Monday 9 December Interim: Anite Finals: Alternative Networks, Jelf Group, RWS Holdings, Treatt AGMs: Conroy Gold & Natural Resources, Karelian Diamond Resources Tuesday 10 December Interims: Ashtead, Carpetright, Iomart, Photo-Me International Finals: Tui Travel, Victrex, Zytronic Trading statement: Whitbread AGMs: Billing Services, Debenhams, Tristel, Utilitywise, Weatherly International Economics: Royal...
Bristol is in the driving seat for world-class innovation and creativity following the transformation of the Engine Shed at Brunel’s original Temple Meads station into a hi-tech enterprise hub, guests at its official opening were told. The building, once Bristol’s gateway to the world, has been transformed into a...
A sketch by Bristol animator Nick Park of his Oscar-winning characters Wallace and Gromit has raised more than £6,000 for youth charity The Prince’s Trust. The 210cms by 295cms watercolour and ink on paper drawing Wallace Pours The Tea was among works from more than 70 renowned artists auctioned...
Bristol-based design and innovation consultancy Kinneir Dufort has been selected as one of the top 100 UK companies to spearhead the Government’s new creative industries taskforce. Kinneir Dufort, a user research, innovation, creative design and development consultancy, will now help to encourage another 100,000 UK businesses to export over...
Precision Profiles, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of steel and non-ferrous materials to the manufacturing and construction industries, has secured 32,300 sq ft of industrial space in Bristol, The firm has acquired the long leasehold on a warehouse and office space on the Brislington Trading Estate. The property,...
Long-standing cultural and business group Bristol China Partnership is changing its name to the West of England China Bureau, reflecting its widening reach and a new focus on business links. Chief executive Dianne Francombe said the move will highlight the organisation’s emerging role in forging links within the world’s...
Bristol is one of only two UK cities and four from Europe to be invited to join a new global network of 100 ‘resilient cities’ run by the Rockefeller Foundation in the US. As a result it will gain access to vital support and potential funding to help develop...
Investors are keen to get involved with Bristol’s ambitious media and creative businesses, a high-profile panel discussion led by some of the city’s best-known names in the industry has heard. The event, staged by the Bristol office of accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson, attracted film-makers, animators,...
A Bristol property expert is warning that Government plans to give communities a greater say over wind turbine proposals are deeply flawed and could scupper many small schemes. James Davis, pictured, who heads the Bristol-based planning team at national property consultancy Sanderson Weatherall, fears the changes will make smaller...
The co-founders of Bristol-based online photography store Le Shop are among a select group of small business owners attending a special event at 10 Downing Street today. Virginia Allwood and Dan Martin were invited as part of celebrations for tomorrow’s Small Business Saturday, which is encouraging the public to...
Efforts to get more South West firms to export are being stepped up after new figures showed the first fall in overseas sales from the region for more than a year. Exports by value dropped by 3.3% in the third quarter to £3.32bn, sparked by a fall-off in h...
The Bristol office of independent property advisers GVA has been appointed to provide a full consultancy service for national disability charity Vitalise across its portfolio of properties. GVA’s lease consultancy team is advising on lease renewals, restructures, break clauses and rent reviews for the charity’s 13 shops. GVA is...
Bristol City Council has appointed Kris Donaldson to the high-profile job of programme director of European Green Capital 2015, a role in which he will lead the city’s programme of events, secure substantial private sponsorship and make the most of the economic and environmental opportunities the year will offer....
