Bristol Business News wishes its readers, subscribers and advertisers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. We will continue to provide the city’s most authoritative business news, information and analysis throughout the festive period. Our next weekly Bristol Business News e-bulletin will be published on Friday,...
Hydro International, the innovative developer of technology that manages stormwater and wastewater, has sealed a $1m (£670,000) acquisition in the US to strengthen its range of services it offers clients. California-based M2 Renewables has developed rotating belt screen filtration technology used in municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants, securing...
Law firm Michelmores has appointed Emma Rudge as a senior associate in its Bristol office. Emma, pictured, joins from Veale Wasbrough Vizards, where she worked for just over 11 years as a member of the family business team, acting for owner-managed businesses, family businesses and corporates on a wide...
Regional construction firm Beard has appointed Mike Hedges as Bristol construction director to head its new office in the city. Mike, pictured, a chartered construction manager, joins the £108m turnover company from Wates Construction where he was construction manager for the South West. He will be responsible for the...
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 Ebenezer Scrooge, miser and partner in Scrooge & Marley money lenders, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Bah, humbug. The cinema’s...
Bristol Business News is to launch GAMECHANGERS – a unique and highly innovative project to identify the 50 individuals shaping the future of Bristol’s economy. These inspirational people are helping make Bristol the UK’s most exciting city through their innovation, enterprise and creativity. Some will be well known, others...
Many thousands of people who owe extra tax can effectively ask the taxman to spread the cost – interest free – over 12 months provided they file their online return by December 30. According to experts at accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson, many of those...
Bristol Airport’s multi-million pound terminal extension has been officially opened by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal – 15 years after she performed a similar ceremony at the then-new terminal building. In 2000, when The Princess Royal officially opened the terminal, the airport handled just 2.2m passengers. Numbers have...
Demolition work is under way on a key site in the heart of Redcliffe in preparation for the first phase of a major mixed use regeneration project that will revive an underutilised part of the city centre. Developer Change Real Estate secured planning consent in April to transform the...
Regional law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, has bolstered its commercial property offering with the appointment of Richard Pike as associate solicitor. A highly-experienced commercial property specialist, Richard, pictured, joins from Swindon law firm Clark Holt, where he worked for just over two years. He previously...
National law firm Bond Dickinson, which has an office in Bristol, has been named as a Best Legal Adviser in Legal Week magazine’s Best Legal Adviser Report 2015. The report sought the opinions of in-house counsel on the top UK and global firms based on satisfaction, importance and innovation...
A 50,000 sq ft industrial building at Avonmouth has been acquired for £5.4m by a London-based property investment fund. The unit on Poplar Park, pictured, part of Avonmouth’s Cabot Park distribution hub, is fully let to global spa and skincare products distributor Elemis as its headquarters. Bristol-based property agent...
Global building consultancy group Arcadis is to relocate its two Bristol offices to the £40m, 2 Glass Wharf flagship office scheme at Temple Quay in the largest city centre office deal of the year. The move has also prompted the 100,000 sq ft building’s owners Salmon Harvester and NFUM...
