Business West, the organisation that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative, has been named among the UK’s best employers for the first time. Business West, based at Leigh Court near Bristol, appears at number 80 in this year’s prestigious Sunday Times ‘100 best not-for-profit companies to...
Alexander Daniels, the recruitment group with an office in Bristol, has appointed two new team members to its fast-growing healthcare division. Senior NHS consultant Matt Farrington and resource consultant Scott Graham join the team led by experienced NHS and healthcare recruiter Mike Willmoth, who was taken on by Alexander...
National accountancy firm Smith & Williamson has said it expects “significant growth” over the next few years in Bristol following a strong recovery by businesses in the city. The positive outlook came as the firm, which has a 170-strong team based in its Bristol office, reported half-year operating profits...
Bristol-based Integral Build is using its completion of a £7m refurbishment contract at a North London leisure centre to put in the top division for similar schemes. The 11-month project for client Fusion Lifestyle has transformed Tottenham Green Leisure Centre. The work came on the back of Integral Build’s...
West of England property consultancy Alder King has promoted five members of staff in its Bristol head office. Emma Smith and Tom Dugay, who specialise in industrial and office agency respectively, have become senior surveyors, reflecting their success in securing a significant volume of transactions through a challenging period...
Manufacturing companies across the West of England have increased output and investment over recent months, resulting in new jobs and a brighter outlook than most other regions of the UK. The upbeat picture emerged from a major survey published this week which also showed the slump in the oil...
West of England commercial law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, has strengthened its corporate offering to domestic and international clients with the appointment of Jonathan Morris as partner. Jonathan, pictured, is a highly-experienced corporate solicitor with more than 10 years’ experience of working with businesses listed...
Monday 2 March Interim: Swallowfield, Thorntons Finals: Alent, Amlin, British Polythene Industries, Dialight, FBD Holdings, HellermanTyton, Hiscox, Intertek, Keller, PPHE, Senior, Trinity Mirror, Ultra Electronics EGM: Dunelm Economics: Consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, Manufacturing data, M4 money supply Tuesday 3 March Interims: Ashtead Group, Clinigen,...
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 Lorna Clarke, head of corporate partnerships at Above & Beyond, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Days of Heaven (1978) –...
Bristol business leaders are warning that new devolved powers for the Welsh Assembly could hit the city’s economy just as it is enjoying a strong recovery from recession. Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative, fears the changes are being rushed through without the...
All businesses can harness the power of social media to help find new customers and enter new markets – but the key is to have good content. The message was highlighted by experts at a seminar staged by Barclays which looked at how to use some of social media’s...
Savills Bristol has appointed Chloë Clark as senior planner. Chloë, pictured, who qualified as a chartered town planner in 2012, joins Savills from Hunter Page Planning in Cheltenham. Chloë has experience of a range of residential and commercial development projects, as well as urban regeneration and rural conversion schemes...
Children and young people’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent has sold the freehold of its former regional office in north Bristol to another charity. Property consultancy Alder King has finalised the sale of Unit E, Abbey Wood Business Park in Filton, to Africa Inland Mission International, which is relocating from...
