A call has gone out to corporate sponsors to support the unique 24 Hours in Bristol photo competition, which focuses on a day in the life of the city. The annual 24-hour photo-marathon returns next month for its fourth year and is open to anyone with a smartphone or...
Volunteers are being sought from Bristol businesses to support schools careers and enterprise strategies across the West of England. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is taking part in the first wave of a new government-led national programme to unlock the potential of young people aged between...
Bristol’s go-ahead firms are being encouraged to follow in the tracks of Aztec West-based skateboard distributor Shiner and show the benefits of creating a great workplace culture. Shiner collected the top prize in last year’s inaugural Happiest Workplace competition, attributing its success to being “laid back with no egos”....
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised a subsidiary of long-standing client, wind farm development company Infinergy, on the development and financing of a project in Cumbria. Mean Moor Wind Farm will include three wind turbines as part of a five-turbine Furness Wind Farm scheme. The Burges Salmon...
Regional law firm Thrings is warning businesses that they face criminal proceedings if they fail to comply with new rules aiming to improve corporate transparency. From April 6 all firms will need to keep and maintain a register with information about individuals – or relevant legal entities – with...
More than twice as many West businesses want the UK to stay in the EU as leave, according to the hotly anticipated results of a major regional survey. Some 57% of business people said they will vote to remain part of the EU, compared to 26% who say they...
The long-awaited devolution deal giving the West of England a £1bn boost for investment in infrastructure and skills has been announced by Chancellor George Osborne. The move would represent a major change, transferring decisions on transport, investment, funding, skills training, business support, housing and strategic planning from Westminster. But...
National business leaders welcomed a number of moves in this afternoon’s Budget, particularly those aimed at helping small firms. But there was concern over how the Chancellor will meet his deficit reduction target. The CBI called it a “stable Budget” for business facing global stormy waters. Director-general Carolyn Fairbairn...
Measures to help small firms in Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget this afternoon were immediately welcomed by Bristol’s business community and business advisors. Phil Smith, pictured right, managing director of Business West – the organisation that runs the Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative – said the Chancellor...
Chancellor started speaking at 12:34 He opened by saying he will report on an economy growing faster than any other major economy and a deficit falling each year and on course for a budget surplus. Economy was strong because he did not support short-term fixes. But he warned world...
Bristol businesses are being encouraged to sign up to Business in the Community’s Give & Gain Day 2016 – the only global day of employee volunteering. The event, on May 20, encourages businesses to give staff paid time off to volunteer to help local good causes. More than 30,000...
Bristol’s outstanding entrepreneurs and business leaders have just two weeks left to enter the region’s top awards scheme that recognises excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The annual Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards showcase the wealth of executive talent in the region. Bristol Business...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon has appointed five new partners across key growth areas including real estate, environment, pensions and banking. The promotions, which take effect from May 1, take the firm’s total number of partners to 85. Burges Salmon said the move reflected the firm’s work in a...
