Global design, engineering and project management consultancy Atkins has appointed Richard Bonner as market director for its buildings and places team based in its Bristol office. Richard, pictured, has worked in the infrastructure sector for 30 years, most recently as a northern cities director for rival international design, engineering...
Bristol PR agency Strike Communications celebrated its third birthday with a drinks reception for clients, media, friends and colleagues. Around 50 guests joined the Strike team – including MD Catherine Frankpitt and newly appointed creative director Scott Fletcher – at Browns Restaurant in Clifton to celebrate how far the...
Staff at law firm Foot Anstey has selected three South West charities to receive grant funding from its foundation. The Foot Anstey Foundation provides a means through which money raised by the firm’s employees is donated to community organisations that have an impact in communities near its offices. Since...
An industry expert with more than 35 years’ experience in the housebuilding industry has joined Bristol-based Barratt David Wilson Homes South West as managing director. Ralph Hawkins’ appointment brings him back to the Barratt Developments group, where he previously spent nine years as development director at Barratt Bristol. Ralph,...
Distinctive Communications, the Bristol-based full-service public relations consultancy aimed at place-makers, purposeful businesses and public bodies, has hired content writer Jasmine Gordon as it approaches the end of its first full year of trading. The agency was launched last May by Ben Lowndes, the former South West managing director...
Bristol firms need more help from the government in the face of stubbornly high inflation, including transitioning to more energy efficient sources and easing supply chain difficulties, the region’s biggest business organisation has said. With annual inflation unexpectedly jumping from 10.1% in January to 10.4% last month, Business West...
Bristol-based invoice finance provider Optimum Finance has appointed David Tugwell as an account executive to support its lead generation and new business team. David, pictured, has worked in the client services and banking industries for 18 years, spending his entire career at Barclays, where he was a branch manager...
The Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke is strengthening its private wealth team with the appointment of Patrick Wooddisse as partner. Patrick, pictured, joins Osborne Clarke from Bristol-headquartered TLT, where he held the position of partner and head of private business group since 2008. Prior to this,...
Bristol-headquartered PR and stakeholder engagement consultancy JBP Associates has appointed Simon Prescott, a former equity partner at national planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore, as senior counsel. In his new role Simon, pictured, left, with JBP executive director for strategic engagement James Hinchcliffe, is counselling JBP’s planning and development clients...
Strong demand from firms in the aerospace and renewable energy sectors has helped South West manufacturers enjoy a rebound in activity since the start of the year, according to a new survey. Both domestic and global markets have improved since then end of 2022, easing fears of a significant...
Monday March 20 Finals: Computacenter, Spectra Systems Corporation Interim: Jubilee Metals Group Tuesday March 21 Finals: Kingfisher, Gamma Communications, Quixant, Kape Technologies, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Equals Group, The Pebble Group, Alliance Pharma, Luceco, Aptitude Software Group, Boot (Henry), Staffline Group, Fintel, Ergomed, Zotefoams, Tissue Regenix Group, Boku, Science Group Interims: YouGov, SCS Group...
Major projects in Bristol aimed at growing the city’s economy by harnessing its strengths in key sectors such as net zero, creativity and advanced manufacturing re to be fast-tracked after receiving a multi-million boost. The city will get the lion’s share of government funding worth around £18m earmarked for...
Pre-tax profits at Bristol-headquartered ethical bank Triodos UK shot up by 18% last year despite what it described as “tumultuous times”. The lender, the UK arm of Dutch sustainable banking group Triodos, also increased customer numbers by 3.5% to 87,896 during the year while customer deposits increased by 2.1%...
