Monday 5 June AGMs: Arix Bioscience, Billington Holdings, Cambian Group, Chapel Down, Frontera Resources, Redstoneconnect, TBC Bank Economics: New car registrations, Markit/CIPS UK services, composite PMI, Official reserves Tuesday 6 June Interims: Gooch & Housego, IDOX, Oxford Metrics Finals: Acal, AO World, Carclo, FreeAgent Holdings, GB Group, KCom, Palace...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Nick Sturge, Engine Shed director and South West regional chairman of the Institute of Directors, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched?...
International legal practice Osborne Clarke, which has its roots in Bristol, has increased annual revenues by 12% to €245.1m (£190.2m). The firm, which employs more than 400 people at its Temple Quay base, increased UK revenues by 7% from £112.9m in 2015/16 to £121m in 2016/17 while cash resources rose...
NatWest will on Monday launch a new digital centre of excellence in Bristol, bringing 80 jobs to the city. The new facility will be based in its Trinity Quay office, alongside the bank’s Entrepreneurial Spark hub and NatWest teams including commercial and corporate banking. The NatWest Digital Studio will...
Bond Dickinson, the national law firm with a large office in Bristol, has combined with US-based Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice to create a major transatlantic legal player with operations in 23 cities. The merger, which takes effect from October, will create one the world’s 100 largest law firms...
Long-established costume hire company Bristol Costume Services and film/TV industry healthcare specialists MRU Services have become the two latest additions to the city’s Bottle Yard Studios creative hub. Their arrival brings the total number of companies based at the dedicated film and TV studios in Hengrove to 21, further...
Work has started to transform Bristol city centre’s largest office building into a modern business hub as the trend for new-style workspaces gathers pace in the city. Eight-storey, 180,000 sq ft The Pithay – now renamed Programme – was at one time a base for government departments. Since opened...
Bristol Property Agents Association and the School for Social Entrepreneurs have become the latest organisations to become members of the business lounge at Bristol innovation hub Engine Shed. The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), a charity supporting people using entrepreneurial approaches to tackle social issues, has signed up for...
A heady cocktail of vesper martinis and Aston Martins provided the thrills for around 85 VIP guests before they settled down to an exclusive screening of the classic Bond movie Goldfinger. The event, part of Bristol Film Festival, was sponsored by the Bristol office of accountancy, investment management and...
Retail support services firm eXPD8 has become the first tenant to move into One Brunswick Square – one of the new generation of office buildings that are transforming inner city areas of Bristol and bringing new kinds of workspace to the city. The firm has taken 6,000 sq ft...
International real estate group GVA has boosted its Bristol office by promoting Richard Kidd and Richard Howell to senior director and Lee Halmshaw to director. Richard Kidd, who leads the office agency team, has more than 20 years’ experience working within the property industry, in particular in Bristol’s city...
The South West has strengthened its position as the top UK region for ethical business, with social enterprises here having a faster average growth rate than those in other parts of the UK. The NatWest SE100, the biggest annual survey of the UK social enterprise sector, shows social enterprises...
Business West, the region’s largest business group, has warned that leaving the EU without a deal would cause “considerable damage” to many businesses. The organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative said avoiding this outcome “must be a priority” for all General Election candidates standing in...
