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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

December 1, 2024
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Monday December 2 Final: SRT Marine Systems Economic announcement: PMI manufacturing Tuesday December 3 Finals: SSP Group, On The Beach Group, Greencore Group, Gooch & Housego, Marston’s, Paragon Banking Group, Diales Interims: DiscoverIE Group, System1 Group, Mind Gym, Ondo Insurtech Wednesday December 4 Finals: Tritax Eurobox, Treatt, Ixico, Skinbiotherapeutics Interims: SCDL...

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The LAST WORD: Shaun Bartle, managing director, Grantica

November 29, 2024
The LAST WORD: Shaun Bartle, managing director, Grantica

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 R&D tax consultancy Grantica managing director Shaun Bartle answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST  Film you watched? The Founder. A great film about the origins of the...

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US firm’s £338m bid for Bristol success story Loungers facing opposition from some shareholders

November 29, 2024
US firm’s £338m bid for Bristol success story Loungers facing opposition from some shareholders

Two of the biggest shareholders in Bristol-based café/bar chain Loungers have said they will vote against the £338m bid for the group announced this week by a US private equity company. Fortress Investment Group’s all-cash offer has been accepted by Loungers’ board and a number of major investors in...

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The Welcome Party shines a powerful light on the contribution of refugees and migrants to Bristol

November 29, 2024
The Welcome Party shines a powerful light on the contribution of refugees and migrants to Bristol

Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has said it is “extremely proud” to have supported The Welcome Party, the recent event that celebrated the contributions and success stories of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in the city’s workforce. Staged by ACH, the Bristol social enterprise focused on integration and...

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Bristol air-taxi firm lands new funding agreement as it looks to take pioneering project to next level

November 29, 2024
Bristol air-taxi firm lands new funding agreement as it looks to take pioneering project to next level

Vertical Aerospace, the Bristol firm developing an innovative electric-powered ‘flying taxi’, has delayed its into service by two years as it agrees a multi million pound refinancing. The move means the firm can continue the test programme for its revolutionary vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) VX4 aircraft, with a...

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Cabot Circus owners sign up Odeon group as new occupier for cinema site left vacant for a year

November 29, 2024
Cabot Circus owners sign up Odeon group as new occupier for cinema site left vacant for a year

Cinema chain Odeon is to open in Bristol city centre’s Cabot Circus retail scheme following the closure of its Showcase’s Cinema De Lux’s venue 12 months ago. Cabot Circus co-owner Hammerson said bringing back a cinema to the centre was the leisure experience most requested in a customer survey...

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Another expansion plan unveiled by Bristol Airport as it looks to handle 3m more passengers a year by 2040

November 29, 2024
Another expansion plan unveiled by Bristol Airport as it looks to handle 3m more passengers a year by 2040

Bristol Airport has unveiled a new masterplan to increase its capacity from 12m passengers a year to 15m while adding direct flights to the East Coast of America and the Middle East. Airport bosses insist the current restriction on passenger numbers – set just two years ago – is...

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Major Euro-wide biotech deal latest transaction in fast-growing sector completed by Shaw & Co

November 28, 2024
Major Euro-wide biotech deal latest transaction in fast-growing sector completed by Shaw & Co

Bristol-based corporate finance advisory firm Shaw & Co has advised the shareholders of leading UK life science research supplier AMSBIO on its sale to Dutch group Europa Biosite. Headquartered in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, AMSBIO is a premier provider of life science products and services with expertise in biospecimens, stem cells...

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Private client specialist joins Rothley Law as partner after it opens Bristol office

November 28, 2024
Private client specialist joins Rothley Law as partner after it opens Bristol office

Lawyer Heledd Wyn, who specialises in private client services and long-term care, has joined the recently opened Bristol office of Rothley Law as a partner. With extensive experience in future planning, private wealth and Court of Protection matters, Heledd, pictured, provides expert guidance on Wills, Powers of Attorney, long-term...

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