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 Lhosa Daly, deputy director of Spike Island and chair of the Institute of Directors Bristol branch, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched?...
Bristol Business News has officially launched its new sister title Creative Business News with a celebration of the West of England’s creativity. The exclusive event was staged aboard the MB Tempora, a former Dutch barge on Bristol’s Floating Harbour and now home to Floating Harbour Studios. The event attracted...
Musicians, VIPs and business guests rubbed shoulders at a reception staged by the Bristol office of accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson and national law firm Ashfords to mark the launch of the Bristol International Jazz and Blues Festival 2017. Nearly 250 people attended the event...
Early morning commuters will get the chance from Monday to take a more sustainable and far less congested journey to work when Bristol Ferry Boat Company launches its new service. The company is to introduce the new commuter service from Temple Meads to Hotwells via The Centre on a...
Bristol firms have been given a unique glimpse of the top tech themes for this year – and the impact they are likely to have on business – at a special event staged by accountancy firm Deloitte. Ever-greater use of smartphones, digital navigation, machine learning and – on the downside – the growth...
Bristol-based communication consultancy Inside Media has been named as the best ‘Automotive PR Support Agency’ at the national Newspress Awards 2017. It also picked up the award for best ‘Automotive PR Campaign’ for work with longstanding client Continental Tyres UK, beating other high-profile projects by Honda, Volkswagen and Kia....
Seven Bristol-based ‘business disrupters’ have been named among Britain’s 100 most successful entrepreneurs, philanthropists, investors, mentors and advisors. The prestigious Maserati 100 list brings together a diverse group of high-calibre individuals who are not only helping contribute to UK economic growing UK but also provide much needed support to...
A student from the University of Law in Bristol has been named Future Legal Mind 2017, winning £5,000 and a placement at national law firm Simpson Millar. Hana Kapadia, pictured, who is studying for her graduate diploma in law (GDL), clinched the title with an essay on why the UK civil...
The national automotive and roadside team at real estate adviser GVA has appointed well-known industry figure Matthew Williamson to its team in Bristol. A member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Matthew, pictured, has more than 20 years’ property experience and 11 years’ experience as a specialist in...
Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby has made a number of promotions, including the appointment of senior associate Claire Hurrell to partner, as it continues to go from strength to strength. Claire, pictured, a member of the medical negligence team, joined Barcan+Kirby in 2013. She specialises in birth injury, obstetric negligence...
Advisers from the Bristol office of accountancy group Smith & Williamson have helped one of the UK’s fastest-growing business aviation centres secure a £15m expansion package in a deal that underlines the city’s growing importance as a finance centre. London Biggin Hill Airport is using the funding from HSBC...
A series of multi-million pound clean energy deals has earned Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT a place among the most active legal advisers in the global sector. TLT is ranked at number three for the volume of its merger and acquisitions (M&A) deals last year and fifth for the...
Regional law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, has strengthened its private client offering with the appointment of two new partners. Awen Mellick and Stuart Crippin have joined the firm’s fast-growing private client team, which works across its five main UK offices in Bristol, Bath, Swindon, London...
