Seven directors running businesses based in and around Bristol have been shortlisted for the prestigious Institute of Directors (IoD) regional awards, which celebrate excellence in the boardroom. Nick Sturge, co-founder of the enterprise hub The Engine Shed, Julia Clarke, chief executive of Bristol Community Health, Griff Holland and Ed...
Specialist software and IT group SciSys has landed a €1.2m (£980,000) contract to work on the next generation of planetary rovers and robots for future space missions. The group, which has an office in Bristol and whose roots are in the space industry, is to work with the European...
Commercial property agency Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has promoted two of its Bristol staff as part of series of national senior promotions. Simon Redgers, who works in the Bristol office’s building consultancy, and Hollie Ruddle of its capital markets team, have been promoted to associate director level. The firm...
Monday 12 May Interims: Diploma, Lonmin Final: e-Therapeutics Trading statements: Centrica, Gem Diamonds, London Mining, Planet Payment AGMs: Candover Investments, Capita, Centrica, Savills EGM: Chemring Tuesday 13 May Interims: Cambria Automobiles, easyJet, Enterprise Inns, Tui Travel Finals: Lombard Risk Management, Speedyhire Trading statements: Ark Therapeutics, Brit, Glanbia, Interserve, Paddy...
US specialist manufacturer Hill Phoenix has acquired a minority stake in Space Engineering Services, the Bristol specialist refrigeration and ventilation firm. Under the deal, financial details of which remain confidential, Space Engineering will work closely with new sister companies Danish CO2 specialist Advansor and glass door manufacturer Anthony International....
Moon Consulting, the Bristol-based executive recruitment and business consulting group, has teamed up with Bristol Business News to investigate the skills needed for a successful board. The result is an exclusive survey which will provide a valuable snapshot of the skills and experience in the region’s boardrooms and the...
Bristol-based business technology firm Desynit employee Simon Lawrence has been awarded the title of Most Valued Professional (MVP) by US cloud technology giant Salesforce.com – one of only 8 in the UK and 32 worldwide. Remarkably, he is the second of Desynit’s 12-strong team to become an MVP and...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICEAW) stages its annual West of England dinner next week against a backdrop of improving confidence among its members. Keynote speaker at the event, sponsored by law firm Thrings and Lloyds Bank, will be explorer, fundraiser and author, Sir Ranulph...
Bristol firm Yourwealth.co.uk, which harnessed technology to make it easy for individuals to manage their money, has been acquired by a major South African financial services group just a year after it launched its first product. The rapidly fast growing firm, a virtual member of the University of Bristol’s...
Engineers’ House, the Grade II listed conference centre on Clifton Down, has received accreditation in a prestigious national scheme – one of only 29 venues out of 360 assessed nationwide to receive the accolade. The BDRC Continental VenueVerdict Gold Standard Accreditation is the only scheme of its kind determined...
HSBC has appointed Mark Self as deputy area commercial director of its Bristol and Bath commercial team, focusing on companies turning over between £500,000 and £30m. Mark, pictured, joins HSBC from Barclays Corporate, where he worked for nine years, the last six based in Bristol. Prior to that Mark...
Bristol law firm Burges Salmon has been appointed as the official legal services partner to Bristol 2015 Ltd, the company responsible for the programme of events to be staged next year when Bristol is the European Green Capital. It is the first official sponsorship to be announced by the...
Bristol bamboo clothing firm Mabboo is to launch what it says is a game-changer in t-shirt production by combining eco-fabric from the world’s most-sustainable plant with the least-harmful manufacturing process now available. The result, according to Mabboo owner and entrepreneur Ed Cheney, is the ‘holy grail’ of making ethical...
