Monday 27 October Trading statement: Petra Diamonds AGM: Brooks Macdonald Economics: Confederation of British Industry reported sales figures, Nationwide house price data Tuesday 28 October Finals: Epistem, Utilitywise Trading statements: BG, BP, Guinness Peat, Lloyds Banking, Standard Chartered, UBM AGM: Indus Gas EGMs: Balfour Beatty, Bellzone Mining, Doriemus, TUI...
Bristol’s rapidly-recovering office market is poised for a number of significant deals over the next few months which will make 2014 the strongest year since before the recession. Increased take-up in the third quarter means Bristol has already overtaken the annual average for the previous five years. Now property...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Rebecca Tregarthen, Chairman of IoD Bristol, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? Lucy starring Scarlett Johanssen Book you read? Marianne Dreams...
Bristol-based national law firm Burges Salmon is celebrating success at the double at last night’s Bristol Law Society Awards 2014. Tristan Williams was named as Chartered Legal Executive of the Year and Thomas Carpenter as Law Student of the Year. Hosted by legal commentator and journalist Joshua Rozenberg, the...
Bristol and its Chinese sister city Guangzhou are to explore closer links between their important educational, industrial and energy sectors following the second visit by a high-powered delegation to Bristol in as many weeks. A Bristol-Panyu Urbanisation and Cooperation group is to be established to look at how the...
Bristol-based Ecoegg, an award-winning designer of eco-friendly laundry products, has created nine jobs and is exporting to more than 30 countries worldwide after bringing its production back from China. Having developed its innovative Dryer Egg, the latest in its range of eco- and skin-friendly products, firm was keen to...
Nu Desine, the Bristol firm behind the revolutionary AlphaSphere electronic musical instrument, is to take part in a pitching event with a royal twist. The firm, based at Bristol’s SETsquared innovation hub, has been shortlisted to take part in Pitch@Palace, a project spearheaded by the Duke of York and...
The Bristol office of accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson has contributed to the business’s strong annual growth. Funds under management and advice for the group rose by 5.6% in the year to April 30, reaching £15bn for the first time – a rate of growth double...
Bristol business leaders today welcomed the latest positive national economic figures but concerns remain that the pace of growth is slowing and further problems could lie ahead. The Office for National Statistics figures show the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.7% in the three months to September...
Each month the relaunched B24/7 website will feature a comment article by Bristol Business News editor Robert Buckland looking at a different business issue affecting the city. He kicks off the series by urging Bristol businesses to get behind next year’s European Green Capital. We’ve had the high-profile sackings,...
Quartet Community Foundation has been awarded £10,000 to work with a wide range of partners to help Bristol and the West of England’s social enterprises and the voluntary sector access European funding. It aims to raise awareness of the European funding programme, map evidence of need and of experience...
Bristol-based logistics firm John T Evans Haulage has scooped a national award in recognition of its outstanding performance. The company, which provides express delivery services for palletised freight across the UK and mainland Europe, has received the coveted Palletways Platinum Club Award for achieving outstanding levels of service and...
SETsquared, the highly-successful business incubator backed by the University of Bristol, has been named as one of the UK’s most dedicated champions of entrepreneurs. SETsquared, whose Bristol base is at the Engine Shed at Temple Meads, will compete in the national finals of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards next...
