Staff at housebuilder Redrow Homes’ South West division have taken part in a range of fundraising events including a nail-biting abseil, gruelling Tough Mudder race and a football tournament to net £11,450 for cancer counselling charity We Hear You (WHY). The charity provides emotional and practical support to patients,...
Tens of thousands of EU workers in the South West could leave the UK over the next few years, potentially triggering a major skills headache for the region’s firms, according to a new survey. Some 28% of all EU nationals working in the region say they are considering quitting...
The Bristol office of national law firm Bond Dickinson has offered positions to four of its trainees this year. Ian Meyer, Rachel Small, Laura Elliott-Carter and Natasha Hyde have all accepted posts as newly qualified solicitors in the real estate, dispute resolution and commercial teams and will join the...
Commercial property consultancy Hartnell Taylor Cook (HTC) has appointed Ian Lambert as partner to lead its Bristol office. Ian, pictured, is a well-known character in the South West property market, having joined HTC in 1991 as a graduate trainee after obtaining a degree in valuation and estate management at...
Leading regional law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, has continued its expansion on the South Coast with the appointment of commercial and corporate specialist Mary Chant as partner. Mary, who advises businesses on their commercial and contractual contracts and arrangements, including drafting and negotiating commercial agreements,...
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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 Elaine McKechnie, centre director at Future Space at UWE, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Hangover 3 – I didn’t...
Bristol tech entrepreneur Ian Johnson, who owns Clifton Observatory, has donated more than £100,000 to city hospital charity Above & Beyond to help fund an innovative project to reduce patient anxiety in the emergency department of Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI). The BRI’s adult emergency department has been fitted with...
Big-hearted staff at Bristol-based legal expenses insurer ARAG have been recognised in a national awards scheme that promotes payroll giving to charities. The 2017 Payroll Giving Platinum Award was presented to the firm by the Charities Aid Foundation. The accolade can only go to companies where more than 20%...
Bristol-based builders’ merchants Kellaway Building Supplies has continued to invest in its branch network by relocating its long-established Ashton outlet to a larger site less than a mile away. The new premises in Bedminster, pictured, have a larger yard, warehouse and shop, enabling privately-owned Kellaway to provide a large...
Orega, the privately-owned serviced office provider, has appointed Bristol-based Morton Property Consultants to acquire a number of offices for it across the South West and South Wales. The London-based firm, which already has a centre on Bristol’s Victoria Street, is expanding as corporate requirements change to a more flexible...
Organisers of The Downs Festival, which returns to Bristol on Saturday September 2, are offering businesses the chance to snap up VIP tickets – with access to its backstage bar – for the same price of a normal ticket. The all-day festival, which was staged for the first time...
The outlook for the global economy is “highly uncertain”, a top Bank of England official has warned Bristol business leaders, but he insisted that Britain’s financial services industry is in far better shape to cope with any sudden shocks than it was ahead of the last recession. China’s huge...
