Nick Sturge, director of Bristol’s Engine Shed enterprise hub and the Bristol SETsquared Business Acceleration Centre, has been named as the new South West chairman of the Institute of Directors (IoD). A former Bristol IoD committee chairman and member for more than 10 years, Nick, pictured, will officially take...
Monday 23 November Interims: Bonmarche Holdings, Kainos, Mitie, Sirius Real Estate AGMs: Aeorema Communications, Just Retirement EGM: Mirada Tuesday 24 November Interims: AO World, Babcock International, CML Microsystems, Creston, De La Rue, Immunodiagnostic Systems, IS Solutions, Pets at Home, Record, Scapa, Solid State, Telecom Plus Finals: Cambria Automobiles, Compass,...
An innovative crowdfunding project to raise more than £1m for projects and businesses with positive social and environmental impacts will be launched in Bristol next week. The Better Bristol fund is being set up by Bristol Green Capital Partnership (BGCP), the organisation that helped Bristol win its European Green...
Strong growth in international markets has lifted revenues at Bristol-headquartered global law firm Osborne Clarke, it announced today. According to the firm’s half-year results, its international business achieved a 25% increase in revenue to €111m (£77.6m). UK first-half turnover increased by 14% to £54.6m. The firm employs around 400...
Bristol’s aerospace industry has received an order boost from easyJet as the low-cost airline continues to grow its services from Bristol Airport. The airline has signed a firm order for a further 36 aircraft from Airbus’s A320 family – taking its total orders for the type to 451. Wings...
Businesses are being encouraged to support Bristol’s unique Regional Youth Music Awards (RYMA), which take place next week. The awards, to be presented at an ‘Oscars’-style celebration next Friday, showcase the rich vein of musical talent among Bristol’s young people. They are staged by Bristol’s own soul diva – singer,...
Specialist courier firm Panther Warehousing has opened a depot on the outskirts of Bristol to strengthen its presence in the South West. The 25,000 sq ft unit on the Pucklechurch Trading Estate takes to seven the total number of Panther sites across the UK. More than 25 jobs have...
BRAVE Enterprise, the independent, not-for-profit business advice organisation based in Bristol, stages a comprehensive programme of training courses and workshops. Marketing on a shoestring Date: Tuesday, December 8 Time: 10am – 1pm Venue: The Coach House, 2 Upper York Street, Bristol BS2 8QN Cost: £42 (inc VAT) per workshop This...
Bristol law students’ work in assisting benefit claimants wrongly declared fit for employment has helped secure a nomination for a national award. Students from UWE Bristol and the University of Law have been volunteering at the Avon & Bristol Law Centre advising claimants challenging changes made to their disability...
Independent brokers Venture Insurance has found the new offices it needs to act as a base for continued expansion after a long search. Last year the firm announced that a lack of available office space in and around Whiteladies Road in Bristol was frustrating its plans to achieve further...
High-growth businesses in the Bristol area are to be offered specialist support under a scheme launched by Barclays. Called ‘Barclays High Growth and Entrepreneurs’, the initiative is in direct response to what the bank sees as Britain’s ‘scale-up gap’, and will also help the UK compete on the global...
World-class music and performance venue St George’s Bristol has received the go-ahead to build its stunning new extension. Bristol City Council planners approved plans this week drawn up by award-winning London-based architecture practice Patel Taylor. The £5.5m project will create a glass pavilion, making St George’s Bristol fit for...
Bristol city centre is to get its first 5-star hotel following planning approval for the transformation of the historic Guildhall and Assizes Courts into a 91-bedroom spa hotel with rooftop swimming pool. The 62,000 sq ft Grade II* listed building, which has impressive facades on Corn Street and Broad...
