The benefits of floating on the London Stock Exchange will be spelled out to financial directors this week at the next meeting of the accountants Grant Thornton’s quarterly FD Club. Lucy Tarleton, the LSE’s representative for London and the South of England, will join Tim Lincoln, head of Grant...
Accountancy firm Grant Thornton is predicting further growth in the South West in tandem with its national practice, which this week recorded its fifth successive year of strong results. Revenue across the UK was up 9% to £512m for the financial year ended June 30, hitting its turnover target...
Accountancy firm BDO has appointed a new lead partner for the South West as it prepares to grow its staff by a fifth and expand its regional head office. Andrea Bishop, an experienced audit partner who has been at the firm for 10 years, has taken over from Graham...
Bristol-based healthy fast food group Friska has secured an investment of £1.25m towards its long-term goal of becoming a national chain. The money, raised through two angel investors and Santander, will allow Friska to open 10 new sites in Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester. It forms the first stage of...
From Bristol 24/7 www.bristol247.com Kris Donaldson, the head of the company behind Bristol’s year as European Green Capital, has been axed from his £100,000-a-year role amid claims that the organisation was in “chaos” and failed to work with the city's green groups. With less than 100 days to go...
Bristol firms are being urged to get on the fast track to success by joining UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) as it brings the world to the region for its sixth Export Week. Organised by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) in conjunction with partners and business organisations, Export Week...
Innovative law firm Temple Bright has advised Jordan-based Shamsuna Power Company (Shamsuna) on the closing of its round one solar project in Jordan. The project comprises a 10MW solar PV power plant located in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone, including construction of a 6km 33kV transmission line connecting to a...
Accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson, which has an office in Bristol, has won a major international award for the private client advisory profession. The firm topped the Multi-Family Office Team of the Year category at the STEP Private Client Awards – the pre-eminent international competition highlighting...
Tax trainee Tara Moxey, who is based in the private client tax team at accountants Smith & Williamson’s Bristol office, has been named as one of 25 winners in a prestigious national competition. Tara, pictured, is included in the 25att25 competition run by the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT)...
Small and medium-sized businesses in Bristol are being encouraged to apply for Government grants worth up to £3,000 to get faster broadband speeds and better connectivity. Under the scheme, which runs until next March, businesses can apply for a voucher which they can use towards installing faster and better...
The Bristol office of accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has strengthened its corporate finance division with three new appointments. James Thomas has joined as director after 13 years at ICON Corporate Finance in Bristol. His appointment bolsters the firm’s expertise in the South West to facilitate deals in...
Bristol Business News has teamed up with the region’s biggest business exhibition, Business Showcase South West, as it prepares to return for a second year. Business Showcase South West 2015 (BSSW 2015) will build on the success of the inaugural event in Bristol earlier this year which attracted nearly...
Bristol Airport has a new owner following a deal announced this week in which a Canadian pension fund bought out the airport’s Australian co-shareholder. Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, which already held a 50% stake in the airport, acquired the remaining 50% from Australian asset manager Macquarie Group. The airport,...
