A unique business knowledge hub to help Bristol and the West of England’s small and medium-sized enterprises grow is to be launched next month. The West of England Growth Hub will offer users access to an extensive, connected network of business knowledge and skills partners. The platform, which is...
The West of England’s small and medium-sized firms are leading the UK for job creation with more than two thirds planning to recruit more staff and SME manufacturers are committed to investing in their workforce over the next 12 months, according to two new surveys. The upbeat findings, from...
Blue Badge Company, the fast-growing Bristol business that makes stylish-but-practical living aids, has recruited its 21st member of staff – two years after it was launched with just one person. Yvonne Bowman has joined the firm as it continues to reap the rewards of founder Ellen Green’s appearance on...
Graduate surveyor Josh Bryant has been appointed by national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) to bolster its growing Bristol-based lease advisory team. Josh, pictured, graduated last year with a first-class honours degree in Property Investment and Management from the University of the West of England (UWE), which included...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, welcomed today’s figures showing the South West leading the fall in unemployment – but warned that more needs to be done to get young people into work. Phil Smith, managing director of Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the...
SciSys, the specialist IT firm with a base in Bristol, this week said it had ended a major contract which plunged it into the red last month and is now predicting a brighter future. Problems with the major fixed-price development project for an unnamed client pushed SciSys into a...
Airline bmi regional is to put on extra flights between Paris and Bristol Airport this weekend to meet demand from French rugby fans eager to see their team do battle with New Zealand in the World Cup quarter final. Les Bleus take on the All Blacks in Cardiff on...
Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT has advised Wiltshire manufacturer Avon Rubber on its £3.5m acquisition of a thermal imaging camera business. Melksham-based Avon said Argus would boost profits and help longer-term product development opportunities in its protection and defence business, which produces innovative gas masks and respirators for defence and...
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