Ahead of a major export promotion event next week, Bristol Business News profiles local firm CPD for Teachers, which hopes to put UK-style computer coding on the curriculum in US schools. A recommendation from a friend to call UKTI had a massive impact on the future of CPD for...
A new sports and entertainment centre has officially been opened as part of the regeneration of the former Cadbury’s factory site at Keynsham. Somerdale Pavilion has been built on the site of the former Fry Club and Conference Centre, which was founded more than 40 years ago by the...
Bristol headquartered national law firm TLT has re-jigged its management team, with real estate head Andrew Glynn becoming its new senior partner and energy & renewables sector leader Maria Connolly taking over as real estate head. Long-standing senior partner Robert Bourns, pictured, steps down in advance of taking up...
EasyJet, Bristol Airport’s largest airline, is to add Dubrovnik in Croatia and the French city of Nantes to its route network next year. The two new services – both twice weekly – will operate in the summer months. So far this year easyJet has launched, or announced the start...
Five major construction firms have expressed an interest in becoming the lead contractor for Bristol’s long-awaited arena. The firms – BAM Construction, Bouygues UK, Sir Robert McAlpine, Laing O’Rourke and Buckingham Group Contracting – were invited to a bidders’ day and site visit on Monday to find out more...
by Tim Stringer, divisional director, Integral Build. The subject of apprenticeships is a complex and thorny one right now. The Government has promised to create three million more of them by 2020. Some say this target will mean quality will be sacrificed for quantity, ticking a box but actually...
Regional law firm Ashfords’ employment partner Stephen Moore has been appointed as head of its expanding Bristol office. Stephen, pictured, will replace partner Andrew Betteridge, who is taking over as head of the corporate commercial department at the beginning of next year. The change comes following a year in...
FEA, one of the UK’s leading further education and skills specialists, has moved its headquarters to Bristol to create a new strategic base for its UK-wide network of more than 850 sector experts. The relocation from Taunton to the Almondsbury Business Park coincides with the appointment of industry figure...
Savills in Bristol has appointed Jonathan Lambert as director of its development team. Jonathan, pictured, who has more than 17 years’ experience providing private and public sector clients with development agency and consultancy advice, joins from DTZ, where he lead the Bristol office’s UK development offer. Prior to his...
Commercial property consultancy Knight Frank has recruited two new members to its Bristol valuations team. Adam Martin joins as an associate from JLL in Bristol, where he provided valuation and consultancy advice to banks, local authorities, property developers and student accommodation operators. Prior to this he worked with Knight...
Monday 2 November Interim: e2v technologies Trading statements: HSBC, Lonmin, Travelport Worldwide Economics: Manufacturing data Tuesday 3 November Finals: Associated British Foods, Egdon Resources, Imperial Tobacco Trading statements: Amec Foster Wheeler, Direct Line, Indivior, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Just Eat, Oxford Immunotec, Pendragon, Standard Chartered, Weir EGMs: Amlin Economics: Construction...
That was the over-arching theme as leaders from across the business spectrum as well as civic leaders gathered for the Bristol 2015 European Green Capital Business Summit. The event focused on the challenges, as well as the huge opportunities, of an era where the world is changing faster than...
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 Ellen Green, director of Blue Badge Company, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? Kingsman: The Secret Service – very fun and...
