The self assessment deadline is drawing near, and anyone who is newly self-employed or has additional income for the tax year 2014/15 needs to register by Monday. Failure to register on time can result in penalties of up to 30% of the tax due, or more in some cases,...
Staff from the Bristol office of international property and construction consultancy Gleeds battled it out against their counterparts from Cardiff to raise money for two local charities by cycling 50 miles against the clock. They were among 1,500 staff from Gleeds’ 56 international offices who volunteered one working day...
The DoubleTree by Hilton, Bristol City Centre hotel has taken on Kasia Nowak and Agnieszka Czapiewska as head of housekeeping and front office manager respectively. Their appointments follow improved occupancy levels and increased bookings for conferences and events at the four-star, 200-bedroom on Redcliffe Way. This has resulted in...
Law firm Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office has advised longstanding client and specialist consumer investor Piper on its £6m deal with Forthglade Foods, the Devon-based natural pet food company. Forthglade products have been manufactured on the edge of Dartmoor National Park for more than 40 years. The independently owned firm...
Almost a fifth of Bristol’s commercial buildings could be deemed unlettable within three years unless they comply with tough ‘game-changing’ energy efficiency regulations. The warning was made to property landlords and occupiers at a recent event staged in the city to underline the possible impact of the Government’s recently...
Monday 28 September Interim: Flowgroup Finals: MJ Gleeson AGMs: Max Petroleum, Pinewood Group, Redhall Group, Zoo Digital EGMs: MediaZest, Optimal Pay Economics: Nationwide house prices Tuesday 29 September Interims: boohoo.com, Crawshaw, Ergomed, Globo, Moss Bros, Outsourcery, Personal Group Holdings, Venture Life Group Finals: MySale Group, Netcall, Revolution Bars, ScS...
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 Laura Rawlings, co-presenter of BBC Radio Bristol’s Breakfast show, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Pride. It’s one of the few...
Businesses across Bristol are being urged to join a pioneering campaign to slash the number of single-use plastic bottles that end up littering the city’s streets and waterways. Refill Bristol wants firms to encourage their staff to buy multi-use water bottles – which it is selling for £10 –...
Bristol community radio station Ujima, which less than a year ago was battling to stay on the air, has landed a National Diversity Award. The station won the outstanding contribution to diversity in the race, faith and religion category in the awards, which celebrate the achievements of grass-root communities that...
Eunomia, the Bristol-based environmental consultancy, is to open an office in Manchester as it continues its rapid rate of growth. Staffing levels at the firm, which works with governments, local authorities and major businesses, have soared from 25 in 2010 to 60 today – with a further 10 once...
More than 80 of the South West’s top clinicians, academics and businesses attended the launch of a membership group tasked with stimulating the growth of the region’s life science industry. Medilink South West provides knowledge and support to businesses in the key sector, helping them grow and maximise opportunities...
Law firm Clarke Willmott, which has a major office in Bristol, has been awarded the latest version of the Law Society’s legal practice quality mark – making it the 15th consecutive year it has received the accolade. Clarke Willmott is one of the first law firms to have received...
The Bristol Law Society has announced the shortlisted individuals and firms for its coveted annual awards, which will be presented at its annual dinner next month. The event is regarded as the highlight of the Bristol legal year, with the awards recognising the brightest and best of those working...
