International property agency DTZ has appointed Jo Williams as a director in its Bristol office where she joins its project & building consultancy team. Jo, pictured, joins from national firm Ridge and Partners, where she worked in all aspects of core building surveying. She brings 19 years’ experience with...
Bristol-based boutique corporate finance firm Momentum has appointed Ross Bradley to its team. Ross, pictured, joins from ‘big four’ accountancy firm Deloitte, where he was an assistant director in transaction services. His appointment follows a string of successful deals for Momentum, including the £50m share buyback of Bailey Caravans...
Bristol-based energy supplier Ovo Energy has leapt into a widely-respected league table of the country’s fastest-growing private businesses at number 10. The firm’s staggering 140% average annual sales growth over the past three years has put it among the top performers in the 18th annual Sunday Times Virgin Fast...
For the second year in a row Warmley-based Bath Ales has been shortlisted in prestigious national awards that recognise quality and innovation in the pub trade. The firm is a finalist in the Best Food Offer (2 – 50 sites) category in The Publican Morning Advertiser Awards, as well...
The annual search for the region’s best companies has started with the launch of accountants PwC’s widely-respected West of England Business of the Year Awards 2015. Now in their 27th year, the eagerly-contested awards are the most prestigious in the region by far – previous winners read like a...
Exports by South West firms have risen slightly over the past year despite turmoil in the key eurozone market, new figures show. And more companies are following the Government’s advice and selling overseas as a way of strengthening their business. Regional trade boss Russell Jones welcomed today’s figures with...
Mulberry, the luxury goods brand, has slumped into the red with a half-year loss of £1.1m after a disastrous attempt to go upmarket backfired. The firm, based at Chilcompton, suffered a 9% fall in sales to £45.1m in the six months to September 30 while wholesale revenues tumbled 31%...
Hi-tech start-ups incubated by SETsquared, the innovation hub backed by the University of Bristol, have created 9,000 jobs and contributed a staggering £3.8bn to the UK economy, research released today shows. The figures, which emerge from a study commissioned from Warwick Economics & Development, are based on the 1,041...
The Chancellor produced a balanced Autumn Statement that addressed business concerns around rates reform and finance, according to Bristol business leaders. James Durie, executive director of Bristol Chamber of Commerce at Business West, described it as a “crowd-pleasing” set of proposals for business, particularly its pledge for a major...
Bristol is to be a test-bed for driverless cars after funding was secured by a consortium made up of the city council, universities and businesses. The Bristol trial, which will start next January, will look at how the public reacts to so-called autonomous vehicles along with the legal and...
National business groups have broadly welcomed measures in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, but said he could have done more to boost innovation. The CBI described the major changes on stamp duty and business rates would be as “a shot in the arm for families and growing firms as they...
Chancellor George Osborne has delivered his 2015 Autumn Statement. Key points: Compared to his first Autumn Statement four years ago, the Chancellor said there was now higher growth, lower unemployment, falling inflation and a deficit half what the Government inherited "Our economic plan is working," he said. "Britain back...
Bristol’s pioneering use of digital technology to improve the lives of its residents has earned it a major international award that places it among the world’s most-innovative cities. The International Award for Urban Innovation was presented to Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson at an event hosted by the municipal...
