Mark Powell has joined the Bristol and Bath offices of accountancy firm Baker Tilly as an associate director as part of a significant investment in the firm's regional talent pool. Mark, pictured, joins the accountancy and business advisory department, strengthening the experience of the team with his knowledge of...
A ground-breaking online marketplace for banks and others in financial services to share source code and unlock cost savings has been launched with the support of Bristol law firm Temple Bright. London-based eCo Financial Technology, which is designed to match buyers and sellers of financial services software code and...
Ambitious second-hand and rare book retailer Bookbarn International (BBI) is shaking up the industry by becoming the first to pay royalties to authors whose books it sells. The firm, based at Hallatrow near Paulton, has teamed up with the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) to launch The Book...
West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) chief executive Paul Wilson is to leave his job next Tuesday to take up a senior role at Bristol City Council. His surprise departure comes as the LEP awaits Government approval of its Strategic Economic Plan – the £90m blueprint for growth...
Tribal Group, the international supplier of products and services to the education sector, is to relocate its Bristol headquarters in a move property advisers are championing as the second-biggest city centre office deal this year. Tribal, which works with governments, education providers and training organisations across the world, has...
SETsquared, the centre for innovative part run by the University of Bristol, has been named as the top university business incubator in Europe and second best in the world. In a ranking published by the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, SETsquared, whose Bristol base is at the Engine Shed...
Creative industry and arts organisations in Bristol and across the West of England have become the largest group in the UK to receive funding to help generate employment opportunities for young jobless people. The £170,000 from the Creative Employment Programme grant scheme will create more than 140 paid internships...
Two chartered surveys from the Bristol office of property group Colliers International have been selected for the top two posts on a regional group representing young professionals in the industry. Jessica Jones from the investment property management team takes over as chair of the Bristol and West Country branch...
Monday 23 June Interim: Porvair Final: Accumuli AGMs: Beacon Hill Resources, BH Credit Catalysts, Cadogan Petroleum, Tarsus EGM: Acal Economics: Hometrack housing survey, Nationwide house prices Tuesday 24 June Interims: Chemring, Domino Printing Sciences, Benchmark Finals: Carpetright, Imagination Technologies, Immunodiagnostic Systems Trading statement: Petrofac AGMs: Huntsworth, InterQuest, Serabi Mining,...
The Engine Shed, Bristol’s focal point for innovation, has collected another award for its imaginative reuse of part of Brunel’s original Temple Meads station. The building, re-engineered by Bristol architects Childs & Sulzmann, topped the heritage category in the South West Built Environment Awards. Judges said it “demonstrated a...
Bristol digital marketing agency Strategy Internet Marketing has rebranded as Strategy Digital to reflect its evolved offering in a rapidly-changing marketplace. The firm has been helping clients improve their search rankings and sales conversions for more than18 years – since the earliest days of the internet and before Google...
Businesses have been supporting the city’s Big Green Week as momentum grows ahead of Bristol’s role as European Green Capital next year. Bristol Chamber of Commerce & Initiative, part of Business West, embraced the week by encouraging member firms to move sustainability up their agenda. And Low Carbon South...
West architects, design practices and planners will be thrust into the international spotlight next week as part of a national campaign to promote exporting. Members of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will get the chance to showcase their talents in a Living Cities Challenge – an interactive...
