West firms and business organisations need to collaborate more and embrace innovation to help nurture the region’s talent pool, according to the regional president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Speaking to more than 500 delegates at the ICAEW annual dinner in Bristol last night,...
Regional construction group Beard, which opened an office in Bristol last year, is predicting strong growth this year as it builds on another record set of financial results. Pre-tax profits rose by 24% to £2.9m in the year to December 31 on turnover up 26% at £110.8m following a...
Unemployment has continued to fall in the South West, bucking the national trend and pointing to a brighter outlook for the region’s businesses. But Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, warned the national rise signalled a slowing economy and could impact on firms in the Bristol area if...
The first batch of a special beer brewed by Bath Ales to mark Bristol Old Vic’s 250th birthday has been delivered to the historic theatre. The 1766 Anniversary Ale will be available throughout this year in bars at the venue – the longest continuously-running theatre in the UK –...
Blue Badge Company, the innovative Bristol firm that designs and makes a range of stylish living aids, is in the running for one the UK’s most prestigious and respected awards championing responsible business. The firm has been shortlisted for the Employment for Excluded Groups category in the regional Responsible...
Two prominent waterside retail/restaurant units at Portishead Marina have been brought to the market. The adjacent units on the ground floor of the mainly residential Sixty8 building are being marketed by the Bristol office of property consultants Alder King and Bristol-based specialist property firm Insight Retail Consulting. Sixty8 is...
Bristol-based law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV) has been awarded the Investors in People Bronze accreditation for the second consecutive time in recognition of the way it develops, supports and motivates staff. The firm, which also has offices in London, Birmingham and Watford, will now focus on achieving the...
Healthcare charity Nuffield Health has appointed Sheryl Krause as hospital director for its Bristol hospital, The Chesterfield. Sheryl, pictured, takes up the helm at the state-of-the-art £20m hospital following two-and-a-half years as head of sales and business development and then nine months as hospital director designate at The Chesterfield....
A games incubator which aims to strengthen Bristol’s burgeoning games sector and a creative skills programme that is developing its talent pool are the latest tenants in the city’s Engine Shed innovation hub. Game Boosters is seeking talented videogame developers to help them achieve success. Its objective is to...
