Bristol’s forward-looking employers now have more time to enter a top awards scheme that champions the happiest workplaces in the West following a decision by organisers to extend the deadline for entries. Staged by Lawrence Hill-based and interior design consultancy Wylde IA, the Happiest Workplace competition recognises firms that...
Exporting firms based in the South West received support worth £3.2m from the government’s export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) over the past year – helping them achieve overseas sales of more than £41m. The figures emerge from UKEF’s latest annual report. The agency works alongside the Department...
Bristol-based workplace designer firm Wylde IA has given a Wiltshire manor house-turned-business centre a new look as it expands its offering to embrace more flexible ways of working. Georgian Hartham Park, set in 50 acres of parkland near Corsham, called in Wylde IA to refurbish its restaurant, replacing it...
Mitie, the Bristol-based outsourcing group, is to appoint Jennifer Duvalier as a non-executive director. She will join the board next Wednesday after the group’s AGM. Jennifer is a non-executive director of GMG, the body that governs strategy and commercial operations of the Guardian Media Group, publisher of The Guardian newspaper...
Expanding independent recruitment company 24-7 Staffing is looking to add two further branches to its office network by 2020 after the successful launch of Bristol base earlier this year. The firm, which increased revenue by 25% last year and is on target for similar growth this year, opened on...
Bristol Airport is trialling self-service bag drop technology aimed at cutting passenger queues as it prepares for its busiest weekend of the year. The bag drop pilot is being piloted for passengers flying with easyJet – the airport’s largest operator serving 64 destinations. The scheme – already being used...
Paul Seymour has joined regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming as its new marketing director, based in its Bristol office. Paul arrives from the Bristol office of national law firm Bond Dickinson, where he worked for six-and-a-half years as senior communications manager and, more recently, marketing and communications manager. At...
Bristol-based ‘feel-good food’ café group Friska is aiming to double its number of outlets and expand in cities across the UK after receiving a £3m investment. The firm, which was founded in 2009 by former university friends Griff Holland and Ed Brown, pictured, now operates from nine locations across...
Property agency Colliers International has appointed Richard Nicholas to lead the investment property management team in its Bristol office. Richard, pictured, is an experienced property management specialist with more than 25 years’ experience. He joins Colliers as an associate director from the Cardiff office of rival JLL, where he...
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Entrepreneurs will pitch their business ideas to a royal audience when UWE Bristol hosts the Pitch@Palace On Tour. The Duke of York will hear pitches on the theme The Future of Mobility and Materials when he attends the prestigious event at Future Space on the university’s Frenchay Campus. Up...
Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has its largest office in Bristol, has welcomed the brakes being put on Making Tax Digital for business, after the government admitted it needed more time. Sole traders, partnerships and landlords with income above £85,000 were to be forced into keeping their accounts...
Carl Deane, head of accountancy group Smith & Williamson’s audit and assurance team in Bristol, has become managing partner of the Bristol office, replacing Mike Lea, who has been in the role for the past 10 years. Mike takes on the newly created ambassadorial role of office senior partner...
