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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

February 18, 2023
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Monday February 20 Finals: Bank of Cyprus Holdings, Lunglife AI, Georgia Capital Interims: Wilmington, Tristel Tuesday February 21 Finals: Standard Chartered, HSBC Holdings, InterContinental Hotels Group, Antofagasta, Gran Tierra Energy Interims: Finsbury Food Group, Blancco Technology Group, Springfield Properties Trading announcement: Safestore Holdings Economic announcements: PMI Composite, PMI Manufacturing, PMI Services Wednesday February...

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Loungers looking on the Brightside to revolutionise roadside dining as it continues to expand its café-bars

February 17, 2023
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Loungers looking on the Brightside to revolutionise roadside dining as it continues to expand its café-bars

Loungers, the highly successful Bristol-based café-bar chain, is toasting a triple boost with the launch of its first roadside restaurant, the relocation of one of its first Lounges and the opening of another. The Brightside concept aims to fill what Loungers’ directors see as a gap in the market...

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Move next door will usher in smarter ways of post-Covid working for measurement firm

February 17, 2023
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Move next door will usher in smarter ways of post-Covid working for measurement firm

Precision measurement firm Third Dimension, which works with manufacturers such as Airbus and Rolls-Royce, is targeting further expansion as it prepares to relocate its Bristol base a matter of feet to a neighbouring unit. The move, which will keep it on the Brabazon Office Park in Filton, will allow...

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Bristol Business Blog: Ollie Jordan, Haines Watts Bristol. I’m proof that accountancy apprenticeships work

February 17, 2023
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Bristol Business Blog: Ollie Jordan, Haines Watts Bristol. I’m proof that accountancy apprenticeships work

Four years on from starting as an apprentice accountant, I want to share my story and give advice for school leavers thinking about their first career steps. I’m lucky that I knew early on what I wanted to do for work as I’ve always been good at maths and...

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The LAST WORD: Mike Dodd, development director, Socius

February 17, 2023
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The LAST WORD: Mike Dodd, development director, Socius

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 Mike Dodd, Bristol-based development director of impactful developer Socius, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST:  Film you watched: The Banshees of Inisherin. A fantastic, if slightly unusual, black...

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New flights put Bristol Airport on course to reach pre-pandemic passenger levels this year

February 17, 2023
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New flights put Bristol Airport on course to reach pre-pandemic passenger levels this year

Bristol Airport bosses are looking ahead to a year of solid growth this year as a raft of new destinations take passenger numbers back to their pre-pandemic levels. The airport expects to handle around 9.9m passengers during 2023 – nudging its current capacity of 10m for the first time...

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Bristol expansion for recruitment agency looking to double in size over next two years

February 17, 2023
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Bristol expansion for recruitment agency looking to double in size over next two years

Fast-growing recruitment agency Aligra has opened a branch in Bristol as it expands into the West of England for the first time. The group launched in 2007 with a single office in Swindon and has since expanded with branches in Andover, Didcot, Newbury and Hinckley, Leicestershire.  Having achieved a...

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LGBTQ+ inclusive policies brought in by Bristol law firms recognised in Stonewall Top 100 table

February 17, 2023
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LGBTQ+ inclusive policies brought in by Bristol law firms recognised in Stonewall Top 100 table

Two Bristol law firms and one of its largest financial services firms have been recognised as being LGBTQ+ inclusive employers by Stonewall in its Top 100 Employers 2023 list. Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), which has its second largest UK office in Bristol, appears in the list...

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£500k funding will help training provider double its support for Bristol’s young creatives

February 16, 2023
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£500k funding will help training provider double its support for Bristol’s young creatives

Bristol-based specialist creative education provider boomsatsuma is to double its capacity and create more than 20 jobs this year after receiving a £500,000 capital investment from Bristol & Bath Regional Capital. Boomsatsuma has been connecting students to the creative industries with its digital education programmes since 2008.  It trains...

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Free training in soft skills for firms as experts say they are now essential in the modern workplace

February 15, 2023
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Free training in soft skills for firms as experts say they are now essential in the modern workplace

Bristol businesses can benefit from free soft skills training following new research showing their importance in the modern workplace. Business West, the regional business group that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, has worked with the West of England Institute of Technology (WEIoT) to launch a new soft skills certificate with...

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From urban forests to managing online addiction. SETsquared Bristol welcomes 12 new start-ups

February 15, 2023
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From urban forests to managing online addiction. SETsquared Bristol welcomes 12 new start-ups

Twelve innovative tech start-ups have joined the acclaimed tech incubator SETsquared Bristol to accelerate their growth. The new cohort represents a range of sectors as well as creative uses of technology to help solve some of the world’s biggest problems – from improved access to healthcare and education to...

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Burges Salmon helps fast-growing virtual reality training firm secure $18m Series A investment

February 14, 2023
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Burges Salmon helps fast-growing virtual reality training firm secure $18m Series A investment

The corporate team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised on an $18m (£14.8m) fundraising for a fast-growing virtual reality (VR) training business used by some of the world’s biggest companies. London-based Gemba helps global enterprises such as Philips, Pfizer, Nike, Coca-Cola, Caterpillar, Johnson & Johnson and...

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Legal award recognises Clarke Willmott’s ‘outstanding’ work for NFU’s South West members

February 14, 2023
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Legal award recognises Clarke Willmott’s ‘outstanding’ work for NFU’s South West members

National law firm Clarke Willmott, which has an office in Bristol, has won a prestigious award from the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) for outstanding work its supporting members in the South West. The firm, which provides legal advice as part of the NFU’s range of member services, has been...

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