Three very different Bristol organisations are among the finalists in a unique competition to find the region’s happiest workplace. Representing the city on the shortlist are Rethink Recruitment, Paper and Shiner. They will now line up against two other firms – one each from Swindon and Bath – in...
Around 60 clients and guests of the investment management, accountancy and tax group Smith & Williamson attended a drinks reception at the Colston Hall in Bristol before being treated to a special performance by the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra. The performance, sponsored by the firm’s Bristol-based private client team,...
Law firm Bond Dickinson’s Bristol-based recruitment team is celebrating after climbing two national employment rankings and being shortlisted for two awards. Bond Dickinson, which has offices in seven cities across the UK including London, has been lept 103 places to rank at 126 in the top 300 graduate employers...
The views of employers in Bristol and across the West of England are being sought on recruitment experiences, skills gaps and more to influence the area’s future skills strategy. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) Annual Employer Skills Survey, is aligned to its vision to develop a...
Property group Andrews has appointed Ellie Donaghy to the role of area manager for its letting and management business across Bristol, Bath and Midsomer Norton. Ellie, pictured, has worked at Keynsham-headquartered Andrews for nine years, having joined as a trainee negotiator. She was most recently district manager for Gloucestershire while...
A spate of new contract wins this year have boosted specialist IT firm SciSys as it continues to recovery from a disastrous 2015. A year ago the firm, which has a base at Brislington, was rocked by serious problems with a major fixed-price contract. The crisis pushed the Chippenham-based...
Work is to start on a £43m speculative warehouse development at Avonmouth following the sale of the 20-acre site. Midlands-based developer Stoford has acquired land at Delta Properties’ Central Park development. Construction of more than 400,000 sq ft of space is to start later this month, it said, as...
Bristol has emerged as one of the UK’s skills hotspots in new research, with more than half its entire workforce classified as highly skilled. The city ranks 11th in a national table compiled from Office for National Statistics data, with 51.7% of employees in highly skilled roles such as...
Integral, the Bristol-based building services group, is to be acquired by global property giant JLL in a £229m deal. Originally formed in 1863, over the past two decades Integral has been transformed into the UK’s leading provider of mechanical and electrical property maintenance. It was spun off from parent...
Monday 6 June Finals: Active Energy, Palace Capital Trading statement: easyJet AGMs: Bagir, Cambian, Chapel Down, Forbidden Technologies, Global Energy Development, Hansteen, REA, React EGMs: Forbidden Technologies, GLI Finance, UK Commercial Property Economics: New car registrations Tuesday 7 June Interims: Gooch & Housego, Idox, RWS Finals: BP Marsh &...
91 ways, the pioneering project celebrating Bristol’s cultural diversity through the food of its various communities, and the city’s Peace Cafes are launching a series of supper clubs next week. The first will be A Taste of Iran when Iranian-born, Bristol-based cook Zahra will prepare delicious, authentic dishes from...
Regional graduate jobs board Gradsouthwest has launched a partnership with Business West, the South West’s largest business membership organisation, to provide firms with a quality service to access an unlimited pool of graduate talent. The collaboration marks Gradsouthwest’s first anniversary as a private company. Founded in 2001 by university...
A specialist conveyancing, wills and probate law firm with an office in Bristol has changed its name. Hoffman Male, which has its headquarters in Swindon, has become Hoffman Briggs to reflect the names of its partners Mary Hoffman and Yvette Briggs. The firm was set up in 1979 by...
