Fast-growing legal services firm NewLaw, which has an office in Bristol, is to be acquired by specialist accident-claim handler Helphire. The NewLaw group specialises in road traffic personal injuries and also provides consumer-related services such as wills and probate and provides medical reports, costs drafting and employment law advice....
The role of corporate governance in the success or failure of businesses will be outlined this evening to Bristol’s business community in a speech by the chairman of supermarket giant Tesco, Sir Richard Broadbent. In a lecture entitled Individuals and organisations – the reality of corporate governance, Sir Richard...
Firms in rural areas around Bristol could benefit from a £250m Government fund to install superfast broadband in hard-to-reach areas. The money was announced by Culture Secretary Maria Miller, who said it was a key part of the Government’s long-term plan to grow the economy by providing better access...
Verve Properties, the niche developer behind Bristol's highly-successful Paintworks creative quarter, has started work on the first speculative office refurbishment in the city for five years as the market recovery continues to gathers pace. London-based Verve said it saw a gap in the Bristol office market for trendy office...
Further evidence of recovery among small and medium-sized West manufacturers emerged today with figures showing ‘significant’ growth over the past six months and plans for increased investment this year. The results, from the latest Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) Barometer survey, show 64% of firms increased sales in the second...
Continued growth in commercial aerospace, including at its Bristol bases, offset a decline in work on military aircraft projects last year at engineering giant GKN. The group, which produces wing sections at Filton and Avonmouth, today reported a 15% fall in annual pre-tax profits to £484m on sales up...
Bristol-based property developer Ashfield Land has joined forces with housebuilder Barratt Developments for one of its largest schemes so far – a £600m, 2,450-home development in Buckinghamshire. Ashfield – a major landowner near Bristol and best known in the city for its redevelopment of the landmark former Maples store...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Supporters of Bristol Rovers’ plans to sell its Memorial Stadium for a supermarket development are to visit Downing Street to hand in a petition backing the project. Prime Minister David Cameron will receive the 12,000-signature petition next Wednesday by fans, club chairman Nick Higgs and...
Buying Fairtrade products can be a tiny decision for a business yet it can have a huge impact on people’s lives. This message was brought home to businesses this morning as Fairtrade Fortnight got underway with a launch breakfast at Bristol law firm Burges Salmon. Margarita Espinoza, a Fairtrade...
Bristol specialist insurance broker Brightside’s new chief executive took up his post today with a pledge to maintain the group’s rapid growth. Paul Williams joins from Towergate, Europe’s largest independently-owned insurance intermediary, where he was a director on its retail executive committee responsible for all insurer and market relationships...
Bristol businesses will next week get a rare chance to meet trade experts from the British Embassies in the US and Canada to explore transatlantic export opportunities on a one-to-one basis. The event, at the Mercure Holland House Hotel in Redcliffe Hill, on Wednesday, March 5, is the latest...
Monday 24 February Interim: International Ferro Metals Finals: Aer Lingus, Bovis Homes, Bunzl, Dialight, Hiscox, HSBC, Kingspan, XP Power Trading statement: Associated British Foods AGMs: Armour, OMG, Treatt EGMs: Aminex, bwin.party digital entertainment Economics: Nationwide house prices Tuesday 25 February Interims: Ashmore, Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Netcall, Wilmington Finals: BATM Advanced...
Businesses are being urged to help elevate Bristol to a world-class centre for jazz and blues music as part of Mayor George Ferguson’s ambitions to make the city the ‘New Orleans of the UK’. Cultural and business links between Bristol and the Louisiana birthplace of jazz are being formalised...
