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 Mark Crook, co-founder and chief operating officer of Henry Howard Finance, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Spectre Book you read?...
An innovative Bristol business and the University of the West of England (UWE) have teamed up to develop a pioneering device which could reduce airlines’ fuel bills and cut their carbon footprints. The unique hand-held scanner, the brainchild of UWE academics and concept design firm Intercede Ventures, can measure...
Bristol mum-of-two Mel Bound, who started a Facebook page aimed at finding other local mums to run with, has turned it into a fully-fledged business after the online community became a runaway success. Mel, pictured, first created the page ‘This Mum Runs’ in September 2014 to reach out to...
The £45m transformation of Bristol’s Colston Hall concert venue is a step closer after Arts Council England said it could make £10m available for the project. Bristol Music Trust, which runs Colston Hall, will immediately receive more than £400,000 from the Arts Council to further develop the design and...
Firms supporting fair and ethical business practices have just over three weeks to enter the coveted South West Fairtrade Business Awards. The unique awards – now in their fourth year – champion firms that put ethical responsibilities at the heart of their business. Last year 76 businesses from across...
Passenger numbers at Bristol Airport soared by nearly half a million last year to reach a record 6.76m – with bosses predicting further growth will lift 2016’s total above 7m. The 7.7% year-on-year increase in 2015 was the sixth consecutive year of growth for England’s third-largest regional airport, which...
Lloyds Bank has bolstered its asset-based lending offering to mid-market South West firms with the appointment of Kelly Henney as director, business development. Kelly, pictured, joins the bank’s global transaction banking division after 16 years at RBS, where she originated and completed new business opportunities for ambitious small and...
Legal experts from regional law firm Ashfords’ Bristol office have worked with colleagues from across the firm to advise on the $51m (£34.8m) sale of a Cornish global leader in IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) to a US medical giant. Research Instruments, based in Falmouth, has specialised in cutting-edge IVF technology,...
Restructuring and insolvency advisory firm Quantuma has further expanded its Bristol team with the appointment of Shaun Healey as senior administrator. Shaun, pictured, has more than 30 years’ experience in the insolvency profession, mainly with accountants Grant Thornton, where he spent nearly 27 years working on administrations, receiverships, creditors’...
Bristol specialist property developer Urban Creation has started work on a project to convert a five-storey Victorian villa in Clifton into high-quality apartments aimed at the growing private rental sector. Beech House in St Paul’s Road, pictured, will be converted into 14 homes made up of furnished studios and...
Long-standing Bristol accountants Whyatt Pakeman have been acquired by West of England firm Bishop Fleming in a move that creates the city’s largest independent accountancy office. Roger Pimblett, one of Whyatt Pakeman’s three partners, and 13 staff have relocated to Bishop Fleming’s Bristol office in Queen Square – taking...
Monday 4 January EGM: RPC Group Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply, Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing PMI Tuesday 5 January Trading statement: Next EGM: Falkland Oil & Gas Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction PMI, Halifax house prices Wednesday 6 January Trading statements: Johnson...
Banking and renewables sector experts from Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon have advised investors in a major onshore wind farm which will produce enough energy to power more than 37,000 homes. The 52MW Blackcraig wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, is being funded by Temporis Capital, a London-based...
