Bristol businesses are being urged to support FareShare South West, the region’s largest food redistribution charity, as it prepares to launch its emergency winter campaign FoodStock 2021. FareShare South West, which supplies food to more than 350 frontline organisations, aims to build a stockpile of ambient food with the...
Regional accountancy group Bishop Fleming plans to grow its VAT offering following the appointment of a specialist tax partner. Len Dean joins as VAT partner and will head its VAT team. The move takes the partnership at the firm, which has the largest of its seven offices in Bristol,...
Bristol TV production company Plimsoll Productions, the world’s biggest independent natural history programme maker, has achieved a 65% sales growth over the past year despite the challenges of operating during the pandemic. The firm, which has been backed by mid-market private equity firm LDC since August 2019, clocked up...
The 50% business rate cut for retail, leisure and hospitality firms will bring relief to high streets and their small, independent shops, according to property consultants Cushman & Wakefield’s South West managing partner Tim Davis. “It will have a real impact on businesses that are still recovering from the...
Many businesses in Bristol were hoping for a game-changing Budget to tackle the immense problems they face – but according to the regional branch of the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) this doesn’t feel like one. FSB development manager for Bristol, Bath & South Gloucestershire, Sam Holliday, pictured, said:...
Business West, the region’s largest business group, said many firms would “remain muted in their enthusiasm” for a Budget that failed to address the scale of the post-Covid challenges they face. The organisation, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, also claimed the West of England had again missed out...
Business groups have welcomed a number of measures in yesterday’s Budget but said Chancellor Rishi Sunak could have done more to encourage investment. The CBI, which speaks on behalf of 190,000 businesses of all sizes and sectors, described it overall as business friendly, with its director-general Tony Danker saying...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered his Autumn Budget and Spending Review. The main points are: Chancellor began speaking at 12:34pm Employment is up and wages are rising, he said. Budget prepares for a new economy post-Covid, he said. “An economy fit for a new age of optimism.” Higher inflation was...
National commercial property and investment company LCP has promoted Adam Martin, associate director in its Bristol office to director. Adam, pictured, joined LCP in 2019 and has more than 13 years’ experience in commercial property. He will remain head of the office – which opened in 2019 – with...
Monday October 25 Final: Sareum Interim: DP Poland Q3 result: HSBC Holdings Trading announcements: Anglo Pacific, ContourGlobal, James Fisher and Sons, MJ Hudson Group, Nightcap, Petropavlovsk, Plus500 Tuesday October 26 Interim: E-therapeutics Q3 result: Reckitt Benckiser Wednesday October 27 Interim: Bloomsbury Q3 result: Glaxosmithkline Economic announcements: The Budget, BRC...
Decarbonising Bristol’s economy could trigger business worth £9.2bn for local firms – bringing one of the biggest opportunities to the city since the arrival of the railways nearly 200 years ago. The phenomenal figure is being highlighted by Business West, the region’s largest business group, and Mayor of Bristol Marvin...
The team that made The Outlaws, Stephen Merchant’s new six-part comedy thriller filmed in Bristol, have lavished praise on the city as an ideal location for TV production. The series starts on BBC One on Monday after an extensive shoot that took place at Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios in Hengrove...
Bristol-based games agency Diva is to host an 11-hour gaming livestream tomorrow to launch charity War Child UK’s Game Action fundraiser. War Child UK – the specialist charity for children caught up in conflict – has set up the ground-breaking new campaign in association with dozens of games content...
