Employers in Bristol are calling for the city council to rethink Mayor George Ferguson’s controversial Residents’ Parking Zones (RPZs) to make them more workable for their staff. Major employers, including those from the health and education sectors, say they share the mayor’s ambition to improve transport and access in...
High-value engineering firm Altran UK has opened a second office in Bristol to expand its support to major aerospace and defence companies across the South West and create a centre of excellence for innovation. The firm operates in key areas such as advanced systems, aerostructures, propulsion, aerodynamics, product lifecycle management...
Bristol-based retail support services firm eXPD8 is set to transform the retail field marketing sector with the launch of a new shared service. The company, which was launched in 2003 and has grown to a turnover of more than £20m, is offering the service to clients so they can...
Three leading projects lawyers from City firm Nabarro have joined fast-growing Temple Bright’s London office as partners to launch a new practice area. They are former Nabarro partners Tom Bainbridge and Louisa Cilenti, and senior associate Sandy Abrahams, who made up the core of Nabarro’s Climate Change & Energy...
Commercial workplace design specialist Harmsen Tilney Shane has appointed four new associates as it plans for further growth in its Bristol and London offices. Stuart Kotchie, formerly head of corporate property at the Environment Agency, joins the Bristol office at Flax Bourton, while Zoe Trevett, Jessica MacKie and Stuart...
Three senior promotions have been announced at the Bristol office of accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson. Partner Jerry Barnes has been appointed as the new chairman of the firm’s landed estates team. He takes over from partner Andrew Lockwood who remains an active member of the...
Mubaloo, the app developer launched by Bristol-based serial entrepreneur Mark Mason, will find out next week if it has joined the ranks of the West of England’s top companies by winning one of the region’s most-coveted business awards. The fast-growing firm is among the four finalists competing for the...
Bristol’s aerospace sector is to be showcased to a global audience at the Farnborough International Airshow – the world’s largest gathering of decision-makers from the industry. The city sits at the heart of the largest aerospace cluster in Europe with major manufacturers such as Airbus, Rolls-Royce and GKN Aerospace...
Nash Partnership, the multi-disciplinary built environment practice with an office in Bristol, has appointed Mike Fox as a planning director planning director. He will work alongside director of planning and regeneration Mel Clinton to develop the national and regional spread of the practice’s planning consultancy work. Mike, pictured, brings...
Bristol has been named as the location for one of the UK’s first four University Enterprise Zones to help the next generation of hi-tech companies set up and expand. The Enterprise Zone, which is expected to create more than 500 jobs and generate £50m for the local economy, will...
International law firm Simmons & Simmons, which opened in Bristol 18 months ago, has expanded the office – and its corporate team – further with the appointment of partner Patrick Graves. The arrival of Patrick, pictured, from Bristol rival Osborne Clarke, where he was a partner, takes the number...
The Bristol and Bath region has been championed as a world-leading centre for innovation in hi-tech, creative and digital media in a major new report. The Centre for Cities/McKinsey & Company survey, which analysed industry clusters across the globe, pinpoints the West of England’s diverse combination of industries and...
Fast-growing Chinese takeaway chain Hotcha is to open up to three more outlets in its home city of Bristol as part of its ongoing expansion programme. The announcement follows last week’s launch of a franchise scheme to establish Hotcha as a national brand and the first UK-wide Chinese takeaway...
