National transport planning consultancy Vectos has opened an office in Bristol in a move it says underlines its confidence in the West region’s economy. The base in Prince Street will employ seven people. The firm has also chosen Bristol to launch its new drainage, flood risk and hydrology offer....
Bristol has been named as the UK’s European City of Sport for 2017 – a year-long celebration of the part sport plays in every aspect of life across its many and diverse communities. The prestigious award was secured by the new Bristol Partnership for Sport and Active Recreation with...
Bristol’s Filwood Green Business Park has achieved a top sustainability rating, recognising it as a leading environmentally friendly building. The site received its latest BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating, placing it as one of the most environmentally friendly industrial buildings in the UK. BREEAM is the world’s leading assessment method for...
Photographer Jo Hansford was at the International Women’s Day/Fairtrade breakfast at Triodos Bank’s Bristol head office which brought together 25 of the city’s leading women from a wide range of organisations.
Twenty-five of Bristol’s leading women sat down for breakfast and stood up for farmers at a special Fairtrade breakfast to celebrate International Women’s Day. The women were joined by Ana Maria Gonzalez, a coffee farmer with the Fairtrade SOPPEXXCA Co-op in Nicaragua. The event, staged at ethical bank Triodos’...
Bristol’s start-ups and young entrepreneurial businesses can book themselves onto a flight path for growth across the UK and into Europe under a new scheme launched this week offering free airline tickets. Seats for Start Ups – a partnership between bmi regional, Bristol’s award-winning Engine Shed innovation hub and...
It’s the ultimate team-building challenge. This weekend teams of friends, colleagues and ski enthusiasts will gather on a stunning mountain plateau in Switzerland for the World Igloo Building Competition. The aim? To construct – and then sleep in – your own igloo. Bristol Business News Travel Editor ANNE GORRINGE...
Regional law firm Foot Anstey has appointed Martin Hirst as a partner in its Bristol real estate group as it expands its offering to housebuilders and property developers. Martin, pictured, specialises in all aspects of development in the housebuilding sector from site acquisition through to disposal and has been at the...
Accountancy group EY has appointed former HSBC regional corporate banking head Mark Bennett as a relationship director covering the South West & Wales. Mark, pictured, spent 38 years in a variety of roles at the bank, including strategic development, head of business marketing and head of corporate banking for...
