Business West, the organisation that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, is backing the South Bristol Link Road scheme ahead of a council meeting today which could decide in its fate. The application for the project – which Business West believes is for economic growth and would help regenerate the...
Further evidence that West businesses are seeing signs of an upturn has emerged from a survey by R3, the insolvency trade body – although nearly half the firms taking part disagree with Chancellor George Osborne that the UK economy is in recovery mode. R3’s latest Business Distress Index (BDI)...
Defence giant BAE Systems has confirmed that jobs will be axed at its Bristol warship design base as part of the 1,775 shipyard job losses announced earlier today. The group employs about 200 engineers at its site in Filton. They are employed on design and other technical work linked...
Marketing agency McCann Bristol has been appointed by upmarket conservatory manufacturer David Salisbury as it prepares for a period of strong growth. McCann, part of the McCann Worldwide group, will provide the Highbridge-based firm with fully-integrated marketing support including a new brand strategy to attract affluent and discerning homeowners,...
Regional law firm Foot Anstey has continued to invest in its rapidly-growing Bristol office by recruiting two top legal specialists. Deborah Carrivick joins from Bristol rival Burges Salmon where she has spent the last 15 years specialising in high-value tax and trust work while construction law expert Fran Button returns...
West advanced manufacturing group Renishaw has become one of the first firms to be awarded a pioneering international standard for cutting its carbon and water use. The Wotton-under-edge firm, which makes hi-tech measuring products used in factories across the world, is one of five organisations to complete a pilot...
The Bristol office of property advisers CBRE has appointed Rebecca Maddison as a graduate surveyor – one of 30 graduates recruited nationally by the firm as part of its in-house two-year training programme. Rebecca recently graduated from Northumbria University with a first-class honours degree in Estate Management. During her...
Bristol-based chartered accountancy firm Milsted Langdon has completed its second merger in six months as part of its expansion strategy. Smaller Bristol practice David Cottrell & Co completed the tie-up with Milsted Langdon last Friday and its staff have relocated from its Westbury-on-Trym base into Milsted Langdon’s offices at...
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Bristol’s top lawyers have been recognised in the annual Chambers guide – often viewed as the sector’s ‘bible’ and a reference tool for businesses buying in legal services. The best firms and individual lawyers across more than 70 different practice areas are highlighted in the publication which is based...
Bristol law firm Osborne Clarke has opened an office in New York as it seeks to grow its overseas business and strengthen its offering in the digital technologies. The office is in Soho, regarded as the heart of the city’s creative and digital district. Osborne Clarke is known for...
Global cleaning equipment brand Kärcher has acquired a 7,404 sq ft unit St Phillips Causeway in Bristol – its first retail unit in the UK. The German-owned firm has taken the building, on a half-acre site, on a sublease until 2026 with a commencing rate of £75,000 per year....
The cream of Bristol’s public relations industry will go head to head later this month at this year’s hotly-contested 2013 CIPR South West PRide Awards. The awards, which this year celebrate their 10th anniversary, showcase the best work from the region’s public relations agencies, in-house teams, individuals and campaigns....
