By Barbara Davies, chief executive, West of England Local Enterprise Partnership. Our newly refreshed LEP board met for the first time on June 17. There are some new faces following the local elections and a business-led selection process. Great news that Colin Skellett has been reappointed as chair of...
A new series of online maps celebrating Bristol’s rich movie heritage have been launched to help tourists and residents explore the city’s famous film and TV locations. From Only Fools and Horses’ Nelson Mandela House to key Casualty and Skins filming hotspots, and taking in Clifton Suspension Bridge –...
Accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson has launched a free tax calculator to enable businesses to work out how much tax they could be saving on their research and development (R&D) costs. The online tool has been set up in the light of research suggesting that thousands...
National recruitment consultancy Thorn Baker has appointed Melonie Debenham as operations manager to drive expansion of its Bristol office. Melonie, pictured, who has more than 24 years’ experience in recruitment, will support the growth of the business via operations and business development across the industrial, commercial and engineering sectors. ...
The Government must address youth unemployment by plugging the skills gap between education and work, the region’s biggest business organisation said this week. Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative, made the plea as it welcomed a further fall in unemployment across the South...
Bristol’s vibrant music scene and major festivals on its doorstep such as Glastonbury add nearly £300m a year to the regional economy, a major new report out today shows. The study by industry body UK Music shows more than 772,000 visitors came to the South West last year specifically...
The chief executive of Bristol-based alternative transport group Sustrans, Malcolm Shepherd, has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. The accolade is in recognition of his contribution towards protecting the environment and improving people’s health. Sustrans’ vision is that by 2020 four out of five local...
Monday 15 June Finals: Latchways, Majestic Wine, Redcentric AGM: President Energy EGM: Actual Experience Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 16 June Interim: Crest Nicholson Finals: Ashtead, Consort Medical, Record, Trifast Trading statement: Whitbread AGMs: Cyan, HSS Hire, Huntsworth, Inspired Energy, NMC Health, Plant Health Care, Premier Farnell, StratMin Global...
Each week Bristol Business News lets a prominent member of the area’s business community have the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Kim Jones, director at High Growth Knowledge Company, answers our 10 questions: What was the LAST: Film you watched? Winter’s Bone starring Jennifer Lawrence as an...
A former national sales manager with the UK’s leading manufacturer of first aid kits has launched his own business providing life-saving defibrillators and training. Thornbury-based Colin Riddiough previously worked for the Safety First Aid Group, where his national clients included bakery chain Greggs and online store Amazon. Noticing a...
Business journalist-turned-PR consultant Paul Mullins will be teaching aspiring entrepreneurs in Bristol how to secure valuable media exposure at a forthcoming event. The founder of PR and digital content agency Sandusky Media Consultants is running his Promote your business with PR workshop at BRAVE Enterprise on July 2. Paul,...
Fledgling businesses in Bristol’s burgeoning creative, digital and hi-tech industries will soon be able to set up home in a new workspace scheme to be made out of 20 shipping containers. Called Boxworks, it will provide additional capacity for the neighbouring Engine Shed innovation hub at Temple Meads, whose...
Undergraduates Megan Peeks and Victoria Gosden have been chosen to represent the South West region at the annual National Association of Women in Property (WiP) National Student Awards. Megan, who is studying architecture and planning at UWE, and Victoria, a landscape architecture student at the University of Gloucestershire, were...
