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Tilney Smith & Williamson webinar to highlight benefits of automation using software robotics

March 18, 2022
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Tilney Smith & Williamson webinar to highlight benefits of automation using software robotics

Acquisition-hungry Bristol businesses can find out how software robotics could help revolutionise their financial reporting at an online event hosted by accountancy group Tilney Smith & Williamson next week. The webinar on Wednesday, March 23, will explain the benefits of robotic process automation (RPA) and Tilney Smith & Williamson’s...

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Funding boost for Long Covid research backed by National Friendly and Bristol Hippodrome

March 18, 2022
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Funding boost for Long Covid research backed by National Friendly and Bristol Hippodrome

More than £15,000 has been raised for research into the impact of Long Covid in a unique link-up between The Bristol Hippodrome, city-based specialist finance firm National Friendly and the Southmead Hospital Charity. The three organisations teamed up last November to launch the appeal to support pioneering work into...

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Taxi Studio hails new staff arrivals, including non-exec chair, as it gears up for new phase of growth

March 17, 2022
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Taxi Studio hails new staff arrivals, including non-exec chair, as it gears up for new phase of growth

Bristol branding agency Taxi Studio has made a series of appointments, including hiring the Post Office group’s chief retail officer as chairman, to fuel its expansion in the UK and overseas markets such as North America. The move follows a succession of major new business wins over the past year,...

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Bristol businesses to benefit from council’s free electric vehicle trials in run-up to Clean Air Zone launch

March 17, 2022
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Bristol businesses to benefit from council’s free electric vehicle trials in run-up to Clean Air Zone launch

Free trials of electric vehicles (EVs) are being offered to Bristol firms by the city council to encourage them to switch to cleaner ways of travelling ahead of the launch of the city’s Clean Air Zone later this summer. The council is offering businesses the chance to trial electric...

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Foot Anstey recruitment campaign aimed at top City lawyers pays off as it takes on new HR director

March 16, 2022
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Foot Anstey recruitment campaign aimed at top City lawyers pays off as it takes on new HR director

Regional law firm Foot Anstey has hailed its success in luring its new group HR director from a London-based global firm as proof that a recruitment marketing campaign targeting senior talent in the capital is paying off. Felix Hebblethwaite, pictured, will join Foot Anstey’s Bristol office next month after...

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Bristol TV talent riding high as Netflix-commissioned sci-fi series The Last Bus makes its debut

March 16, 2022
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Bristol TV talent riding high as Netflix-commissioned sci-fi series The Last Bus makes its debut

A Bristol-made sci-fi series is to debut on TV next month – the latest project by a city-based production company that specialises in bringing new talent to the screen. Netflix Original series The Last Bus has been created and written by Paul Neafcy, who was spotted by Wildseed Studios...

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Audit partner appointment boosts Tilney Smith & Williamson’s Bristol office ahead of rebrand

March 15, 2022
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Audit partner appointment boosts Tilney Smith & Williamson’s Bristol office ahead of rebrand

National accountancy group Tilney Smith & Williamson has continued to invest in its Bristol office by appointing Mark Bishop as an audit partner. Mark, pictured, joins the firm’s audit team from rival Grant Thornton, where he spent more than 17 years specialising in working with fast-growth and entrepreneurial technology...

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Children’s Hospice’s business club boosted as PR firm signs up for membership

March 14, 2022
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Children’s Hospice’s business club boosted as PR firm signs up for membership

Bristol PR agency Empica is the latest firm to join the Children’s Hospice South West Business Club as it looks for 300 companies across the region to raise a vital £90,000 this year. The charity launched the club during the worst of the pandemic to help it continue to make...

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Project manager joins Bristol office of Chancerygate as it targets further expansion across the region

March 14, 2022
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Project manager joins Bristol office of Chancerygate as it targets further expansion across the region

Industrial developer and asset manager Chancerygate has appointed an experienced project manager in its Bristol office to support its growth ambitions in the South West and South Wales. Paul Stayte, pictured, joins Chancerygate from the Bristol office of nationwide property consultancy Gardiner & Theobald, where he worked as an associate director...

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Housing firm draws on Bristol’s artistic talent to develop interest in its latest scheme

March 14, 2022
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Bristol’s creativity is helping housing group Curo promote its latest development in in the city. The show home on its 128-property Century Park scheme in Lawrence Weston features unique artwork created by city-based artist Andy Council. The two-bedroom, mid-terrace house also includes framed prints by Bristol-based street artist Nick Walker and designer...

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Sale of fire systems firm to Irish group handled by Bishop Fleming’s corporate finance team

March 14, 2022
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Sale of fire systems firm to Irish group handled by Bishop Fleming’s corporate finance team

The corporate finance team at regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has its largest office in Bristol, has advised the shareholders of a fire safety specialist business on its sale to one of Europe’s largest fire-protection engineering companies. The acquisition of Worcester-headquartered Compco Fire Systems adds £40m to Irish...

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Electric vehicle app Zap-Map revs up for overseas markets with new-look team at the wheel

March 14, 2022
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Electric vehicle app Zap-Map revs up for overseas markets with new-look team at the wheel

Zap-Map, the Bristol-based app that helps electric vehicle users find public charging points, has powered-up its senior management team as it prepares for further growth, including a drive into international markets. Richard Bourne, who joined in January 2021 as interim CEO, has been appointed to the role permanently while...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

March 13, 2022
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Monday March 14 Finals: Stelrad Group, Phoenix Group Holdings Interims: Fonix Mobile, Craneware, Nightcap Tuesday March 15 Finals: Genel Energy, Genuit Group, TI Fluid Systems, Petrofac, Aptitude Software Group, Smart Metering Systems, Old Mutual Limited, Tissue Regenix Group, Gresham House Interims: Close Bros, DFS Furniture, Litigation Capital Management, Virgin Wines, Ferguson...

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