Bristol can play a led role in ensuring the UK is a world leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) through harnessing its innovation, talent and the spirit of Brunel, according to the West of England’s metro mayor. By making the city and the wider region an official UK AI Growth...
Waste management and recycling specialist Grundon has ramped up its support for businesses in Bristol ahead of new rules around the separation of waste start taking effect. From 31 March, businesses employing 10 or more staff will need to separate dry recyclables and food waste from their general waste,...
Monday January 13 Final: Hercules Site Services Economic announcement: PageGroup Tuesday January 14 Final: Ramsdens Holdings Interim: Games Workshop Group Trading announcements: Robert Walters, Grafton Group, Ocado Group, Knights Group Holdings Wednesday January 15 Final: Victorian Plumbing Group Interim: Frontier Developments Trading announcements: Hays, Fuller, Smith & Turner, Currys,...
Bristol has been named as the UK’s second most attractive city to launch a new business in 2025, according to new research. Finance broker Approved Finance Group analysed the country’s 60 largest cities to find out how they fared when it came to providing the bedrock for a successful...
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is to significantly grow its revenue streams and strengthen its community impact programmes in Bristol following a £400,000 investment from city-based impact investor BBRC. The funding will enable the club to develop three new programmes, including expanding its existing work with refugees in the city,...
Independent Bristol cafe and events business Double Puc Cafe has formed a partnership with the city’s multi award-winning attraction Wake The Tiger to operate its café. The partnership, under which Double Puc has also become Wake The Tiger’s exclusive event caterer, expands on its successful operations over the past...
Accountancy group Grant Thornton UK’s South West corporate finance team celebrated a bumper end to 2024 after completing four deals in three months with a combined value of more than £150m. The Bristol-based team, which also covers Wales, advised transactions during the fourth quarter spanning private equity, mergers & acquisitions...
Specialist employment and workplace legal practice Doyle Clayton has opened an office in Bristol, recruiting a former legal director from city-headquartered national law firm TLT to lead it. Doyle Clayton, which has more than 60 specialist lawyers, advisers and consultants in its offices in the City of London and...
Bristol-based corporate finance advisory firm Shaw & Co has been selected as the only UK corporate finance merger & acquisition (M&A) advisory firm to join an international network of more than 12,000 accounting, tax, audit and legal professionals. Founded in Germany in 2003, ECOVIS International is active in 90-plus countries...
Eurobrick is the UK’s longest-established brick slip cladding system company. With nearly 35 years’ expertise in this specialist sector, the team at Eurobrick have been designing and developing products to meet the changing requirements of the construction industry for many years. With this in mind, Eurobrick is pleased to...
Law firm Thrings has boosted its commercial property offering with the appointment of two new partners in its Bristol office. Kate Egan-Martin and Naomi Manton, pictured, have joined the firm’s development of land service, bringing more than three decades of real estate and legal experience between them, including working...
A former partner at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has been appointed as chair of trustees at one of the country’s oldest charities. Sandra Forbes, pictured, has taken up the role at St John’s Foundation in Bath, which celebrated its 850th anniversary last year. A distinguished banking and corporate lawyer with a...
The West of England’s burgeoning hydrogen sector needs to embrace gender diversity more if it is to continue to grow while helping in the fight against climate change. By doing this it will also encourage more innovation and challenge established thinking as it assists in accelerating the transition to...
