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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

September 20, 2015
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Monday 21 September Interims: Netdimensions, XLMedia Finals: Castleton Technology, DX Group, Filtronic, Finsbury Food, Seeing Machines AGM: Abzena Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 22 September Interims: AA, AG Barr, Augean, Card Factory, Clearstar, Horizon Discovery, Minds + Machines, S&U, Sphere Medical, Venn Life Sciences Finals: Allergy Therapeutics, Clinigen, Close...

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The LAST WORD: Poku Osei, founder, Babbasa youth empowerment project

September 18, 2015
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The LAST WORD: Poku Osei, founder, Babbasa youth empowerment project

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 Poku Osei, founder of Babbasa youth empowerment project, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Rise and Fall of the Roman...

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Burges Salmon advises on Chinese group’s $60m UK metals deal

September 18, 2015
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Burges Salmon advises on Chinese group’s $60m UK metals deal

Lawyers from Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon have worked on the complex, cross-border acquisition of a majority holding in historic UK metals firm Henry Bath by a Chinese logistics group. Beijing-based CMST Development Co paid $60m (£38.5m) for a 51% stake in Henry Bath, one of the world’s oldest metals storage...

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Engine Shed ships in first containers as its Boxworks project gets under way

September 18, 2015
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Engine Shed ships in first containers as its Boxworks project gets under way

Engine Shed’s Boxworks project, which will be made up of 20 shipping containers transformed into custom-designed workplaces, is now under way with the first two ‘boxes’ onsite. The containers will be converted over the coming weeks to provide much-needed workspace for start-ups and growing businesses in Bristol’s key creative,...

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Drive to secure £11m Govt funding and pave way for low emission vehicles on Bristol’s roads

September 18, 2015
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Drive to secure £11m Govt funding and pave way for low emission vehicles on Bristol’s roads

Bristol businesses are backing a multi-million pound bid to the Government to boost the use of green transport across the West of England. The area’s four local authorities are preparing a bid for up to £11m from the Office of Low Emission Vehicles which would be used to introduce...

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Peer-to-peer loan for entrepreneur who said ‘no’ to the TV Dragons

September 18, 2015
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Peer-to-peer loan for entrepreneur who said ‘no’ to the TV Dragons

Bristol entrepreneur Ellen Green, who walked away from TV show Dragons’ Den empty-handed last month, has now secured a £30,000 investment for her Blue Badge Company. Three of the dragons offered funding in return for shares in her business, which sells stylish living aids, with retail tycoon Touker Suleyman...

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Smith & Williamson sponsors South West’s largest annual open art exhibition at Bristol’s RWA

September 18, 2015
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Smith & Williamson sponsors South West’s largest annual open art exhibition at Bristol’s RWA

The Royal West of England Academy’s (RWA) Annual Exhibition returns next month for its 163rd year with the backing of accountants and investment managers Smith & Williamson’s Bristol office. The exhibition, the RWA’s biggest of the year and the largest event in the South West of its kind, features...

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Business and jobs fair will offer advice on starting or growing a business

September 18, 2015
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Business and jobs fair will offer advice on starting or growing a business

Anyone looking to start or grow their own business can get expert advice at the South Bristol Business and Jobs Fair being staged on Wednesday at the Filwood Green Business Park. The event, which is also aimed at heling people find work or an apprenticeship, takes place between 9.30am...

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Bath Ales says cheers to loyal drinkers by marking its 20th birthday with 1995 prices

September 18, 2015
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Bath Ales says cheers to loyal drinkers by marking its 20th birthday with 1995 prices

Loyal customers of Bath Ales are being rewarded as part of the brewery’s 20th anniversary with pints of its flagship Gem bitter at its 1995 price of £1.50. Members of its Loyal Hare Force loyalty scheme will be able to sup the cut-price beer during its Birthday Happy Hour...

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Associate director joins high-growth facilities management firm Almeda

September 18, 2015
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Associate director joins high-growth facilities management firm Almeda

Facilities management business Almeda has recruited Ben Arbery, who joins the family business as associate director. He will work alongside Brady George, who recently took over from his father Gary as managing director. Ben spent 15 years working in the financial services industry, initially as a financial adviser and...

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Neighbourly chairman moves to CEO role to spur faster growth at community-business connector

September 18, 2015
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Neighbourly chairman moves to CEO role to spur faster growth at community-business connector

Luke McKeever, the chairman of innovative internet platform Neighbourly, has moved to the more hands-on role of CEO at the firm to free up founder Nick Davies to focus on building its unique brand. Luke McKeever, pictured, joined Neighbourly last September, just two months after its official launch. The...

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Green is good, say four in five directors in exclusive survey of boardroom views on sustainability

September 18, 2015
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Green is good, say four in five directors in exclusive survey of boardroom views on sustainability

Sustainability is firmly on the agenda for 80% of West of England boardrooms with nearly a third considering it one of their business’s top three priorities, according to an exclusive survey conducted by Bristol executive search firm Moon Consulting and Bristol Business News. Just 5% are not currently engaged in...

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Legal 500: Bristol firms dominate regional premier league table

September 17, 2015
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Legal 500: Bristol firms dominate regional premier league table

Legal 500’s regional heavyweights table reads like a who’s who of Bristol’s top law firms. First tier Burges Salmon Bristol Osborne Clarke Bristol ……………………………. Second tier TLT Bristol ……………………………. Third tier Ashfords Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Taunton, Tiverton Bevan Brittan Bristol Bond Dickinson Bristol, Plymouth DAC Beachcroft Bristol Foot Anstey...

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