Three senior promotions have been announced at the Bristol office of accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson. Partner Jerry Barnes has been appointed as the new chairman of the firm’s landed estates team. He takes over from partner Andrew Lockwood who remains an active member of the...
Mubaloo, the app developer launched by Bristol-based serial entrepreneur Mark Mason, will find out next week if it has joined the ranks of the West of England’s top companies by winning one of the region’s most-coveted business awards. The fast-growing firm is among the four finalists competing for the...
Bristol’s aerospace sector is to be showcased to a global audience at the Farnborough International Airshow – the world’s largest gathering of decision-makers from the industry. The city sits at the heart of the largest aerospace cluster in Europe with major manufacturers such as Airbus, Rolls-Royce and GKN Aerospace...
Nash Partnership, the multi-disciplinary built environment practice with an office in Bristol, has appointed Mike Fox as a planning director planning director. He will work alongside director of planning and regeneration Mel Clinton to develop the national and regional spread of the practice’s planning consultancy work. Mike, pictured, brings...
Bristol has been named as the location for one of the UK’s first four University Enterprise Zones to help the next generation of hi-tech companies set up and expand. The Enterprise Zone, which is expected to create more than 500 jobs and generate £50m for the local economy, will...
International law firm Simmons & Simmons, which opened in Bristol 18 months ago, has expanded the office – and its corporate team – further with the appointment of partner Patrick Graves. The arrival of Patrick, pictured, from Bristol rival Osborne Clarke, where he was a partner, takes the number...
The Bristol and Bath region has been championed as a world-leading centre for innovation in hi-tech, creative and digital media in a major new report. The Centre for Cities/McKinsey & Company survey, which analysed industry clusters across the globe, pinpoints the West of England’s diverse combination of industries and...
Fast-growing Chinese takeaway chain Hotcha is to open up to three more outlets in its home city of Bristol as part of its ongoing expansion programme. The announcement follows last week’s launch of a franchise scheme to establish Hotcha as a national brand and the first UK-wide Chinese takeaway...
Fast-growing online takeaway food business Just Eat is to open a specialist technology centre in Bristol – the latest tech firm to be attracted by the city’s reputation for innovation. The centre will initially be based at the Engine Shed innovation hub at Temple Meads station. It will...
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Bristol-headquartered Hotcha, which aims to be the UK’s first national Chinese takeaway chain, today announced plans to open 100 franchised branches across the country over the next five years. The firm, founded two years ago by entrepreneur James Liang, pictured, has appointed former Dominos Pizza business development director Andrew...
Two more Bristol law firms are to merge as the city’s legal landscape continues to shift under the weight of intense competition and far-reaching changes in the industry. Established mid-tier firms Barcan Woodward and Kirby Sheppard will combine with effect from early next year, they announced this week. The...
Construction work on one of the first speculative industrial developments in Bristol for five years started as confidence returns to the market. The five starter business units, totalling 15,000 sq ft, are being built at Caxton Business Park in Warmley on the former Lawson Marden Packaging site. The 2.4...
