A trade mission to China to help unlock opportunities for small and medium-sized West businesses has been announced by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) South West. While China is well known as the world’s fastest-growing major economy, with growth rates averaging around 10% over the past 30 years, and...
Entrepreneur and Dragon’s Den panel regular Deborah Meaden will speak about doing business in the West of England this evening when she appears at an event in support of the Bristol’s Above & Beyond’s £6m Golden Gift appeal. Deborah will talk to Dave Harvey, the BBC’s West of England...
Integral Build, the Bristol-based specialist construction, refurbishment and fit out firm, is working with Red Maids’ School, the country’s oldest girls’ school, to create new facilities for students, teachers and visitors. The £1.5m refurbishment project at the mainly Edwardian school in Westbury-on-Trym, will modernise its library over two floors and create a split-level learning...
Commercial law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, has recruited three specialist solicitors to advise its fast-growing portfolio of commercial property clients. Partner Edward Jackman, associate Iain Mason and solicitor Natalia Sokolov join the firm to further strengthen its commercial property and construction offering. Edward arrives from...
Bristol city councillor and former Avon and Somerset Police Authority member Pete Levy has joined The Restore Trust in a business development role. The trust was formed in 2010 to provide skills training for long-term unemployed and ex-offenders. Somerset-born Pete, pictured, who is due to stand down next month after representing...
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Bristol city centre’s office market is undergoing its biggest transformation for decades with an unprecedented three quarters of a million sq ft of space likely to be converted to apartments this year. Landmarks such as the 106,000 sq ft Lewin’s Place, and the 180,000 sq ft Pithay – the...
The Engine Shed, Bristol’s focal point for innovation, has officially opened its latest initiative – public art space Platform 14. Named after nearby Bristol Temple Meads railway station’s ‘missing’ platform, Platform 14 aims to highlight the diversity of opportunity within the hi- tech, low carbon and creative sectors within...
Bart Ingredients, the Bristol-based well-known manufacturer of herbs and spices, is to expand into the pastes and sauces market after acquiring the assets of Berkshire-based OTP Foods Limited in a multi-million pound deal. Bart sees these wet ingredients as a high-growth area, confirmed by market statistics which show that...
Filming started at Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios this week on the much anticipated BBC drama Poldark – the latest major series to use the region’s largest film and TV production space. Aidan Turner, pictured, (The Hobbit Trilogy, Being Human) and Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley, The White Queen,...
Specialist commercial and chancery barrister Hugh Sims, from Bristol’s Guildhall Chambers, has been named as Queen’s Counsel in this year’s appointments. His appointment brings the number of silks at Guildhall Chambers to seven. He was sworn in at Westminster Hall earlier this week. Hugh, pictured, is a ranked...
The strong commercial aerospace market has delivered a boost for UK engineering group GKN’s Bristol area plants, with sales of their aircraft parts continuing to climb. Organic sales growth for the group’s aerospace division rose by 5% to £546m in the first quarter of this year, helping it achieve...
BGF, the independent company established to help Britain’s growing businesses, has promoted two members of its Bristol-based investment team. Ned Dorbin has been promoted to investment director and Edwin Davies to investment manager. The BGF investment team in Bristol, which covers the South West of England and South Wales and...
