Bristol firms A-Gas and Loungers missed out on landing the region’s most coveted business accolades at an awards ceremony that resulted in Cornish firms winning the double. A-Gas, which packages, recycles and provides product stewardship and waste management of regulated gases and chemicals, was up against five other firms...
Kelly Richardson from South Western Ambulance has won the coveted title of South West PA of the Year in the awards scheme staged by Bristol Business News and its sister titles. Kelly, who has worked with deputy chief executive/executive director of finance Jennie Kingston since 2008, was nominated by fellow...
Business confidence continued its upward trend this month and reached its highest point since May 2012, according to the latest Business Trends report by Bristol-based accountants and business advisers BDO. BDO’s optimism index, which predicts business performance two quarters ahead, moved up for the fifth consecutive month from 93.6...
Directors and managers can gain tips on some of the most-common challenges of running a business through a new range of electronic booklets available for download on the new-look website of M4 corridor law firm Thrings. The booklets, written by commercial lawyers at the firm, which has an office in...
Monday July 08 EGMS Queenco Leisure International Ltd. GDR (Reg S) AGMS Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS Bovis Homes Group Tuesday July 09 GMS TUI Travel FINALS Polar Capital Technology Trust EGMS JSC KazMunaiGaz Exploration Production GDR (Reg S) AGMS 3i Infrastructure, Aveva Group, Downing Planned Exit...
Bristol cultural icon DJ Derek is to make his last-ever outdoor performance later this month at the city’s Harbour Festival. A mainstay of the Bristol music scene for decades, the legendary DJ, a former accountant, will headline the music stage in Queen Square on Friday July 26. Derek is...
Ambitious plans to redevelop Bristol Temple Meads station as a gateway to the city and its enterprise zone will be unveiled today at a major conference. Called Delivering the Vision, the event will show the 300-strong audience what has been happening in the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone since it...
West accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bristol, has become the region’s first to secure the Investors in Clients accreditation. Independent assessment by the Investors in Clients organisation gave the firm a score of more than 8 out of 10 – described as “an outstanding first...
Bristol-based interior design practice and workplace consultancy Harmsen Group has significantly expanded by bringing London practice Tilney Shane into the group. The amalgamation with Tilney Shane will allow Harmsen, established in Bristol nearly 20 years ago, to better service new and existing clients with a wider geographical reach. Harmsen...
Hotcha, the fast-growing Bristol-based Chinese takeaway chain, is heading along the M4 to open its first Swindon outlet next month, taking its number of branches to nine. The business, led by young entrepreneur James Liang, pictured, is investing more than £100,000 in the Swindon premises, in the town’s main...
Construction work is about to start on Bristol’s first new-build Passivhaus development – homes and shops needing little or no heating as they are so well insulated. The pioneering project, on the site of a long-abandoned Gala Bingo building in North Street, Bedminster, is the latest in a growing list of...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com An innovative project that allows individuals to design, build and launch personalised spacecraft then send them to the Moon has started in Bristol. The pocket spacecraft, slightly smaller than a CD and as thin as a piece of paper, are attached to a mothership which...
Monday July 01 FINALS Omega Diagnostics Group AGMS Brady Exploration, SocialGo, Ultima Networks TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS Ashmore Group UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Consumer Credit (09:30) Industrial Production (09:30) M4 Money Supply (09:30) M4 Sterling Lending (09:30) Mortgage Approvals (09:30) PMI Manufacturing (09:30) Tuesday July 02 INTERIMS St. Modwen Properties FINALS Anite...
