West of England business leaders have called on the Government to make a speedy decision and approve the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station after it forced another delay of the £18bn project at the 11th hour last week. The plans were thrown into chaos by the Government last...
Recruitment agency Juice is gearing up for a pedal-powered charity fundraiser this September in which its staff will cycle 57 miles between its four offices. The event is the brainchild of Juice managing director Emma Summers and her husband Andrew, who wanted to organise a fun and energetic event...
West of England accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has a large office in Bristol, has been named as one of only a handful of accountants in the region registered to work with ATOL-covered travel businesses. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) recently toughened up its rules relating to financial reporting...
The go-ahead for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point is expected to be announced this evening, triggering a multi-billion pound boost for the West of England’s economy. The board of French energy company EDF is expected to approve the £18bn plant – which will take 10 years...
The growing popularity of Bath Ales’ flagship Gem bitter has helped the brewery achieve its best ever year for grocery sales. Its supermarket sales grew by 14% last year to £3.5m as demand for craft beer continued to spiral. The increase put Bath Ales in third position in a...
The Institute of Directors South West regional chairman Nick Sturge has been appointed to the organisation’s national council as it seeks to ensure that a range of voices from across business are heard as Brexit unfolds. Nick Sturge, pictured, the co-founder and director of Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub,...
Three of Bristol’s largest law firms have been named among the sector’s top employers in a prestigious annual survey. Ashfords, Burges Salmon and Clarke Willmott appear alongside six other major firms in Legal Week’s 2016 Best Employers Report. The survey measures what employees in UK law firms think about...
Accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson has made three senior promotions in its Bristol office. Faye Hall has been made a director while Helen Bassett and Jane Grimsted have been promoted to associate director. Faye Hall heads Smith & Williamson’s forensic services team in Bristol and...
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Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent business figure the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Emma Jones MBE, founder of small business support group Enterprise Nation and Government Crown Representative for small business, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Big Short Book you read? Delivering...
An enterprising UWE Bristol student has invented a product which utilises the mountains of plastic bottles discarded every day by turning them into functional household items. Josh James, pictured, has received a prestigious industry award for his innovative product Melt, a toolkit which can be used to transform plastic...
A group of Bristol start-ups have been awarded a total of £30,000 to propel their business growth and take them to the next level. The Entrepreneuring Awards were presented to ‘chiclets’ (entrepreneurs) in Bristol’s Entrepreneurial Spark business accelerator – or ‘hatchery’. They received between £1,000 and £10,000 in the...
Bristol’s growing reputation as a centre for financial technology (fintech) has attracted a major industry event to the city. Bristol FinTech 2016 will take place in November and will be hosted by national law firm Clarke Willmott’s office in the city. The firm announced the event today with partner Cheshire...
