Bristol business figures have reacted to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement. Albert Goodman chartered accountants’ Bristol-based tax specialist Sam Wood, pictured, said reducing the SME R&D intensity ratio requirement from 40% to 30% may help benefit a further 5,000 SMEs access cash credits. “This is a somewhat positive step...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his Autumn Statement. The key points were: The statement included 110 measures to boost the economy by £20bn a year, according to Mr Hunt. All alcohol duties frozen. Benefits to go up by 6.7% next year, based on the inflation rate for September. Increase in...
Mace & Menter, the specialist Bristol design firm, has made two senior hires as it enjoys strong growth in the health and care sector. The firm said Amy McGuinness and Claire Reynolds, pictured, who have joined as lead consultant and transformation lead respectively, brought deep experience of health and...
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Limbs & Things, the Bristol-based medical simulator company, has harnessed the power of augmented reality (AR) for its latest training device in a move it hopes will revolutionise the way nursing students learn. Its ART (Augmented Reality Training) product works with everyday tablets and smartphones to show a 3D,...
DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has appointed a new managing partner of its Bristol office. Mike Renshaw, pictured, will take over from Simon Mason, who has been managing partner since the office’s inception in 2011 and is retiring from the business at the end...
Deazy, the Bristol specialist software firm, has been ranked as one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech businesses for the second year in running. The firm, which launched in 2016 with a mission to make development easy, appears at number 40 in the 2023 UK Technology Fast 50 league table,...
Triodos, the ethical bank with its UK headquarters in Bristol, has become the first in its sector to join a global campaign urging European governments and policymakers to phase out the use of fossil fuels. The bank, which was founded in The Netherlands in 1980 and has since become...
A Bristol innovation hub aimed at tech and science start-ups and scale-ups is to expand next year to provide more lab and workshop space. Future Space, pictured, has helped generate millions of pounds of investment for its member firms and create hundreds of high-value jobs since it opened as...
Low-cost airline easyJet has celebrated hitting the 70m-passenger mark at Bristol Airport as it adds another new route to its network. The airline began services from the airport in May 2001 – six years after its launch by entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou – initially flying to Palma, Faro and Nice....
Research carried out by a Bristol-based international removals firm has revealed the growing popularity of Middle Eastern countries among Brits moving abroad for work – replacing former favourites such as Canada and New Zealand. 1st Move International, which is based in Avonmouth, has been managing removals across the globe...
Design West, the Bristol-based centre of excellence for architectural design and placemaking, has appointed a new chair of trustees as it enters a new phase of growth. Nick Fairham, pictured, chief executive of global multidisciplinary design practice BDP based in its Bristol office, takes over from Nick Childs, the...
A network of investors who want to drive social change in Bristol has been launched at an event hosted by accountants Evelyn Partners’ office in the city. The firm teamed up with Bristol-based investment platform Ethical Equity to support the launch of the community of angel investors supporting ethical...
