Limber, the Bristol-based digital platform that makes it easier for bars and restaurants to hire part-time staff, has received a funding boost to accelerate its roll-out. The platform allows businesses in the food-and-drink sector to fill their shifts at the touch of a button while also enabling them build...
Bristol creative agency Workbrands has launched a new brand identity for the Property Academy to replace its national awards scheme. The Best Estate Agent Guide 2018 is run in partnership with Rightmove and takes the place of the Sunday Times Estate/Letting Agency of the Year Awards, which have been...
Carterwood, the Bristol-based specialist property consultancy dedicated to social care, has appointed Henry Crosby as a data scientist to strengthen its research systems and data management. Henry’s responsibilities include continuously improving and innovating in Carterwood’s research systems and the way it maintains and manages data. Henry, pictured, is...
Bristol-based specialist financial services group Computershare has helped seal a highly complex mega-merger in the global investment management market – proof, it says, that no deal is too big or too complicated to succeed. Described as a ‘merger of equals’, the tie-up between Janus and Henderson has created a...
Bristol’s Bottle Yard television and film studio complex is hoping to become a major player in the TV gameshow market as Noel Edmonds’ latest project – made there earlier this year – prepares to hit the small screen. Cheap Cheap Cheap, which was filmed at the South Bristol studios...
National commercial building consultancy Malcolm Hollis has recruited three graduates to its Bristol office as part of its successful graduate programme. George Findlay, pictured, and Laurence Garrett join after completing their graduate diplomas at UWE Bristol. George was previously a geography teacher and continued to do work part-time while...
Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has strengthened its support for medium-sized businesses in Bristol with the appointment of a new regional director. Andrew Kemp, pictured, joins the bank’s mid-markets team having previously led its acquisition finance loan management team in London. He brings with him more than 25 years of...
Timber and sheet materials specialist Avon Plywood has been acquired by larger competitor Sydenhams for an undisclosed sum. Keynsham-based Avon Plywood, which was established in 1983 as an importer of wood-based materials and timber into Bristol, is now one of the UK’s largest suppliers of its kind. It specialises...
By Donna Kehoe, Bank of England agent for the South West of England I always enjoy the conversations I have each day with those running businesses, charities and other organisations here in the South West. These discussions provide an up-to-the-minute insight into what’s really happening in the economy across...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has signed up to become one of the premier partners to the TEDxBristol 2017 event, which takes place in November. Now in its fifth year, TEDxBristol is one of the biggest events of its kind in the UK. An independent and voluntary not-for-profit...
Experienced recruitment professional Daniel Young is joining Opus as sales manager for its recently refurbished Bristol head office. Daniel, pictured, spent seven years working in the technology sector at Computer Futures’ Bristol office, where he reached management level in record time. In 2014 he won the sales team manager...
The roll-out of a next-generation news management system by the BBC to thousands of its journalists and a €2.5m (£2.27m) deal with a major public German broadcaster have boosted specialist IT group SCISYS following its acquisition of the firm behind the technology. Munich-headquartered Annova had a 12-year contract...
Regional law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, has joined an elite group of legal practices that have been independently recognised for the high-quality advice they offer to residential property leaseholders. Just a handful of South West law firms are members of the influential Association of Leasehold...
