The Bristol-based firm behind the top-selling Trunki child’s ride-on suitcases has lost its long-running legal battle with a rival to protect its design. Five Supreme Court judges analysed a dispute between Magmatic, which makes Trunki, and PMS International, which sells Kiddee Case luggage, at a hearing last November. Magmatic...
Somerset-based luxury fashion brand Mulberry has appointed former Dyson Group finance chief Neil Ritchie as group finance director as it continues on its recovery from several loss-making years. Mr Ritchie takes up his new role at the group, best known for its designer leather bags, on May 16. Existing...
Bristol’s burgeoning television industry and its home-grown talent swept the board at this year’s Royal Television Society West of England Awards. The glittering gala ceremony staged in the Old Vic highlighted the wealth of small-screen creativity in the city – from those in front of and behind the camera...
West of England healthcare businesses looking to export their expertise, products or services to China will be able to get advice and support at a half-day forum in Bristol in May. With an aging but wealthier population of more than one billion, demand for healthcare is soaring in China...
Second-home buyers and investors in residential property risk paying more than five times the current rate of stamp duty land tax if they fail to complete their purchase by midnight on March 31. The warning comes from the Bristol office of accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith &...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has stepped into the row over British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) director-general John Longworth’s support for the Vote Leave campaign in the EU referendum. Business West managing director Phil Smith, pictured, said he was “appalled” by Mr Longworth’s comments, in which claimed...
The Bristol office of property agency Colliers International has strengthened its national offices team with the appointment of Catherine Collis. A sector specialist with nearly 20 years’ experience in the local market, she has joined the team as a director. Catherine spent 17 years with the Bristol office of...
Monday 7 March Interim: Abcam Finals: Clarkson, Escher, Irish Continental, Pennant International, RTC, Telit Communications AGM: Arden Partners Tuesday 8 March Interims: Allergy Therapeutics, Close Brothers, Craneware, Regenersis, St Ives, Ten Alps Finals: Anpario, Brammer, CLS, Dialight, Dialog Semiconductor, Equiniti, esure, Foxtons, John Laing, John Menzies, Paddy Power Betfair,...
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, Kyle Hannan, founder and managing director of the Ecomedia Collective CIC, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Deadpool. A superhero film...
