Bristol Business Blog: Are the myths around company cars costing businesses dear?

May 7, 2015
Bristol Business Blog: Are the myths around company cars costing businesses dear?

Elliott Woodhead, director SME & partnerships at vehicle leasing group Arval, explains… In our experience, most SMEs think fleet management isn’t for them. They’re too small for a dedicated fleet manager, so the company typically buys its cars or vans (anything up to around 50) outright and someone in...

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Grade A waterside office scheme proves just the job for expanding global HR firm

May 7, 2015
Grade A waterside office scheme proves just the job for expanding global HR firm

International human resources group ADP has become the fourth blue-chip firm to take space at 10 Templeback, one of Bristol’s only grade A office developments in the past few months. The US-headquartered $11bn-revenue group – whose services span payroll, talent management, tax and benefits administration – is to occupy...

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Business briefing to give lowdown on latest changes in health, safety and the environment

May 7, 2015
Business briefing to give lowdown on latest changes in health, safety and the environment

Companies can get up to speed with the latest developments in health, safety, climate and the environment and the likely impact on their business at a half-day briefing in Bristol next week. Staged by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, the seminar will give businesses everything they need to keep themselves...

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TLT partner numbers pass 100 for first time following six new promotions

May 5, 2015
TLT partner numbers pass 100 for first time following six new promotions

TLT, the Bristol-headquartered national law firm, has promoted six associates to partners in its commercial services and banking & lender services groups. The promotions, in its Bristol, London, Belfast and Manchester offices, take the number of partners at the firm to over 100 for the first time. The move...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

May 4, 2015
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Monday 4 May Bank holiday: nothing scheduled Tuesday 5 May Interim: Aberdeen Asset Management Trading statements: Glencore, Greene King, HSBC, Indivior AGMs: BG, Bioquell, Burford Capital, Macfarlane, Pentair, Randgold Resources, Spirent Communications, Stratex International Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction – purchasing managers’ index, Halifax house prices Wednesday 6 May Interims:...

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The LAST WORD: Josh Eggleton, co-founder, Eat Drink Bristol Fashion

May 1, 2015
The LAST WORD: Josh Eggleton, co-founder, Eat Drink Bristol Fashion

Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word. This week Josh Eggleton, co-founder of Eat Drink Bristol Fashion, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Avengers: Age of Ultron on the opening night with the chef...

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And they’re off! Golden Gift Appeal ‘pedal for patients’ cyclists get en route to Paris

May 1, 2015
And they’re off! Golden Gift Appeal ‘pedal for patients’ cyclists get en route to Paris

A 70-strong team of determined directors, media folk and medics set off from Bristol this morning on a gruelling 430km, four-day cycle trek to Paris to raise £100,000 for city charity Above & Beyond’s £6m Golden Gift Appeal. Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson sounded an air horn to formally...

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Bristol digital firm’s innovative ‘immersive’ documentary wows New York’s arts scene

May 1, 2015
Bristol digital firm’s innovative ‘immersive’ documentary wows New York’s arts scene

Bristol-based creative digital company Anagram has landed a major prize at New York’s prestigious Tribeca Film Festival for a ground-breaking ‘immersive’ documentary. Door Into The Dark, made by Amy Rose and May Abdalla at Anagram, which is based in Watershed’s Pervasive Media Studio, combines technology, storytelling and real, visceral...

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Bristol’s yet-to-open Hampton by Hilton hotel appoints deputy manager

May 1, 2015
Bristol’s yet-to-open Hampton by Hilton hotel appoints deputy manager

Bristol’s city centre Hampton by Hilton hotel has appointed Nikola Garnev as deputy manager ahead of its opening this summer. Nikola, pictured, joins general manager Imran Ali and sales manager Kate Hemmings as they work towards its July debut. The 186-room mid-range hotel, which will be managed by Focus...

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