Restructuring and insolvency advisory firm Quantuma has further expanded its Bristol team with the appointment of Shaun Healey as senior administrator. Shaun, pictured, has more than 30 years’ experience in the insolvency profession, mainly with accountants Grant Thornton, where he spent nearly 27 years working on administrations, receiverships, creditors’...
Bristol specialist property developer Urban Creation has started work on a project to convert a five-storey Victorian villa in Clifton into high-quality apartments aimed at the growing private rental sector. Beech House in St Paul’s Road, pictured, will be converted into 14 homes made up of furnished studios and...
Long-standing Bristol accountants Whyatt Pakeman have been acquired by West of England firm Bishop Fleming in a move that creates the city’s largest independent accountancy office. Roger Pimblett, one of Whyatt Pakeman’s three partners, and 13 staff have relocated to Bishop Fleming’s Bristol office in Queen Square – taking...
Monday 4 January EGM: RPC Group Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply, Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing PMI Tuesday 5 January Trading statement: Next EGM: Falkland Oil & Gas Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction PMI, Halifax house prices Wednesday 6 January Trading statements: Johnson...
Banking and renewables sector experts from Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon have advised investors in a major onshore wind farm which will produce enough energy to power more than 37,000 homes. The 52MW Blackcraig wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, is being funded by Temporis Capital, a London-based...
Bristol Business News wishes its readers, subscribers and advertisers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. We will continue to provide the city’s most authoritative business news, information and analysis throughout the festive period. Our next weekly Bristol Business News e-bulletin will be published on Friday,...
Hydro International, the innovative developer of technology that manages stormwater and wastewater, has sealed a $1m (£670,000) acquisition in the US to strengthen its range of services it offers clients. California-based M2 Renewables has developed rotating belt screen filtration technology used in municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants, securing...
Law firm Michelmores has appointed Emma Rudge as a senior associate in its Bristol office. Emma, pictured, joins from Veale Wasbrough Vizards, where she worked for just over 11 years as a member of the family business team, acting for owner-managed businesses, family businesses and corporates on a wide...
Regional construction firm Beard has appointed Mike Hedges as Bristol construction director to head its new office in the city. Mike, pictured, a chartered construction manager, joins the £108m turnover company from Wates Construction where he was construction manager for the South West. He will be responsible for the...
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 Ebenezer Scrooge, miser and partner in Scrooge & Marley money lenders, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Bah, humbug. The cinema’s...
Bristol Business News is to launch GAMECHANGERS – a unique and highly innovative project to identify the 50 individuals shaping the future of Bristol’s economy. These inspirational people are helping make Bristol the UK’s most exciting city through their innovation, enterprise and creativity. Some will be well known, others...
Many thousands of people who owe extra tax can effectively ask the taxman to spread the cost – interest free – over 12 months provided they file their online return by December 30. According to experts at accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson, many of those...
Bristol Airport’s multi-million pound terminal extension has been officially opened by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal – 15 years after she performed a similar ceremony at the then-new terminal building. In 2000, when The Princess Royal officially opened the terminal, the airport handled just 2.2m passengers. Numbers have...
