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Wriggle, the Bristol-based app that connects users to exclusive, on-the-day discounts at bars and restaurants, is to expand into London and Manchester after hitting its investment target of £130,000 on crowdfunding website Seedrs. The funding, from more than 160 individual investors, takes the innovative start-up a significant step along...
BBC Radio Bristol is to launch a new breakfast show in September which will team up presenters Steve LeFevre and Laura Rawlings. According to the BBC the show, which will start on September 1, will bring a “fresh new sound to the mix of strong local journalism, traffic and...
International provider of professional services to the resources and energy sectors WorleyParsons has relocated its Bristol office to position itself for further growth. The firm has taken just over 4,300 sq ft of recently-refurbished space on the second floor of the waterfront Bull Wharf office building on Redcliff Street....
A garden centre business owned by the same family since opening in 1884 is future-proofing itself against spiraling energy costs and enhancing its green credentials after securing £400,000 funding from Barclays. Whitehall Garden Centre at Lacock near Chippenham, which also owns and operates Bristol’s Whitchurch Garden Centre, is installing...
Bristol aerospace giants Airbus and GKN received a boost today when British Airways group International Airlines Group (IAG) converted options to buy eight Airbus long-range A350-900 aircraft into firm orders for its Spanish airline Iberia. The airline becomes a new customer for the fast-selling A350 XWB (extra wide body),...
One of the UK’s largest energy efficiency schemes is to be launched in Bristol, creating 50 jobs and offering advice to every home and business on how to reduce their fuel bills and save money. Under the ambitious multi-million pound project announced today, every property in the city will...
The West of England has joined a ‘cities for business’ partnership calling on the Government to devolve powers from Whitehall and give them more freedom to create jobs and attract investment. The partnership brings together the leaders of England’s eight largest urban areas outside London – including the Bristol/Bath...
Bristol-headquartered international law firm Osborne Clarke has entered the South East Asian market by making a significant hire in Hong Kong ahead of a proposed strategic alliance with a new law firm in the territory. Osborne Clarke has recruited Marcus Vass from Bird & Bird in Hong Kong in...
Pioneering Bristol firm Yourwealth has showcased its innovation to a large group of senior business and technology directors at Barclays’ global headquarters in London. The firm, recently acquired by the UK arm of South African-based financial services group Momentum, was among six chosen by SETsquared – the business hub...
Fast-growing Clevedon-based telecoms company Pure Comms has appointed Rob MacDonald, pictured, as data specialist. An experienced figure in the telecoms sector, for the past 10 years he has worked in a managerial role for CableCom Networking, also based in Clevedon. Pure Comms, which counts Bristol Airport, Britannia Windows and...
Businesses will get the chance to learn about trade opportunities in Bristol’s twin city and Georgian capital Tbilisi at a breakfast event tomorrow. Speakers from the Georgian Embassy and the British Georgian Chamber of Commerce will look at the benefits of trading with Tbilisi, pictured, and Georgia, where the...
Bristol charity St Peter’s Hospice has called in city-based independent property specialists Williams Gunter Hardwick to look for suitable retail units to help meet its ambition to grow its portfolio of shops. The charity already operates 47 outlets across the city, mostly in suburban shopping areas, but wants to...
