Property consultancy Alder King has recruited Tom Chapple as a junior building surveyor in its Bristol office. Tom, pictured, who recently graduated from Nottingham Trent University with an MSc in Building Surveying, will help serve Alder King’s growing portfolio of building consultancy clients. Tom’s particular interest in sustainability...
Monday 19 October Finals: Inland Homes AGMs: City of London Investment Group, CPL Resources EGM: Microsaic Systems Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 20 October Interims: Quantum Pharmaceuticals, Whitbread Final: Asos Trading statements: Genel Energy, Go-Ahead, Informa, InterContinental Hotels, McBride, Pentair, Petropavlovsk AGMs: Frontier Developments, McBride, Scancell EGM: RM2 International...
Bristol’s unseen and unsung army of night workers are to get their hour in the spotlight in a new photo competition being staged in the city. On Sunday October 25 at 2am, when the clocks change from British Summer Time to British Winter Time and most of people can...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week, husband-and-wife team Pete and Chloe Cann from Back-2-Front Recruitment and The Chef Tree answer our 10 questions: What was the LAST: Film you watched? Pete: Oh,...
Law Student of the Year (sponsored by Wessex Searches) Winner: Sarah Carter (University of Law) Shortlisted: Richie Rees (Paragon Costs Solutions), Emma Trevett (UWE) Support Team Member of the Year (sponsored by Damar Training) Winner: Amanda Jennings (Barcon + Kirby) Shortlisted: Claire Taylor (VWV), Sarah Vickery (TLT) Junior Lawyer...
Osborne Clarke landed the Law Firm of the Year Award (over 15 partners) at last night’s Bristol Law Society Awards, with Barcan + Kirby landing the title for the firm with up to 15 partners. The firm of the year awards are given to the firms that are able...
Bristol Law Society president Michael Gupwell has called on the city’s legal community to protect access to justice and to bang the drum for the role lawyers were playing in shielding the public from “savage criminal Legal Aid cuts”. In a hard-hitting keynote speech to last night’s annual dinner...
Bristol-based packaging company IES has completed a ground-breaking project to package and move laboratory equipment, samples of viruses that can affect livestock and other items within world-leading laboratories. The firm was called in for the challenging job by The Pirbright Institute, which has opened a state-of-the-art laboratory facility at its...
Former pensions minister Steve Webb will explain some of the substantial changes which have been made to UK pensions and answering questions at the next IoD seminar in Bristol. Sponsored by accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson and law firm Gregg Latchams, the event will provide...
The Factory, a new digital manufacturing space run by arts charity Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC), has been recognised for its contribution to training and manufacturing in Bristol. The work of its young craftsmen and women was celebrated at a ceremony at the Lord Mayor’s Mansion House when the...
The University of the West of England (UWE) has appointed Donna Whitehead as Pro Vice-Chancellor and executive dean of the Faculty of Business and Law (FBL). Donna, pictured, joins from the University of South Wales, where she is deputy dean of the Faculty of Business and Society. She brings...
Bristol-headquartered firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV) is to move into its new landmark harbourside HQ in the city next month as it continues to expand. The firm is to occupy 39,000 sq ft in Narrow Quay House, pictured – the former headquarters of rival law firm Burges Salmon –...
A unique business knowledge hub to help Bristol and the West of England’s small and medium-sized enterprises grow is to be launched next month. The West of England Growth Hub will offer users access to an extensive, connected network of business knowledge and skills partners. The platform, which is...
