the UK. The 220-acre Shotwick site on the Wirral/Flintshire border operates at a 72MW peak capacity and a 50MW AC export capacity. Leading independent infrastructure and private...
Six senior appointments have been announced ahead of the launch next month of Bristol Airport’s first airport, the Hampton by Hilton. The new management team, led by general manager Andrew Peacock, has more than 42 years’ combined experience in the hospitality industry. They bring together the mix of skills...
Some of Bristol’s top businesses are backing the Lord Mayor’s Children’s Appeal Gift Gala to raise money for the city’s most disadvantaged children. The Gift Gala is one of several events in aid of the Appeal that runs through the year to raise money for clothes, gifts and food vouchers...
More than 550 aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners have been helped over the past year by BRAVE Enterprise, the Bristol-based not-for-profit business support organisation. BRAVE stages training workshops and advice sessions with experienced business mentors to encourage those thinking of starting up in business by themselves or growing a...
