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...
The West of England’s strength in innovation and its high quality of life are to be showcased in Westminster this afternoon when a giant map is unveiled. Compiled by the area’s Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the map and accompanying policy document champions the area’s success stories and future opportunities...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Eileen Cronin, regional director of Barclays Wealth and Investment Management, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: The film you watched? Taken 3 with Liam...
Businesses from Bristol’s environmental and low carbon sectors will gain an insight into the green policies of the political parties at an event next Thursday hosted by Low Carbon South West, PR and parliamentary affairs agency JBP and accountants Smith & Williamson. Bristol may be celebrating its year as...
National accountancy firm Smith & Williamson has said it expects “significant growth” over the next few years in Bristol following a strong recovery by businesses in the city. The positive outlook came as the firm, which has a 170-strong team based in its Bristol office, reported half-year operating profits...
All businesses can harness the power of social media to help find new customers and enter new markets – but the key is to have good content. The message was highlighted by experts at a seminar staged by Barclays which looked at how to use some of social media’s...
Bristol-based Ultimate Finance Group, which provides funding to small and medium-sized enterprises, has opened its first office in Scotland. Heading the new Glasgow base is Richard Waldman, pictured, who is well known in financial circles having spent more than 20 years in the industry. For 10 years, he was...
Barclays has become the latest blue-chip company to sponsor Business Showcase South West 2015 – the region’s biggest business exhibition which returns for a second year in May. Barclays joins First Great Western and Enterprise Rent-a-car in sponsoring the event staged again at Bristol’s Colston Hall. Following last year’s...
Cathy Allen, a pension specialist with more than 20 years’ industry experience, has joined the Bristol office of the accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson. As an associate director in the firm’s assurance and business services team, Cathy, pictured, manages a range of pension scheme audits and...
National law firm Bond Dickinson has appointed Greg Moss as a senior wealth adviser based in its Bristol office. Greg, a chartered financial planner and Fellow of the Personal Finance Society, joins Bond Dickinson Wealth Limited from Bristol firm Paradigm Norton Financial Planning. He will provide financial planning and...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Rebecca Pritchard, head of Business Banking at Triodos Bank, answers our 10 questions. What was the last: Film you watched? Gravity – with Sandra Bullock and...
Bristol has been showcased as one of Europe’s top investment hotspots with the claim that is helping create a new kind of city for the 21st century. A gathering of major international investors in London heard that its creativity, innovation and independent spirit were pushing the city in a...
