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...
Bristol’s world-class expertise in micro-electronics is to play a crucial role in the recently-announced Smart Cities Trade Mission to China later this year. Bristol boasts the world’s second-largest cluster of micro-chip design expertise outside of California’s Silicon Valley. Many of its leading-edge firms have become global players in the...
West firms of all sizes are being urged to enter their directors in the region’s top award scheme recognising excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The South West Institute of Directors (IoD) Awards 2014 celebrate the achievements of the region’s outstanding business people and their contribution to the its...
Army Reserve units in Bristol have joined forces to present their specialist skills to employers from a wide range of businesses and public sector organisations. As well as promoting the role of the specialist in the new Army Reserve at the event, they reinforced the importance of the Reserves...
UWE vice-chancellor Professor Steve West has been selected to take part in a panel debate on how best to foster student innovation and entrepreneurship. Chaired by Guardian Universities editor Judy Friedberg at The Guardian University Forum 2014, the panel will consider the role universities play in nurturing student entrepreneurship...
Bristol entrepreneurs who want to turn their business ideas into reality can get advice when a free roadshow backed by Sir Richard Branson stops off in the city. The Virgin StartUp HotHouse tour is traveling across the country over the next few months and will arrive at Leigh Court...
Fairtrade Fortnight kicks off on Monday with a business breakfast hosted by law firm Burges Salmon – the first of a series of events strengthening Bristol’s role as one of the world’s leading Fairtrade cities. Speaking at the breakfast will be Margarita Espinoza, a Nicaraguan Fairtrade coffee producer. Margarita,...
