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,...
Portishead-based bespoke software developer Amethyst Systems has secured a major contract that is already revolutionising the UK’s most advanced cold storage facility, enabling it to move a record number of pallets. Amethyst has completely overhauled Freezeserve’s warehouse system in Liverpool, replacing its existing SAP-based system with state-of-the-art technology that...
Commercial property owners and investors could lose out on hundreds of thousands of pounds of tax relief under new capital allowance rules that come into force in April. The changes will restrict an owner’s ability to claim relief on the cost of the fixtures and fittings of a commercial...
The Bristol Old Vic, which celebrates its 250thanniversary in 2016, has launched a membership scheme for the city’s business community to help secure the future of the theatre for another 250 years. Called The Twenty Twenty Club, the scheme has already signed up its first member – international property...
West firms are being urged to tell the Treasury how it could change the business tax system to make the UK more competitive. The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) is seeking ideas for an initial report on tax simplification to be presented ahead of next month’s Budget. Andy Richens,...
Bristol’s long hoped for arena cleared its final hurdle this week as its funding package was agreed by the full city council. Work will now begin on appointing an operator to run the 12,000 capacity venue on disused land near Temple Meads station in a move that will deliver...
Inflation in January fell to 1.9%, official figures released this morning show – the first time it has been below the important 2% level since 2009. The rate, as measured by the consumer prices index, was down from 2% in December. The surprise fall – most economist expected it...
Bristol’s phenomenally-successful Gromit Unleashed art trail, which contributed an estimated £120m to the local economy, has been named Tourism Event of the Year in the city’s annual Tourism and Hospitality Awards. Around 1.18m people came to Bristol last summer to tour the 80 statues of the canine superstar around...
Hotcha, the fast-growing Bristol-based Chinese takeaway chain, is to open its 10th outlet as it races towards its ambitious target of 150 across the UK within the next five years. The firm was launched just over two years ago by young entrepreneur James Liang. Its first five branches were...
The Bristol Property Agents Association (BPAA) has appointed Jeremy Richards, head of international chartered surveyors Jones Lang LaSalle’s office in the city, as its new president. Jeremy, who replaces outgoing president Andrew Main, head of office at Savills in Bristol, officially took up the post at an inauguration ceremony...
Bristol-based property refurbishment and maintenance firm Matrix Solutions UK has gone into administration after a significant drop in business. Accountancy firm Grant Thornton, which has been appointed administrator, today warned of ‘numerous’ redundancies among Matrix’s 30-strong workforce. Grant Thornton said it waspotentially looking to sell the firm, which dealt...
HSBC has appointed James Jordan as area commercial director for Bristol and Bath with responsibility for supporting businesses turning over between £500,000 and £30m. The appointment marks a return to the region for James, who has spent the past two years as area commercial director for HSBC in Central London. James, pictured, has spent his...
