A Bristol-based market researcher and business consultant specialising in China and other fast-growing markets has been appointed to the board of the Bristol and West of England China Bureau. Pete Read, chief executive officer of Global Growth Markets, has taken up the voluntary post of director of market insights...
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has retained all of its seven spring qualifiers, with three qualifying into its Bristol office. Becky Cupit, 25, studied Law at Cambridge University and spent a year in Germany studying German law. She qualifies into Osborne Clarke’s Bristol commercial litigation practice. Joining the firm’s Bristol...
Monday 15 February Interim: City of London Investment Group Finals: Acacia Mining, Amino Technologies, Fidessa, Hammerson, Reckitt Benckiser EGM: Redefine International Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 16 February Interims: Filtronic, Gemfields, Hargreaves Services, Mucklow (A&J) Finals: Afarak, Anglo American, Spectris AGM: MedicX Fund EGMs: Berkeley, Vitesse Media Economics: Consumer...
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 Charlotte Raynes, commercial director of Amarelle – office design and build specialists, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Alan Bennett’s The...
A Western Powerhouse to rival that of the North of England came a step closer today when Bristol, Cardiff and Newport unveiled the results of a major research project underpinning the concept. The three – working together under the title Great Western Cities (GWC) – commissioned the research to...
Mubaloo, the pioneering Bristol app developer set up six years ago by city-based serial entrepreneur Mark Mason, has been acquired by London-based marketing agency IPG Mediabrands. Mediabrands said the move would extend its full-service mobile service into the UK by combining Mubaloo’s talent and resources with its own specialist...
Recently appointed Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police Andy Marsh is keynote speaker at next week’s Big Bud Business Breakfast. The event, on Tuesday at Aqua Restaurant, Welsh Back, will be one of the first official engagements for Mr Marsh, pictured, since he officially took over in the role...
Business confidence has tumbled on the back of worldwide economic instability and fears that the Chancellor has become less business-friendly, according to a survey by accountancy group Smith & Williamson, which has a large office in Bristol. The firm’s latest Enterprise Index shows expectations that the economy will improve...
Vivid, the fast-growing Bristol content marketing agency, has been appointed by the GMB trade union to create its regionally segmented membership magazine. The account was previously held for eight years by Bath-based publishing house Future – where Vivid’s four co-founders worked before setting up on their own just under...
