Monday 24 March Interims: Allergy Therapeutics, Finsbury Food Finals: Frenkel Topping, Greencoat UK Wind, Kentz Corporation, Miton Group, Plant Healthcare, SpaceandPeople Tuesday 25 March Interims: Epistem Holdings, Nanoco, Wolseley Finals: 888 Holdings, accesso Technology Group, AG Barr, Corero Network Security, Kingfisher, Mission Marketing, ProPhotonix, Quixant, S&U, Ubisense Trading statements:...
Bristol’s standing as a hub for the hi-tech, creative and advanced engineering sectors received some welcome boosts in this week’s Budget. There was help for businesses moving to the city’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, its filmmakers through increased tax breaks, its growing cyber security industry through investment and its...
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Bristol scientists and capable of safely and accurately assessing dangerous nuclear accident sites has been awarded funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering to turn it into reality. Dr James MacFarlane and his team at the University of Bristol are joint winner...
Lloyds Bank’s chief economist Trevor Williams will share his views on the prospects for Bristol’s economy with business leaders and students when he visits the city on Monday. Mr Williams, pictured, will address a business breakfast organised by ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales) at the...
Pictured: Eat Drink Bristol Fashion founders at this year's launch, from left, Luke Hasell, Josh Eggleton and Nick Roberts. Photo by Jon Craig www.joncraig.co.uk Eat Drink Bristol Fashion, the celebration of Bristol’s high-flying food and restaurant scene, has announced that some of the South West’s top chefs will cook...
Bristol firms with expansion potential can apply for growth funding to a £25m pot of Government cash launched this week. The West of England Growth Fund aims to bring about job creation and private sector investment that would otherwise not have happened, or that can be accelerated through public...
Bristol specialist plastics manufacturer Phineas Group International has officially opened its new factory – the latest firm to ‘reshore’ production from China. The state-of-the-art plastic injection moulding factory in Hengrove has been made possible with a £100,000 grant from the West of England Growth Fund. Phineas supplies more than...
Ahead of Export Week (April 7 to 11), UKTI and Bristol Business News have teamed up to offer expert advice in a series of features, kicking off today with UKTI International Trade adviser Patrick Bos looking at the opportunities in the MINT countries For those of you who have...
Upmarket fashion brand Mulberry’s chief executive Bruno Guillon resigned with immediate effect yesterday – with industry insiders pointing to the West-based group’s troubles during his two years at the helm. His sudden departure comes less than two months after the iconic brand’s third profits warning in 18 months –...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol Rovers Football Club have this afternoon been given the green light to build a new stadium on the outskirts of the city and redevelop the Memorial Stadium as a supermarket. A judicial review, lodged by the TRASHorfield group, was dismissed by Mr Justice Hickinbottom...
Measures that will help Bristol’s recovery from recession in this week's Budget were welcomed by business leaders and professiona advisers in the city. Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative, said the Chancellor had delivered on many items on its wish-list. Executive directorJames...
Business Lending for exporters doubled to £3bn and interest rates on that lending cut by a third Business rate discounts and enhanced capital allowances in Enterprise Zones extended for three years Economy GDP forecast to grow by 2.7% this year and 2.3% next year, then by 2.6% in 2016...
