Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

May 8, 2016
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Monday 9 May Interims: ITE, Premier Veterinary Trading statements: Dignity, Greggs, Liberty Global AGMs: 888, Fairpoint, Integrated Diagnostics EGMs: Corero Network Security, Cyprotex, Redrow Tuesday 10 May Interims: Cambria Automobiles, easyJet Finals: Gear4Music, Quantum Pharmaceutical, Venn Life Sciences Trading statements: Bovis Homes, Capita, Grafton, Hiscox, Interserve, Markit AGMs: 4imprint,...

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The LAST WORD: Rob Vivian, CEO, Pure Comms

May 6, 2016
The LAST WORD: Rob Vivian, CEO, Pure Comms

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 Rob Vivian, CEO of Pure Comms, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? Thor: The Dark World Book you read? The Aeronaut’s...

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UWE reaches new heights as its £50m business and law building is ‘topped out’

May 6, 2016
UWE reaches new heights as its £50m business and law building is ‘topped out’

UWE’s new £50m Faculty of Business and Law building has come a step closer to completion with a traditional ‘topping-out’ ceremony. The new state-of-the art building will house Bristol Business School and Bristol Law School and is part of the university’s major campus development plan to build a university...

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Bristol’s latest ‘trendy office’ scheme attracts another tech tenant

May 6, 2016
Bristol’s latest ‘trendy office’ scheme attracts another tech tenant

A second tech firm is to move into Bristol’s Brew House creative hub. The fast-growing firm – which is not yet being named – joins digital media company Zone. The London and Cologne-based firm took half the 25,000 sq ft building last year.   The Brew House, pictured, off...

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Arnos Vale fundraiser drums up support for £1m endowment to preserve historic cemetery

May 6, 2016
Arnos Vale fundraiser drums up support for £1m endowment to preserve historic cemetery

Civic leaders and VIPs joined Arnos Vale fundraisers for a recent Night at the Cemetery event to help secure its long-term future. Invited guests included the Lord Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Clare Campion-Smith, High Sheriff of Bristol Helen Wilde and Mayor George Ferguson. The event raised more than £15,000...

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Burges Salmon and TLT dish up advice for London healthy food firm’s MBO

May 6, 2016
Burges Salmon and TLT dish up advice for London healthy food firm’s MBO

Bristol law firms TLT and Burges Salmon have advised on the £12m management buyout of leading healthy food-to-go retailer Vital Ingredient. TLT worked with the management team on the buyout, which was backed by LDC, Lloyds Banking Group’s mid-market private equity firm, while Burges Salmon’s corporate finance team advised LDC...

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Property developer builds links with city’s creatives to bring pioneering new music to Bristol

May 6, 2016
Property developer builds links with city’s creatives to bring pioneering new music to Bristol

Bristol-based property developer Urban Creation has made a £25,000 contribution to a new arts project involving 114 radios that will come to life as part of the city’s pioneering New Music festival. The installation, Requiem for 114 Radios by artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, will be at the...

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Bristol Airport and KLM to sponsor Bath stage of the Tour of Britain

May 6, 2016
Bristol Airport and KLM to sponsor Bath stage of the Tour of Britain

Bristol Airport and Dutch airline KLM have become premier sponsors for the Tour of Britain stage taking place in Bath this September. The city will host a stage finish of the tour for the first time on September 8. Stage five of what has become Britain’s premier cycling race will...

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Ryanair lands Bristol Airport award for minimising its aircraft noise

May 6, 2016
Ryanair lands Bristol Airport award for minimising its aircraft noise

Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has topped Bristol Airport’s annual rankings of airlines that do the most to minimise the noise of their aircraft when they land and take off. The Tracker Awards are based on flight records for the year and measure compliance with departure routes set up to...

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