Bristol’s largest law firms are lining up against the cream of the legal sector next week in the coveted Legal Business Awards 2015. Bristol-headquartered Osborne Clarke is challenging five firms for the title of Law Firm of the Year while it is also on the seven-strong shortlist for the...
Bristol is hosting an all-star cast of some of Britain’s most-respected actors to make new British heist movie Golden Years. Filming is now underway at the city’s Bottle Yard Studios in Hengrove and areas around Bristol for the MoliFilms Entertainment production. Sets have been built in The Bottle Yard’s...
Bristol financial technology firm Momentum Financial Technology has relocated its 40-strong team to new showpiece offices in the city centre and is now embarking on a major recruitment drive. The firm, formerly known as Blue Speck Financial, announced plans to open its new 120-person facility last November. It has...
Global designer brand Mulberry has appointed fashion industry veteran Thierry Andretta as chief executive almost a year after it parted company with the role’s previous occupant. Bruno Guillon left the Somerset-based firm – best known for its upmarket bags – last March after an attempt to take it further...
Work has started on a £5.3m refurbishment project to convert a former tax office in central Bristol into high-specification student accommodation. Swindon-based construction firm Beard is working with Bristol architects Stride Treglown and Stamford Goldhawk to convert 4,500 sq m Norfolk House in Water Lane into 152 studio apartments...
The BBC’s Bristol-based operations emerged as the biggest winner at The Royal Television Society (RTS) West of England Awards with its Natural History Unit scooping five and BBC Features winning two. The world-renowned Natural History Unit landed its awards for shows such as Hidden Kingdoms and Wonders of the...
Bristol’s strength in innovation and its high quality of life has been put on the map in Westminster at a high-powered gathering of MPs and key Government figures aimed at challenging the so-called Northern Powerhouse. A giant map charting some of the area’s success stories and future opportunities was...
Bristol’s ambitions to become a world centre for gaming, animation and visual effects – and benefit from the huge opportunities that could bring – will be analysed in a major new piece of research. The survey follows the successful staging in the city of the first SouthWest VR Conference,...
Monday 16 March Finals: Brady, EKF Diagnostics, Global Ports Investments, Smart Metering Systems, Tribal Group AGMs: CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities, Electra Private Equity Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 17 March Interims: Gfinity, Regenersis Finals: Antofagasta, Gem Diamonds, Good Energy Group, Fairpoint, French Connection, Just Eat, Mears Group, OneSavings...
Bristol entrepreneurs are being invited to apply for a place on a free accelerator programme offering support, mentoring, networking and office accommodation in the city. Entrepreneurial Spark, which is backed by NatWest, will open the hub for start-up businesses from all sectors this summer. Applications are now open. Up...
Bristol-based specialist funder Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has boosted its trade finance team with the appointment of Robin Crouch as head of sales for its central region. Based at its offices in Leicester and Birmingham as well as Bristol, Robin, pictured, has 20 years’ experience in commercial banking and...
Recruitment consultancy Thorn Baker, which has an office in Bristol, has been awarded the coveted Three Star Accreditation from Best Companies after making significant improvements across all areas of the business. The accreditation, judged solely on confidential employee engagement surveys, is widely recognised as the most academically rigorous measure...
Two award-winning breweries that merged last year are consolidating their operations onto a single new site in South Gloucestershire as part of an ambitious expansion plan. Combined Brewers, formed from the tie-up between Severn Vale Brewing in Cam and Chipping Sodbury-based Cotswold Spring Brewing, plans to more than double...
