By Matt Cross, head of inward investment, Invest Bristol and Bath. Last week’s announcement that The Range is investing in bringing 1,050 jobs through one of the largest warehousing and distribution schemes in the UK to Severnside, South Gloucestershire, shows that the West of England is most certainly open...
Bristol’s top firms are being urged to enter the region’s most prestigious business competition – accountants PwC’s annual West of England Business of the Year Awards. The widely-respected awards are now in their 28th year and previous winners represent the cream of the region’s top companies. The unrivalled awards,...
The Crafts Council, the UK development agency for contemporary crafts, has appointed Andy Marshall, group managing director at Bristol-based magazine group Immediate Media Co, as a trustee. Andy, pictured, has more than 30 years’ experience in media and publishing. He becomes one of 11 trustees at the council at...
Applications for the coveted South West Fairtrade Business Awards close this weekend and Bristol firms that support fair and ethical business practices are being urged to enter before Sunday’s deadline. The unique awards – now in their fourth year – champion firms that put ethical responsibilities at the heart...
Neighbourly, the Bristol-based innovative community-business connector, has been recognised as one of Britain’s most disruptive companies. The firm, which is based at Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub, appears in global publisher Bloomberg’s Business Innovators list alongside business game-changers such as Deliveroo, Crowdcube, GoCardless, Secret Escapes, MADE.com and Metro Bank....
National specialist recruitment firm FD Recruit has appointed Nigel Banks to head the business in the South West Nigel Banks, pictured, a senior financial recruitment specialist with over 18 year’s industry experience, is responsible for further developing FD Recruit’s successful South West and South Wales operation. The firm specialises...
Directors at SciSys, the specialist IT firm with an office in Bristol, have insisted its recovery is now well established and last year’s problems are behind it. In a trading update to the London Stock Exchange this week, they said they were encouraged by the group’s performance in the...
Airbus has also landed a highly lucrative – and significant – order for 118 aircraft from Iran as the Middle East country rebuilds its post-sanctions economy. The order – worth $27bn (£18.7bn) at list prices – spans Airbus’s entire range from short-haul, single-aisle aircraft to the A380 superjumbo, the...
