By Bob Brassington, employee benefits and pensions specialist in Smith & Williamson’s Bristol office As the labour market tightens and recruitment becomes more challenging, employers will want to ensure their employee benefits are competitive and generating the maximum value for the business as well as its staff. Many employers...
The South West’s biggest free business event gets underway today with organisers saying it looks set to be a flyaway success. Up to 3,000 delegates are expected to attend the Business Showcase South West 2015, which returns to returns to Bristol’s Colston Hall today and tomorrow. Star attractions include...
The CBI today called on the new Tory Government to set out clear plans for the next Parliament within the first 100 days. With the in-out referendum on EU membership, which has been promised with two years, grabbing political attention, the business organisation wants swift action on a number...
They did it! The 70-strong team of intrepid charity cyclists who set out from Bristol last Friday reached Paris on schedule four days later – tired, slightly sore but in convoy and extremely jubilant. The business people, medics and supporters are now hoping their feat will have earned more...
Anticipation is building with less than a week to go before delegates gather for the region’s biggest free business event. Organisers hope to welcome up to 3,000 delegates to Business Showcase South West 2015 next Thursday and Friday. Star attractions include keynote speakers ‘Millionaires’ Mentor’ Bev James and Levi...
International human resources group ADP has become the fourth blue-chip firm to take space at 10 Templeback, one of Bristol’s only grade A office developments in the past few months. The US-headquartered $11bn-revenue group – whose services span payroll, talent management, tax and benefits administration – is to occupy...
A 70-strong team of determined directors, media folk and medics set off from Bristol this morning on a gruelling 430km, four-day cycle trek to Paris to raise £100,000 for city charity Above & Beyond’s £6m Golden Gift Appeal. Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson sounded an air horn to formally...
The next government’s top priority must be to invest in the country’s infrastructure, according to a survey of fast-growth entrepreneurial businesses across the South West. Some 31% taking part in the survey for accountants EY put road, rail and air links at the top of their wish lists followed...
Organisers of next month’s Business Showcase South West have come up with five compelling reasons for business people to attend what will be the biggest of its kind in the region The event, on May 14 and 15 at Bristol’s Colston Hall, will celebrate the best in innovation, creativity...
The chief executive of one of Bristol’s fastest-growing companies is to battle it out with 34 other entrepreneurs for one of the UK’s most-respected business awards. Justin Ash, pictured, of Oasis Healthcare, the UK’s number one provider of private dentistry, has been shortlisted in the London and South region...
New flights to Paris and Düsseldorf took off earlier this week as operator bmi regional extended its route network from Bristol Airport. The flights, which are expected to boost trade between the West of England and France and Germany, were launched just over a week after rival easyJet started...
Independent recruitment agency Mainline Employment, which has two offices in Bristol, has been sold to a West Midlands-based group. Mainline was launched in Swindon in1990 by owner Stella Weeks and later went on to expand into Bristol where it specialised in industrial, warehousing and transport placements. Now one of...
The founder of IMDb, the Bristol-based website that has become the world’s most online popular source of movie information, has joined the speaker line-up for this summer’s Venturefest innovation event in the city. Col Needham, pictured, will be joined by Scott Wilcox, the director of technology of SXSW Eco...
