Accountants PwC have launched their annual search for the region’s best companies with the 2014 West of England Business of the Year Awards – the region’s most prestigious business accolades. Previous winners of the awards, now in their 26th year, read like a who’s who of the West’s most-respected...
Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce, has called on the Bank of England not to raise interest rates despite a further fall in unemployment across the UK. Welcoming the latest labour market figures – which show the national unemployment rate has fallen to 7.1%, its lowest...
The centre of Bristol will undergo a new residential revolution over the next two years as thousands of new apartments are built, many of them in converted office blocks, according to new research. Bristol has already experienced a big increase in city-centre living over the past decade and is...
GKN Aerospace, the advanced engineering firm, is to increase its intake of apprentices as production is stepped up at its two major plants in Bristol. The firm, which produces wing parts for aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus and Lockheed Martin at the plants at Filton and Western Approach, Severnside,...
Bristol’s green credentials have received a major boost with a move that could slash residents’ energy bills by £3.5m a year, save 17,900 tonnes of CO2 and cut the city’s domestic gas use by 5%. The ambitious plans, approved by the city council Cabinet today, come as preparations are...
Bristol’s commercial property market will bounce back strongly this year with more speculative office developments and higher rents, according to the latest Market Monitor report from agents Alder King. A marked recovery in occupier confidence has pushed available office and industrial space down to their lowest levels for five...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Plans to develop a Japanese-style ‘pod’ backpacker hostel in an empty building in Old Market have been submitted to Bristol City Council. Space for up to 76 guests will be provided by a series of capsules, measuring 2 metres long, 1.25metres wide and 1 metre...
Businesses interested in exploring links with China have a chance to generate new connections in the country at a gala banquet in Bristol next month. The Bristol China Partnership hosts the event at Bristol’s Zen restaurant to mark Chinese New Year on February 12. Partnership chief executive Dianne Francombe...
Monday January 20 Trading update InternetQ Economics CBI financial services survey Tuesday January 21 Full-year results Unilever Interim results PZ Cussons Trading update African Barrick Gold, Cairn Energy, Carphone Warehouse, Hochschild Mining, Intermediate Capital Group, Polymetal International, SABMiller Economics CBI Industrial Trends Meetings Marston’s (AGM) Wednesday January 22 Trading...
Innovative Bristol law firm Temple Bright has rounded off a period of strong growth by delivering another significant tech sector deal in the same quarter that its partner numbers topped 20 for the first time. The firm opened in Bristol in 2010 and launched an office in London’s Tech...
Owners and directors of small and medium-sized manufacturers are being invited to a free workshop in Bristol to gain expert advice on a range of financial issues. Staged by the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) in partnership with business and financial advisors Grant Thornton, the event on January 28 will...
The Bristol office of property advisers DTZ is marketing a 28,000 sq ft industrial warehouse in Avonmouth, which it describes as a ‘rare opportunity in popular location’. Owned by Vanguard Holdings and known as The Vanguard Unit, the detached building off Fifth Way has 27,688 sq ft of warehouse...
Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce, has called on politicians to stay out of any decision to increase the Minimum Wage. The plea, by Chamber of Commerce & Initiative executive director James Durie, pictured, comes after Chancellor George Osborne hinted that he may raise the Minimum...
