Bristol City Council city director Nicola Yates OBE is to leave the job at the end of this month, it was announced today. Ms Yates, pictured, has held the top role at the council – which has a £160,000 a year salary – for just over three years. She...
Bristol-based Greenhouse PR is hoping to land the title of Green PR Company of the Year for the second consecutive year next week. The firm, which works with clients in the sustainable and the low carbon sectors, is in the running for accolade the in the Business Green Leaders...
Bristol-based organic food retailer the Better Food Company is to open its third store next week in the city’s emerging food hub at Wapping Wharf. Better Food, which already has outlets in St Werburghs and Clifton, is taking up a prime position at the entrance to the new Harbourside...
Clip Exhibition and Display, the Bristol-based exhibition stand design and build firm, has made a number of new appointments as it gears up for further growth. The arrival of the six new starters follows a record breaking year for the firm, with a 25% increase in turnover against 2014....
Celebrated chef Marco Pierre White chatted to guests about food – and football – when he paid a special visit to his restaurant near Bristol. The personal appearance was to launch the new summer menu at the Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill at DoubleTree by Hilton, Cadbury...
Detailed design work for the transformation of Bristol’s Colston Hall is to go ahead following approval of a £1.6m investment by Bristol City Council’s cabinet. The funding for Bristol Music Trust, which runs the venue, is part of a wider plan by the council to continue to support the...
Communications agency McCann Bristol has created a national TV advert for Stowford Press which follows the cider’s journey from the moment the apples blossom to when it is served. The advert, which aired for the first time this week, also features the brand’s new strapline ‘100% local home-pressed apples’...
Brewer and pub company Bath Ales has been acquired by Cornwall-based St Austell Brewery, with the new owners promising investment in its brands, brewery and pubs. The deal, financial details of which have not been disclosed, includes Bath Ales’ brewery and bottling plant at Warmley, near Bristol, its portfolio...
Bristol property services firm Ian Williams, dental group Oasis Healthcare and mobility equipment supplier and retailer Oaktree Mobility will next week find out whether they have won the region’s most prestigious business awards. The firms are competing against some of the South West’s top companies in accountants PwC’s annual...
Key facts of the West of England devolution deal approved by the area’s three councils this week: The deal would secure £900m of investment over 30 years, with the potential to leverage in additional funds, such as transport funding linked to the emerging Joint Transport Plan. So it is...
Low-cost airline easyJet is to launch its 60th route from Bristol Airport in December when it introduces a weekly service to Turin. The airline, which operates around half of all scheduled flights from Bristol, will start the Turin link on December 11. Flights will take place every Sunday over...
New technologies such as much cheaper storage batteries and more widespread use of rooftop solar cells are set to transform the UK energy market, experts told a Barclays-staged roundtable discussion in Bristol. With government subsidies for solar farms and onshore wind projects being cut dramatically, the focus is now...
The Bristol office of accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson recently sponsored the re-opening of the newly-refurbished European Old Masters Gallery at the city’s Museum and Art Gallery. More than 350 guests, including many clients and contacts of the firm, attended the event and also got...
