Monday January 6 Trading update: Caledonia Investments Economics: Services PMI Tuesday January 7 Trading update: Costain Group, Dunelm Group, Topps Tiles Economics: New car registrations Wednesday January 8 Trading update: Domino’s Pizza Group, Ferrexpo, Galliford Try, J Sainsbury, Persimmon, Tarsus Group, Robert Walters Economics: No UK data scheduled Thursday...
Two of Bristol’s top commercial property figures are predicting strong growth for the city’s economy this year as confidence returns to its recession-hit property market. Tim Davies, head of Colliers International’s Bristol office, forecasts that the city’s important financial and banking sector will return to its 2008 level within...
Property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle has expanded its Bristol team with two new appointments. Alastair Kimpton, pictured right, has joined as a senior surveyor following two years with rival Lambert Smith Hampton. Alastair specialises in loan security valuations for bank lending purposes and will be undertaking a variety of...
Bristol’s family and divorce lawyers are bracing themselves for another hectic month as the New Year period is traditionally one of the busiest for inquiries. The first full week of the New Year is particularly busy as couples who have spent time together over Christmas decide to split or...
Blackthorn Cider, the West drinks brand and long-term sponsor of Bristol City, is helping the club bring back memories of its historic FA Cup third round victory over Liverpool 20 years ago. Blackthorn, owned by Irish drinks giant C&C Group’s Gaymer subsidiary and produced in Shepton Mallet, has helped...
Staff in the Bristol office of commercial property specialists Colliers International have once again helped children’s charity Samaritan’s Purse organise its annual Operation Christmas Child initiative. Since 1993, more than 100m boys and girls in 130 countries have received shoeboxes full of simple gifts collected by local churches and schools...
Businesses across the West are being warned to of the possibility of more flooding this weekend as gale-force winds and rain continue to batter the region. The Environment Agency has issued a series of warnings and alerts with firms operating in coastal parts of North Somerset and in low-lying...
Bristol-based business support organisation Business West has opened its second Launch Point serviced office building for start-up and micro businesses, with space available from £150 a month. Apex Court at Bradley Stoke has easy-in, easy-out monthly terms and includes broadband, utilities, business rates and free parking. Business West is...
Welsh firms are relocating to the Bristol area to avoid increases in tolls on the Severn Bridges, according to the boss of a Cardiff-based logistics company. Prices to cross the M4 and M48 bridges, which are used by about 80,000 vehicles every day, rose on New Year's Day with...
Some of Bristol’s best-known business figures have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours list. Peter Hargreaves, the co-founder of Bristol-based investment services provider Hargreaves Lansdown, has been awarded the CBE for services to business, innovation, financial services. Don Cameron, founder of Bristol-based Cameron Balloons and figurehead for the...
Bristol-based advisers and funders from law firm Burges Salmon, accountants Deloitte and PwC and banking group HSBC are behind a major dairy industry deal that completed this week. The deal gives farmer-owned Milk Partnership Limited (MPL) accession to corporate membership of Europe’s leading dairy cooperative Arla Foods amba and...
A dinner hosted by the Bristol-based private client team of accountants Smith & Williamson has raised more than £8,000 for the Bristol and North Somerset branch of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT). More than 80 supporters of the charity attended the annual fund-raising dinner, which was co-sponsored...
Bristol City Council has completed the restructure of its top management team with the appointment of Barra Mac Ruairí as its fourth strategic director. Currently strategic director for regeneration at Bradford City Council, Barra, pictured, will join Bristol City Council as strategic director for place, responsible for major projects,...
