The Bristol office of the accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson has appointed Faye Hall as an associate director. Faye, pictured, who has more than 18 years’ experience in forensic accounting, joins from accountants BDO, where she was a senior manager and had worked since 2002. She...
This summer’s Gromit public art trail and exhibition – when 80 statues of the canine superstar were placed around Bristol – contributed £120m to the city’s economy, according to organisers. An estimated 1.18m people came to the city during the hugely-successful Gromit Unleashed project this summer – delivering a...
Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson has hailed a pioneering green energy scheme as an example of how the city will be a “laboratory for change” when it becomes European Green Capital in 2015. The £2.8m SoLa Bristol project went live in Knowle West this week with homes, schools and...
Accountants Grant Thornton are hosting a China Masterclass in Bristol next week for companies keen to break into the world’s second-biggest market. The seminar, next Thursday October 17, will hear from a panel of experts on how to maximise the opportunities in China and how to avoid the common...
Nearly two-thirds of West firms are optimistic about their prospects as the region’s economy starts to improve, with most expecting turnover and profits to increase over the coming year. Some 65% of the 550-plus businesses from across the region that took part in the latest British Chambers of Commerce...
Professor Peter Higgs, the former Bristol schoolboy who became a world-renown scientist and after whom the elusive Higgs boson is named, has won the Nobel Prize for Physics. Prof Higgs shares what is recognised as the greatest prize in science with Belgian scientist Francois Englert for their part in...
West firms are showing some significant signs of recovery as the economic upturn gains traction, according to the upbeat results of a new survey. Domestic sales for the region’s manufacturing and services sectors have climbed strongly over the past three months while other measures including employment and business confidence,...
Accountants and financial advisory firm Grant Thornton, which has an office in Bristol, has recorded its fourth successive year of strong growth, with turnover up 13% to £471m. The predominantly organic growth, which came on the back of a double-digit performance in the previous year, was driven in large...
Consumers in the South West are continuing to shrug off the tough economic conditions by spending more in the shops and online, new data out today shows. Spending by families and individuals in the region grew by 2.8% last month – the sixth month in a row that it...
West-based chartered accountancy firm Milsted Langdon has been named the UK’s Best Large Practice for the third year running. The firm, which has offices in Bristol, Bath, Taunton and Yeovil, won the title at the prestigious AccountingWEB Practice Excellence Awards held in London last week. Milsted Langdon became the...
Monday 7 October Final: Waterman AGM: City of London Investment Tuesday 8 October Trading statements: Robert Walters, Victrex Economics: British Retail Consortium year-on-year sales, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors – house prices data Wednesday 9 October Interim: N Brown Trading statements: Centamin, Greggs, Vedanta Resources AGM: Goodwin Economics: British...
Work officially began today on Bristol’s £26m Wapping Wharf development – the last major regeneration site on the city’s Harbourside and a project which has been in the pipeline for 10 years. The mainly residential scheme, which will create a new gateway to the city centre from the south,...
Networking in the City, the nationwide lunchtime networking organisation, launches its Bristol Curry Club next week promising a relaxed and informal alternative to other business gatherings. Aimed primarily at those working in property, finance and construction, the concept has already proved successful in 24 UK cities by offering attendees...
