Bristol business advisors are poised to deal with a wide range of concerns impacting on their clients following the triggering of Article 50 – from employment to tariffs and tax. They say the major worry – and one that is already affecting some firms – is the uncertainty over...
The CBI called Wednesday’s triggering of Article 50 a “pivotal moment in country’s history” but said early wins were needed in the negotiations with the EU to keep business on side. President Paul Drechsler said the Prime Minister’s commitment to free trade and European values should “hearten those around...
Two Bristol area firms – a food exporter and a manufacturer – have reacted with alarm at the prospect of the UK leaving the single market and customs union. Both firms are considering their future days after Article 50 was formerly triggered. One could close completely if tariffs and more paperwork...
Just over half of West of England firms are either ‘negative’ or ‘very negative’ about the UK leaving the single market and customs union, according to the latest survey by the region’s largest business organisation. Released to coincide with Wednesday’s triggering of Article 50, the results of the Business...
International property agency JLL has made two director-level appointments in Bristol that will bring a new breadth of expertise to its South and Wales region residential development services team. James Petherick has joined as director of residential development, having been an associate in rival GVA’s Bristol office for almost...
Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, drones, 3D printing and electric Tesla cars were among the topics explored in hands-on events staged by Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office as part of the national law firm’s first international innovation week. Joint webinars were also organised with the firm’s US alliance partner Womble Carlyle...
Monday 27 March Interim: YouGov Finals: Inspired Energy, SpaceandPeople AGM: Toople Tuesday 28 March Interims: Bowleven, Wolseley Finals: AA, Barr (AG), Card Factory, Clarke (T), Cloudcall, Ebiquity, Gulf Marine Services, Hostelworld, Instem, Ladbrokes Coral Group, Lidco, Mortgage Advice Bureau, Moss Bros, Personal Group, Premier Technical Services, S&U, Silence Therapeutics,...
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 Nick Matthews, regional director of wholesale fruit and veg group Total Produce, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Demolition starring Jake...
UWE Bristol is recognising the value its African staff and students bring to the city with a weeklong showcase of events. Africa Week – which runs from Monday to Friday next week – aims to highlight the work of Africans in diverse fields in the UK and to challenge,...
West of England firms face uncertainty and risks in areas such as skills and supply chains but also opportunities from Brexit, a meeting attended by bosses of around 100 businesses this morning heard. There was consensus that the region’s business community needed to lobby government over the impact of...
Slide, the shared commuting service being trialled in Bristol, is expanding its service again to cover a larger area of the city following demand from potential customers. Brislington, Knowle, Totterdown in the south of the city and Emersons Green, Downend and Bromley Heath to the north east are being...
Telecoms firm Pure Comms is celebrating a record 12 months in which its turnover went above £2m for the first time in its seven-year history. The firm, which has offices near Clevedon and in St Austell, Cornwall, posted a record turnover of £2.1m for the year ending February 2016...
