Chipping Sodbury-based financial consultancy Jelf has continued its policy of establishing a network of offices around the M25 by acquiring a general insurance broker in Hertfordshire. Libra Insurance Services, based in Bushey, has particular strength in the SME commercial insurance sector. It was established in 1974 and has been...
Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT has advised Somerset mineral resources company Francis Flower on its acquisition of a plant making Scunthorpe Ground Granulated Blastfurnace Slag (GGBS) – an environmentally friendly product used in cement. Francis Flower bought the business, based at the Tata steel works in Scunthorpe, from Hanson Cement...
Aerospace giant Airbus has described an order for 31 aircraft from British Airways parent company International Airlines Group (IAG) as “very significant” and testament to the world-leading efficiency of its planes. IAG is buying 11 wide-body aircraft – eight A350-900s, three A330-200s – along with 20 A320neos (new engine...
Family-owned cider maker Thatchers has brought in one of the advertising industry’s top directors and used some of its most cutting-edge techniques for its latest TV commercial. Screened for the first time this evening, the commercial – for its flagship brand Thatchers Gold – was filmed in and around...
Retail giant Marks & Spencer has appointed Neighbourly, the innovative Bristol-based internet platform, to support its trailblazing Spark Something Good campaign. Neighbourly connects community projects with companies wishing to make a difference. The nationwide project, launched last week by Joanna Lumley and M&S chief executive Marc Bolland, aims to...
NatWest has expanded its team of specialist relationship managers in Bristol by adding a role focusing on the not-for-profit sector. Andrea Maddalena, pictured, who has worked for the bank for 14 years, has been appointed to the role of relationship director specialising in supporting not-for-profit organisations including charities and...
More than half the businesses in the South West fear they will not be able to recruit enough high-skilled workers for their future success, according to an alarming new report. The annual CBI/Pearson Education and Skills Survey – which gauged the views of 101 firms across the region –...
Hungarian airline Wizz Air, which launched its first service from Bristol Airport in June, is to add a second next year when it starts flying to Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria. The twice-weekly service will operate on Mondays and Fridays from March 28. Wizz Air, the largest low-cost...
Hartnell Taylor Cook, the Bristol-based independent commercial property consultancy, has made a raft of promotions and new appointments following another successful financial year. Its draft results for 2014/15 indicate a 10% year-on-year growth in turnover with an increase in profits which it described as “satisfactory”. The firm continues to...
Experts from Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon have worked with US office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller on its new state-of-the-art £14m plant in Wiltshire. The 170,000 sq ft (15,794 sq m) development, which is now finished and ready for fit-out on a brownfield site in Melksham, will combine Herman...
Estate agency and property group Andrews has appointed Tim Bishop as its new business systems manager – the third senior IT role to be created at the firm in the past year. Tim, pictured, joins Keynsham head-quartered Andrews from the Financial Supervisory Authority of Iceland where he was software engineer based...
Facilities management business Almeda has appointed Brady George as managing director, taking over from his father Gary, who set up the business in 2007. Brady, aged 29, joined the Keynsham-based firm six years ago and worked in every department of the business before taking on his previous role as...
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