Small and medium-sized businesses across the West of England are being encouraged to apply to a £4m fund that aims to help them develop new products and services and create jobs. The UWE Innovation4Growth (I4G) programme part funds research and development projects with grants of between £25,000 and £150,000...
An extra £2bn a year could be generated for the West of England’s economy if the Government handed back control over areas such as skills, transport and housing to the region, according to the leaders of its four local authorities. They have submitted a proposal to the Treasury calling...
Business West managing director Phil Smith is calling on Bristol firms to take part in Action For Children’s Byte Night, the sponsored sleep out that helps fund projects tackling homelessness among young people. Ahead of the sleep out in the city on October 2, he is backing an auction...
Ruth McMenamin has been appointed as group marketing manager at Wessex Garages, the Bristol-based car dealership group. In her new position, Ruth, pictured, will be responsible for managing the award-winning group’s eight-strong digital-focused marketing team. Privately owned Wessex Garages sells new and used cars from outlets in Bristol, Cardiff, Gloucester...
Neighbourly, the innovative Bristol-based internet platform with the ambition of revolutionising corporate social responsibility, is to expand overseas just a year after its official launch. The fast-growing firm, which connects community projects with companies wishing to make a difference, is to set up a team in the Dutch city...
Property agency and real estate firm Colliers International has expanded its Bristol office with three new appointments. Business rates specialist Steve Plowman has been appointed as a director, covering the South West and South Wales. He joins Colliers’ rating team with 27 years’ experience spanning retail and mineral valuations....
SafeLives, the national charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, has relocated its headquarters to Bristol city centre office scheme Whitefriars in a deal that means the landmark building is now 90% occupied. SafeLives has taken just over 3,300 sq ft of space on the second floor of Whitefriars, pictured...
Bristol-based property developer Ashfield Land has appointed Claire Cope as a board director. Claire, pictured, has joined from the Bristol office of development consultants Turley, where she worked for nearly nine years in a number of roles, mostly recently as associate director. At Ashfield, Claire has a national role...
Bristol-based law firm TLT has appointed David Isaacson as a corporate partner in its social housing team. David, pictured, joins from Bevan Brittan in Birmingham, where he was a partner in its commercial and infrastructure team. He has also worked for Cobbetts and Pinsent Masons. For the past 10...
Monday 7 September Interim: SimiGon Finals: Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Green Reit Trading statements: Associated British Foods, Betfair AGMs: Creston, Sepura EGM: Adgorithms Tuesday 8 September Interims: Curtis Banks Group, Gamma Communications, Hilton Food Group, Hydro International, Powerflute Oyj, SQS Software Quality Systems, Stadium Group Finals: Ashmore, Craneware, Frontier Developments, Genus....
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 Judith Levy, business mentor and chair of Vistage, Bristol and South West, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? I moved to...
The first new road bridge across the River Avon in Bristol for more than 100 years swung into place this week – opening up the development site that will be home to the city’s long-awaited arena. The £11.3m, 63-tonne steel bridge will connect the previously isolated Arena Island to...
Kaisen, a Bristol-based boutique leadership consultancy of business psychologists, has been bought by global accountancy group Deloitte as part of its plans to launch a leadership consulting practice. Kaisen advises companies in three areas – defining leadership strategies, assessing individuals for their leadership potential and helping develop those individuals....
