Click on the image to see why Tech City UK ranks the Bristol and Bath area as the UK’s most important tech cluster outside of London in its Powering a Digital Economy 2015 report.
Click on the image to see why Tech City UK ranks the Bristol and Bath area as the UK’s most important tech cluster outside of London in its Powering a Digital Economy 2015 report.
TV and movie stars filming at Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios will be chauffeured to and from the centre under a new partnership with eco-friendly firm Studio Cars. The firm is the latest to open a base at highly-successful studio complex in Hengrove, where filming has taken place for productions...
Nearly £300m was wiped off the value of Bristol-based fund manager Hargreaves Lansdown after it revealed a slight fall in pre-tax profits. The firm, one of lynchpin of the city’s financial services sector, is traditionally a stellar performer on the London Stock Exchange. But its shares came under pressure...
Bristol businesses can learn about the benefits of doing business in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by taking part in a trade mission to the fast-growing country. UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) South West will be leading a visit to the capital Dubai from March 13 to 20 to...
Half of firms in the South West plan to take on more staff this year, with the number of permanent jobs outstripping temporary work, according to the results of a survey from the CBI. Job prospects for young people in the region – who have been hardest hit in...
Annual turnover at West of England law firm Thrings has climbed by 18% to £25m on strong performances by its corporate, commercial property, agriculture and company commercial teams. The Top 100 firm, which has offices in Bristol, Bath, Swindon and London, also said investment in clients and staff and...
Monday 2 February Final: Amino Technologies EGM: Arc Capital Economics: Markit UK PMI manufacturing Tuesday 3 February Interim: Alumasc Finals: BG, BP, Low & Bonar, Ocado, St Modwen Properties Trading statements: Aberdeen Asset Management, Pentair AGMs: Aberdeen Asset Management, Numis EGM: Gulfsands Petroleum Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction Wednesday 4...
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 Mike Zeidler, director of the Happy City Initiative, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Dallas Buyers Club – I love films...
Julia Dean, West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) communications and marketing manager – MetroBus and MetroWest rail – dispels the myths that have built up around the project There’s been a lot written about MetroBus. Some bad, some good – but frustratingly, it’s often inaccurate. I’ve been working...
Food and agriculture sector specialists at the Bristol office of Smith & Williamson have acted as financial advisers to Openfield, the UK’s leading farmer-owned grain marketing co-operative, on its acquisition of Countrywide Farmers’ grain business. Openfield collects, stores, distributes and markets more than 4.5m tonnes of grain every year...
Bristol’s ambition to become a leading ‘smart’ city with an experimental high-speed network linking academics and businesses to create new tech-based products and services is set to take a major step forward. The first joint venture between the city council and the University of Bristol – known as Bristol...
Leading players in the fast-growing virtual reality industry will gather in Bristol next month to show how it is shaking up the global entertainments sector. Oculus, the company behind the most talked-about virtual reality hardware, the Oculus Rift head-mounted display, is part of the line-up due to gather for...
An event looking at how to improve diversity in the creative sector is taking place on Monday as part of this year’s Digital Bristol Week. Staged at BBC Bristol in Whiteladies Road, the event promises to be an open and honest discussion on the challenges and barriers which prevent...
