Six bosses from the Bristol area have been shortlisted for the Institute of Directors (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards. They will join others from around the region at a prestigious event next month to celebrate outstanding business people and focuses UK-wide attention on the region’s success. In...
Annual turnover at TLT, the Bristol headquartered national law firm, has increased by 15% to £71.6m as it prepares for its next ambitious three-year strategy. Over the past three years the firm has grown revenue by 45% and its headcount by 60% to reach 1,000 people. Partner numbers have...
Bristol-based R&D tax credit consultancy ForrestBrown has been named the UK’s Best Independent Consultancy Firm in recognition of its phenomenal growth and high quality of service since it launched in 2013. The accolade came at the Taxation Awards – the biggest night in the taxation calendar. ForrestBrown took home...
In the first of three Bristol Business News blogs, Brady George, managing director of facilities management firm Almeda, discusses the important factors that will help shape the cities of tomorrow. I was delighted to hear that Bristol was this week named as the country’s leading smart city outside London...
Bristol Is Open, the pioneering project that is turning the city into a giant hi-tech laboratory, has been awarded a major global award for innovation. The joint venture between Bristol City Council, the University of Bristol and commercial partners collected the Smart City Innovator award at the TM Forum...
Bristol gourmet pie company Pieminister is to open five new restaurants across the UK and create more than 80 jobs after securing a £1.4m finance package from HSBC. The funding will be used to open and fit-out the new Pieminister outlets in as-yet-unnamed locations, taking its total to 16...
Bristol has been named as the UK’s top smart city outside London and the only regional centre classified as a leader for digital innovation. The accolades emerge from the UK’s first Smart Cities Index, which compares and evaluates 10 leading UK smart cities. The report has been produced by...
Business Showcase South West – the region’s largest event of its kind – is taking place today at Bristol’s Ashton Gate Stadium with the city’s Bloodhound Supersonic Car one of the star attractions. The free-to-visit event will also hear from the Bloodhound’s driver Wing Commander Andy Green OBE as...
Monday 16 May Interims: Diploma, Lonmin, Victrex Finals: e2v technologies, Braemar Shipping Services, British Land, Icap, Union Jack Oil Trading statements: Crest Nicholson, Ithaca Energy, Mimecast AGMs: Falcon Acquisitions, MirLand Development, Pittards, Satellite Solutions Worldwide Group, The Gym Group Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 17 May Interims: Enterprise Inns,...
Business leaders have welcomed the election of Labour’s Marvin Rees as Mayor of Bristol and pledged to work with him to drive through much-needed changes in key issues such as housing, skills and transport. They will also back him in the final negotiations over the devolution deal to transfer...
The Bristol-based corporate finance team at accountants Smith & Williamson and Bristol law firm TLT have acted as lead advisers on the sale of Wessex Garages, one of the leading independent car dealerships in the South West and Wales. The company, which has a large dealership in Bristol, has...
Finance firm Bristol & West has lost a £27m tax avoidance case after trying to exploit a non-existent loophole. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) challenged the attempt to avoid Corporation Tax by the former building society, now owned by The Bank of Ireland, and the Court of Appeal has...
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 Jonathan Brecknell, director of Bristol property developer Urban Creation, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Intern on TV… which was...
