Quartet Community Foundation, the organisation that matches philanthropists’ donations with good causes across the West of England, has appointed Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT senior partner Robert Bourns as its chair of trustees. Robert will work with the board of trustees and Quartet’s executive team to support the foundation’s work....
Engineers’ House, the historic conference and meeting venue in Clifton, has been chosen as one of the locations for a major national IT roadshow touring the UK throughout October and November. Organised by industrial IT firm SolutionsPT, the Industrial IT Roadshow will showcase the latest innovations in industrial IT...
Samantha Barnes, an auditor from the Bristol office of accountants Smith & Williamson, has been named as one of the UK’s best up-and-coming young accountants. Samantha, 26, pictured, was one of ‘Rising 20 Stars of the Profession’ chosen for the accolade by ACA students’ magazine Vital. Samantha’s nomination was...
Bristol-based Integral Build has completed an eight-month refurbishment project at the city’s historic The Red Maids’ School, creating contemporary facilities for students, teachers and visitors within its original Edwardian complex. The £1.6m transformation involved building a new library in a two-storey void in the centre of the main school building in Westbury-on-Trym, extensive modernisation and...
Property agency GVA has expanded its office agency team in Bristol with the appointment of Alex Riddell as a senior surveyor. Alex, pictured, joins GVA at a time of strong growth for the Bristol office and its office agency team in particular, which has just been placed at the...
Commercial law firm Thrings has appointed two solicitors to its fast-growing commercial property team as a result of continued organic growth and a series of new client wins. Associate Steve Schofield and solicitor Beth Nicholls will further strengthen Thrings’ commercial property and construction offering across its four main offices...
The tax and corporate finance teams at West accountancy group Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bristol, are celebrating their most successful year yet having completed just over 20 transactions worth in total more than £200m. The team’s latest deal involved the sale of Asteral, the UK’s leading...
A social enterprise with a mission to improve equality, diversity and inclusion in Bristol’s burgeoning creative sector has been launched. Represent has been set up by Joanna Randall, who runs Bristol PR agency Purplefish, and Liz Gadd, a recruiter in the creative sector in the South West, to raise...
Monday 20 October Trading statement: McBride AGMs: CPL Resources, McBride Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 21 October Interims: BP Marsh & Partners, Whitbread Final: Asos Trading statements: Arm, GKN, Go-Ahead, InterContinental Hotels, Pentair, Reckitt Benckiser, William Hill AGMs: Ashley House, Leeds Economics: Public sector finances Wednesday 22 October Interims:...
Bristol entrepreneur Andrew Mulvenna, co-founder of retail management software business Brightpearl, and mayor George Ferguson will be among speakers at the final of The Pitch 2014, the UK-wide competition which has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs on the road to success. Founded in Bristol in 2008, The Pitch takes place...
BYEP, the Bristol-based social enterprise dedicated to empowering young people to advance in employability and enterprise skills, kicks off its innovative mentoring programme Ask About Me next Saturday with a unique dinner and networking event. Ask About Me connects professionals, entrepreneurs and leaders with aspiring young people keen to...
Bristol-based outsourcing group Mitie has acquired pre-employment screening company Procius from its management team. Mitie, which has grown rapidly through a number of strategic acquisitions in recent years, is paying up to up to £2.3m for Procius subject to an adjustment for final completion accounts. The Basingstke-based firm...
The architect behind Bristol Old Vic’s plans to transform its front-of-house spaces has won the RIBA Stirling Prize, the profession’s most-prestigious award. Haworth Tompkins scooped architecture’s top national prize for the best building of the year last night for their work on the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. They were...
