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JLL appoints new lead director for South West & Wales

October 4, 2016
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JLL appoints new lead director for South West & Wales

International property consultancy JLL’s lead director for the South West & Wales, Jeremy Richards, is to step down from the role at the end of this year and will be replaced by director of project and development services Simon Peacock. Jeremy will take on the role of regional chairman...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

October 2, 2016
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Monday 3 October Trading statement: ITE AGM: Vela Technologies Economics: Markit UK manufacturing PMI Tuesday 4 October Interim: Quantum Pharmaceutical Finals: CAP-XX, Revolution Bars Group, ScS, St Ives Trading statement: Greggs AGMs: Angle, Ncondezi Energy EGM: Metals Exploration Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction PMI Wednesday 5 October Interim: Tesco Trading statements: Ferrexpo, Topps Tiles AGMs: Goodwin, Hargreaves Services Economics: BRC shop price index,...

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The LAST WORD: Faye Dicker, voiceover artist, radio presenter and founder of Freelance Mum

September 30, 2016
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The LAST WORD: Faye Dicker, voiceover artist, radio presenter and founder of Freelance Mum

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 Faye Dicker, voiceover artist, radio presenter and founder of the Freelance Mum networking group, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST:  Film you watched? The...

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Super-sustainable homes plan for city drawn up by Bristol firms to help tackle affordable housing crisis

September 30, 2016
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Super-sustainable homes plan for city drawn up by Bristol firms to help tackle affordable housing crisis

A Bristol-led team of building innovators is hoping to develop one of the UK’s most sustainable housing schemes in a suburb of the city. Plans for the 161-home development in Southmead – which would also help tackle the affordable housing crisis in the city - have been submitted to Bristol City...

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Synergy Creative does the double as it collects two major industry awards in one week

September 30, 2016
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Synergy Creative does the double as it collects two major industry awards in one week

Bristol-based brand engagement agency Synergy Creative is celebrating after picking up two ‘best agency’ awards in the same week. The agency walked away with Best HR Consultancy title at the Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD) People Management Awards and then collected Best Agency trophy at the Institute of Internal Communications...

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Sisters With Voices to pay tribute to Bristol civil rights leaders

September 30, 2016
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Sisters With Voices to pay tribute to Bristol civil rights leaders

An all-female line-up of local artists will pay tribute to Bristol civil rights leaders with an event presented by Ujima Radio at the city’s St George’s concert venue. Sisters With Voices, on Wednesday October 5, features singers, spoken word performers, DJs and a visual artist.  It celebrates women today,...

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Creative agency cheers international packaging award for Lidl craft beer range

September 30, 2016
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Creative agency cheers international packaging award for Lidl craft beer range

Bristol-based creative agency Design Activity has won a prestigious international award for its work with supermarket chain Lidl. The agency, based at Wick, collected the silver Pentaward for its design of the packaging for Lidl’s Hatherwood Craft ales range.  The Pentawards are exclusively devoted to packaging design in all...

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Client wins and move to listed office ushers in new era for Stuff

September 30, 2016
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Client wins and move to listed office ushers in new era for Stuff

Bristol-based advertising, design and digital agency Stuff has moved to a new office and continued its growth with a raft of clients and staff hirings. The agency has relocated from Mariner House in Prince Street to The Georgian House on Gas Ferry Road close to Aardman Animation’s HQ and...

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Wapping Wharf wraps up another restaurant deal as it stakes claim to be Bristol’s emerging food hub

September 30, 2016
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Wapping Wharf wraps up another restaurant deal as it stakes claim to be Bristol’s emerging food hub

Another Bristol independent food retailer is to open in the city’s burgeoning Harbourside food quarter Wapping Wharf. Biblos, known for its fast-food fusion of Middle Eastern and Caribbean cuisine, will become the latest arrival at the development opens its doors this winter.   Owners William Clarke and Ariel Czackers...

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Five fast-growing Bristol firms make it onto Top Track 250 table

September 30, 2016
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Five fast-growing Bristol firms make it onto Top Track 250 table

Five firms from the Bristol area have been included in a prestigious league table of the UK’s fastest-growing privately owned businesses. Dental group Oasis Dental Care, catering equipment supplier Nisbets, recruitment consultancy Resource Solutions Group (RSG), building products supplier Taylor Maxwell and Yeo Valley, the yoghurt and dairy group, will...

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Poo-bus pioneer takes up role as independent chair of Bristol Green Capital Partnership

September 30, 2016
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Poo-bus pioneer takes up role as independent chair of Bristol Green Capital Partnership

Mohammed Saddiq, whose sustainable and innovative ideas have included Bristol’s pioneering poo-powered bus, has been appointed as the independent chairman of the Bristol Green Capital Partnership. Mohammed, pictured, managing director of GENeco – a Wessex Water subsidiary – has taken on the voluntary role and will chair the partnership’s...

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Senior director hire bolsters Cushman & Wakefield’s Bristol office

September 30, 2016
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Senior director hire bolsters Cushman & Wakefield’s Bristol office

National property agency Cushman & Wakefield has expanded its Bristol and South West office by appointing specialist surveyor Steve Puddicombe as senior director. Steve joins the project management & consultancy team from JLL, where he led the Bristol building consultancy team for five years – a role he also...

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Smith & Williamson to stage free cloud accounting seminar for SMEs

September 29, 2016
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Smith & Williamson to stage free cloud accounting seminar for SMEs

Businesses thinking about moving to cloud accounting or keen to reap more of the benefits can attend a free seminar at the Bristol office of Smith & Williamson, the accountancy, investment management and tax group. The event, aimed at finance directors and decision-makers within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),...

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