Bristol-based Ultimate Finance Group, which provides funding to small and medium-sized enterprises, has opened its first office in Scotland. Heading the new Glasgow base is Richard Waldman, pictured, who is well known in financial circles having spent more than 20 years in the industry. For 10 years, he was...
Optometrist Lynne Fernandes has made it through to the finals of a prestigious national business award. Lynne, pictured, who runs three successful practices across Bristol and Nailsea, has been shortlisted for Optometrist of the Year in the Optician Awards 2015. The annual Optician Awards are run by Optician magazine,...
Barnstorming versions of Teenage Kicks and Disco 2000 helped The Mighty Rufus clinch the coveted first prize in the Bristol law firm battle of the bands. The five-piece band, drawn from Osborne Clarke and Bond Dickinson, wowed the 300-strong crowd at The Tunnels last night with a strong eight-song...
Bristol-based plasterboard manufacturer Siniat has harnessed the marketing power of YouTube to launch a new product range to builders. The firm, which has a factory at Easton-in-Gordano, wanted to pitch its innovative range of metal partition frames called Bulldog against more traditional timber products – with a key part...
Barclays has become the latest blue-chip company to sponsor Business Showcase South West 2015 – the region’s biggest business exhibition which returns for a second year in May. Barclays joins First Great Western and Enterprise Rent-a-car in sponsoring the event staged again at Bristol’s Colston Hall. Following last year’s...
Bristol specialist software firm Iken Business has relocated into larger waterfront offices to support its continuing expansion. The move to 1 Georges Square off Victoria Street has also been triggered by the redevelopment of its previous base – the 1970s Lewins Place block in Lewins Mead, which is among...
Cathy Allen, a pension specialist with more than 20 years’ industry experience, has joined the Bristol office of the accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson. As an associate director in the firm’s assurance and business services team, Cathy, pictured, manages a range of pension scheme audits and...
Bristol has celebrated its 10th year as a Fairtrade city – one of only five cities across the world to have supported the global ethical organisation for more than a decade. The landmark achievement was celebrated by Fairtrade volunteers, business leaders and politicians at a gathering in the Orangery...
National law firm Clarke Willmott has re-elected Stephen Rosser as chief executive based in its Bristol office for a further term which will extend his tenure to April 2019. As part of the re-election of Stephen, pictured, the firm has adopted a new three-year strategy based on continued growth...
National law firm Bond Dickinson has appointed Greg Moss as a senior wealth adviser based in its Bristol office. Greg, a chartered financial planner and Fellow of the Personal Finance Society, joins Bond Dickinson Wealth Limited from Bristol firm Paradigm Norton Financial Planning. He will provide financial planning and...
Real estate and corporate lawyers from Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon have advised on the record-breaking acquisition of one of London’s most-exclusive shopping addresses. The Rolex Store at One Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, was bought by a client of the firm for £22m less than four years after Russian businessman Grigory Guselnikov...
A future Labour government would support business in the West of England – not damage it – by creating a more prosperous Britain and investing in skills and new technologies, Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said in Bristol today. Launching the party’s business plan for the region at aerospace giant...
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 Rebecca Pritchard, head of Business Banking at Triodos Bank, answers our 10 questions. What was the last: Film you watched? Gravity – with Sandra Bullock and...
