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 Emma Grant, an arts and filmmaking consultant at Milestones Trust – a Bristol-based charity that supports people with learning disabilities, mental health needs and dementia –...
Businesses and the public are being invited to learn more about plans for a new junction on the M49 at Avonmouth and make comments on the three alternative proposals. The new junction will improve road access and a much-needed connection into the high-growth areas of Avonmouth and Severnside, and...
UWE Bristol has named its flagship development in the West of England University Enterprise Zone as Future Works ahead of it opening next month. The 4,100 sq m innovation centre will sit at the core of the zone – one of the first enterprise zones linked to a university...
Plans for top-level restaurants and a European-style food hall and market tapping into Bristol’s burgeoning food and drink sector have been revealed for Redcliff Quarter. Michelin-starred chef Josh Eggleton, who runs The Pony & Trap at Chew Magna, and restaurateur and chef Mark Hix – former head chef at...
By Mark Sheridan, head of Sanderson Weatherall’s Bristol office and a partner in the firm With the economy strengthening across the UK, the outlook for the Bristol property market is looking very positive with growth across the majority of the city’s sectors. In particular, there is increasing demand for...
Bristol-based commercial property agency Hartnell Taylor Cook has made a number of appointments and promotions following another successful year. The independent firm, which also has an office in London, said it had achieved a “substantial” increase in annual turnover with growth across several sectors. Gemma-Jane Ogden, pictured, who joined...
A fund set up to benefit the community around Bristol Airport has donated nearly £500,000 to more than 130 local projects since it was established four years ago. The Airport Environmental Improvement Fund was set up in 2012 as one of the airport’s commitments linked to the planning permission...
Bristol-based strategic digital design agency Nomensa has become one of just 14% of UK businesses to achieve the Investors in People (IiP) Gold Standard award. Having previously secured Bronze, Nomensa has now reached Gold status after going through several stages of assessment that demonstrated its best employment practices for...
Nash Partnership, the West of England built environment design, planning and regeneration consultancy, has recruited three experienced members to its team. Ciaran Andrews, Paul Miller and Richard Mather-Jones have joined the practice’s Bath and Bristol studios, bringing with them a wealth of experience of working with public and private sector...
Nearly £34,000 was raised for Bristol hospital charity Above & Beyond by building contractor Dribuild’s annual charity summer afternoon of racing at Bath Racecourse. The Keynsham-based firm hosted the event, which attracted businesses from across the South West, as part of its fundraising programme for Above & Beyond, its...
Robert Bourns, a partner at Bristol-headquartered TLT, has been appointed president of The Law Society of England & Wales, representing 166,000 solicitors. A highly respected figure in legal circles in Bristol and nationally, Robert, pictured, joined The Law Society Council in 2011 and was elected deputy vice president three...
Nine senior promotions have been made by global accountancy group PwC across its West and Wales offices as it continues to invest in its people and the region. Taking up partner roles are Lynne Baber, who heads up the governance, risk & control business, and Sue Morling, who leads...
Accountancy group EY has appointed John Howarth as a new equity partner in its Bristol office as part of its expansion plans across the South West & Wales. John, pictured, has become an audit partner in the firm’s assurance practice, moving from EY’s Reading office where he was an...
