HH Asset Finance has appointed Ian Thomas to the position of account manager in Bristol – its first employee in the city. Ian, pictured, will develop the Newport-based firm’s presence in the South West following a £25m investment in the business last year to grow its lending capacity. With...
Bristol-based national training and leading apprenticeship provider Positive Outcomes has made three senior appointments to further support its continued growth. Ryan Longmate and Kelly Ball, pictured, who have a combined 18 years’ experience at Positive Outcomes, have been promoted to joint managing directors while Richard Doar joins as financial controller to complete the...
Advanced engineering firm Renishaw and Bristol Music Trust, which runs the city’s Colston Hall music venue, have teamed up to give Bristol schoolchildren the chance to design and build their own digital music instruments. The two organisations have come together under a new three-year partnership with hi-tech educators Conductive...
Only Connect, Bristol’s exclusive business and social networking company, stages its landmark 25th event next month – and Bristol Business News has partnered with it to offer a massive 50% discount on ticket prices. The strictly black tie event, on September 17, will bring together 300-plus like-minded professionals in...
Property advisory firm CBRE has gone up in the world for its new Bristol base, taking a penthouse suite on two floors of the city’s highest office building. The move follows a period of sustained growth for the firm with an expanding portfolio of clients and increased staff numbers...
A team from the Bristol office of accountants Bishop Fleming is taking part in a 325-mile cycle relay challenge to raise funds for homeless charity Julian House. The 20-strong Bristol team will start from their office in Queen Square in a four-day relay that goes from the firm’s office...
Burges Salmon, the Bristol-headquartered law firm, has advised Bristol City Council on the transfer of its waste collection and street cleaning to a new, wholly owned business. Bristol City Council and contractor Kier (formerly May Gurney) mutually agreed to end their existing £96m contract in June less than half...
Specialist training firm Bristol Management Centre, which launched 40 years to help Royal Navy personnel re-train when they left the service, has been sold to a newly established company that plans to expand its offering. Bristol Management Centre, based in Armada House in the city centre, now provides project...
Global accountancy group KPMG has appointed Andrew Hodgson as its office senior partner in Bristol. Andrew, pictured, has worked for KPMG for 25 years, having started his career in the South East where he worked in the firm’s London and Gatwick offices. He moved to Bristol 12 years ago...
