Three global advanced engineering firms have expanded into larger offices in Filton, helping raise the profile of the area as a hub for innovation in aerospace, defence and related sectors. The firms – missile developer MBDA, Airbus parent group EADS and innovation and engineering consultancy Altran UK – have...
Work has started on Bristol’s £11.6m Filwood Green Business Park – a key part of the city’s preparations for its role as 2015 European Green Capital. Designed by Bristol architects Stride Treglown, the South Bristol development will provide 40,000 sq ft of workshop and office space and is expected...
An up-and-coming Bristol business is being offered the chance to trade for free at this year’s Grillstock BBQ and music festival in the city. Organisers of the festival, which returns to Bristol’s Harbourside for its 5th year on June 7 and 8, want to support an entrepreneurial brand which...
Bristol-headquartered fleet management firm ALD Automotive has reported its fourth consecutive year of record growth with turnover for 2013 up by 19% to £334m. The firm delivered more than 35,000 new vehicles across the UK, a 14% increase on 2012, and now funds more than £1bn of assets. ALD...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Staff, volunteers and supporters of Bristol independent radio station Ujima are to hold a demonstration this morning demanding action to get it back on the airwaves. Electricity to Ujima’s studio and office building in Wilder Street, St Paul’s, was cut off on Tuesday after the...
Bristol businesses have been urged to help thrust the city into the international spotlight as a global food capital by backing the first Bristol Food Connections festival. The ambitious, city-wide event aims to celebrate and showcase Bristol’s many vibrant cultures by bringing communities together around something common to them...
Bristol businesses are being urged to take part in a cutting-edge event for young people to highlight the skills and job opportunities available in an innovative low-carbon economy. Called Your Green Future, it will feature industry thinkers and experts who will advise and inspire more than 400 secondary school...
A fifty-six-year-old Bristol man is among 15 arrested across the country as part of an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation into a suspected £30m VAT fraud linked to the electronic communications industry. HMRC officers made the arrests during raids yesterday morning in nine cities across the UK, including...
Exports by West firms are growing again after going into reverse last autumn in the midst of the euro crisis, new figures show. Total overseas sales shot up by 7.5% to £13.67bn in the year to December 2013 compared to 2012. Exports by value had dropped by 3.3% in...
Bristol’s potential as an area for innovative and sustainable development will be showcased to the world’s largest commercial property industry gathering this week. Two events at MIPIM, the annual international property investment conference held in the South of France, will highlight development opportunities in Bristol and Bath and explain...
A wish list of measures to help the West’s mid-sized businesses – regarded as the secret success story of the region’s economy – has been drawn up to further boost their growth. Research by accountants Grant Thornton, which compiled the recommendations, shows mid-tier firms are strongly outperforming both smaller...
Business in the Community (BITC), the national charity promoting corporate responsibility, has appointed Dairy Crest chief executive Mark Allen as chairman of its South West Advisory Board. Mark, pictured, who previously chaired BITC’s National Rural Leadership team, will now focus on helping South West businesses of all sizes integrate...
A bursary scheme has been set up by Bristol-based Wildscreen, the world’s leading wildlife and environmental film festival, to encourage aspiring young filmmakers to join the industry. The six ROAR Talent bursaries are part of a new programme being introduced to this year’s Wildscreen Festival. Applicants aged between 17...
