A business providing mobile freezers to events and secure self storage in shipping containers is on the road to more growth after teaming up with Bristol specialist motor leasing company Vanaways. Container Team has taken on three new vehicles and opened its first indoor self-storage facility as it looks...
Firms in central Bristol are being consulted on a plan to merge the three Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) covering the area in a move that they say would leverage more funding to drive economic growth. The Bristol City Centre, Redcliffe & Temple and Broadmead BIDs claim by uniting and...
Corporate lawyers in Thrings’ Bristol office have advised Wiltshire housebuilder Stonewood Homes on a string of deals linked to its schemes across the West of England. Stonewood, which specialises in small-to-medium developments of high-quality, sustainable new homes, received funding from a consortium of investors as part of its plans...
The planning & environment practice in international legal practice Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office has been boosted with the appointment of Christian Silk as partner. Described by the firm as a highly skilled and experienced planning and environment lawyer, Christian, pictured, supports clients across the energy, infrastructure and built environment...
The corporate and mergers & acquisitions team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised on an investment aimed at accelerating the growth of an innovative salary sacrifice provider for electric vehicles. The Electric Car Scheme was set up in 2020 after co-founders Thom Groot and Tom Eilon...
Monday November 4 Q3 results: Kosmos Energy, City London Investment Group Economic announcement: PMI manufacturing Tuesday November 5 Finals: Associated British Foods, Smiths News, Ensilica, ASOS Interims: Air Astana Joint Stock Company, Induction Healthcare Group Trading announcements: International Workplace Group, TI Fluid Systems, Coca-Coca Europacific Partners Economic announcements: BRC sales monitor, Retail sales Wednesday November...
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 CBRE Bristol operational real estate transaction team leader Phil Schmid, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. My wife...
Bristol-based invoice finance provider Optimum Finance has been acquired by a larger competitor in a move its CEO said would unlock new possibilities for its “clients, introducers and team members”. Optimum was set up in 2017 by Richard Pepler, a notable figure in the invoice finance sector as the...
Bristol communications agency Ambitious has launched a podcast series shedding light on thought leadership – with one of the city’s most successful entrepreneurs of recent years as its first guest. Dr Zara Nanu co-founded Gapsquare, where she combined her passion for human rights with the power of data analytics...
The sweeping fiscal changes announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her Budget will hit SMEs and business owners hard as the government seeks to plug a ‘£22bn black hole’ in the public purse. In one of the most hotly anticipated Autumn Budgets in recent years, the Chancellor announced the...
A Bristol-based manufacturer and supplier of safety lifting equipment has been acquired by a specialist US group as part of its continued international expansion. Tacklestore, which was launched 20 years ago and has its head office in Avonmouth, is now part of Vertical Supply Group (VSG), a leading supplier...
Bristol-based temporary generator hire firm Power Electrics has become the latest in the city to transition from privately owned to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). The firm, which has grown from a small yard in 1963 to operating the UK’s largest generator transport fleets, said the move marked a...
This week’s Budget ushered in a large number of tax reforms as Chancellor Rachel Reeves seeks to balance the Treasury’s books. Here experts from law firm Thrings look at some of the key changes. Inheritance Tax The inheritance tax (IHT) threshold freeze remains for a further two years to...
