Each week Bristol Business News gives a member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Claritas Tax Bristol partner Rob Brown answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Fast X. Fast cars and a very loose storyline – great...
Bristol City Council’s chief executive Stephen Peacock is to join the West of England Combined Authority as its new CEO, it was announced this today. Stephen, pictured, was previously the city council’s executive director for growth and regeneration, during which time he worked on the City Leap decarbonisation project,...
Two Bristol-based organisations have joined forces to raise vital funds to support community climate action over the next week. This collaboration between the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) and clean energy investment company Thrive Renewables is part of the Big Give’s Green Match Fund, a week-long campaign during which every...
Independent Bristol agency collective Istoria Group has launched a new business to meet a growing demand for digital experiences. Called Tiny Spark, it is made up of the digital team from the group’s exhibition design agency Ignition. As a result, it already had an established client list ahead of...
Orders handled by Bristol eCommerce success story Huboo have soared by more than 120% at its German and Dutch bases over the past year – helped by a “tentative” return to the European market by UK firms. The firm launched in 2017 with two safe storage lockers in Bath...
Bristol alternative learning provider Urban Pursuit has secured £55,000 from a city-based impact fund to support its work with local young people who are struggling with their education. The investment from BBRC (Bristol & Bath Regional Capital) will enable the community interest company to open a new operating base...
Ambitious Bristol firms are being invited to join a free workshop in the city next week to learn more about how they can enter the prestigious King’s Awards for Enterprise scheme. The event, on Monday 22 April, will offer advice on how to apply along with tips on how...
Three regional accountancy firms with bases in Bristol are to go head to head for a prestigious tax award. Milsted Langdon, Albert Goodman and Hazlewoods are on the five-strong shortlist for the Best Tax Practice in a Regional Firm title at this year’s Tolley’s Taxation Award. Milsted Langdon, which also has...
VWV, the Bristol-headquartered national law firm, has welcomed seven newly qualified solicitors who had successfully completed their training contracts with the firm. VWV’s training contract provides aspiring lawyers with exposure to four distinct areas of the law across its offices in Bristol and London, with the new solicitors now...
National law firm Foot Anstey has promoted three lawyers to the firm’s partnership, including Mark Greatholder who leads the firm’s commercial energy practice from its Bristol office. Taking effect from 1 May, the promotions will bring the total number of partners at the firm to 66. Joining the partnership...
Bristol’s financial services businesses are being encouraged to become more innovative through a pioneering programme launched this week by the city’s two universities. The pilot project, which is supported by a number of key tech organisations and businesses in the region, aims to get firms in the sector to...
An investment programme that has already injected £2.5m into more than 100 Bristol social enterprises is to launch a second transformative round of funding and support to help more businesses in the sector. The additional £1.3m will help the firms become stronger and more sustainable through bespoke investment packages...
A grassroots refugee charity in Bristol is calling on businesses in the city to help it find a new home for the work it does supporting more than 5,000 displaced and vulnerable people. Aid Box Community (ABC) was founded nine years ago in response to the global refugee crisis....
