Time is running out for Bristol firms to enter the prestigious South West Fairtrade Business Awards. Applications for the hotly contested awards, which are free to enter, close on January 31. Now in their fifth year, the awards champion organisations across the region that put ethical responsibilities at the...
Specialist lender Aldermore has made two senior appointments to its growing South West and South Wales team based in Bristol. Jamie Cullen, who takes up the post of field-based residential relationship manager, has 12 years’ experience in financial services with NatWest and TSB, where he worked as a bank...
Michelmores, the regional law firm with an office in Bristol, has appointed barrister, Queen’s Counsel and part-time judge Andrew Oldland as its new senior partner – the first barrister to hold this role within a Top 100 law firm. He succeeds Will Michelmore, who has been the firm’s senior...
Graduates Victoria Moore and Kit Rabbette from property agents Cushman & Wakefield’s Bristol office have passed their Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) exams after completing the company’s training scheme. The pair are among 32 fellow graduates across the national firm who are now qualified chartered surveyors and members of...
Bristol business owners are to be shown how to promote their goods and services effectively through social media at two workshops being staged by BRAVE Enterprise, the city-based independent business support organisation. It is running the practical half-day courses – Using Social Media and Introduction to Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) –...
Bristol-based energy supplier OVO has topped the UK’s biggest energy customer satisfaction survey for the second year running. The annual survey, conducted by Which?, asked nearly 9,000 customers to rate their supplier across a range of areas including customer service and value for money. The latest results come as...
Bristol firms should hope for the best but plan for the worst, according to the region’s largest business organisation following Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech this week outlining her plans for Brexit. Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative, said while the landmark speech gave some...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV) has merged with London-based healthcare practice Lockharts as it seeks further growth in the specialist area. Lockharts is focused on supporting doctors, dentists, optometrists, vets, pharmacists, care homes and other healthcare professionals and organisations across England and Wales. Since the firm was...
South West law firm Foot Anstey has appointed Joanne Rumley as restructuring and insolvency partner in its Bristol-based corporate team. Joanne, pictured, joins from Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office. She has nearly 20 years’ experience in all aspects of corporate rescue, restructure, turnaround and insolvency including both formal and non-formal procedures....
The Bristol branch of the Institute of Directors (IoD) has named Lhosa Daly, deputy director of city-based international contemporary art and design centre Spike Island, as its new chairman. Lhosa, pictured, takes over from Rebecca Tregarthen, who steps down after her three-year tenure. Lhosa trained as a lawyer, working in both London and...
Monday 16 January Trading statements: Ashmore, Ibstock, Rio Tinto AGMs: Kennedy Ventures, Nu-Oil and Gas Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 17 January Final: Elegant Hotels Trading statements: Cairn Energy, City of London Investment Group, Greggs Economics: Consumer price index, Retail price index, Producer prices, House price index Wednesday 18...
HAB, the pioneering Bristol housing business set up by designer, writer and TV presenter Kevin McCloud, is seeking to raise £3m through crowd funding to acquire land for more innovative sustainable housing schemes. The funding is being sought by HAB Land, part of the award-winning HAB family of companies which...
Immediate Media, the Radio Times publisher with a major office in Bristol, has been acquired by German magazine giant Hubert Burda Media. Immediate was formed in 2011 when the BBC sold its magazines division to Exponent Private Equity. It was then combined with Bristol-based Origin publishing. The Bristol office...
