The UK economy grew by 0.6% in the second quarter of this year, boosted by consumer and business spending, preliminary data from the Office for National Statistics showed this morning. While Chancellor George Osborne will welcome the much-hoped-for good news as a sign that the economic recovery is gaining...
Shares in West advanced engineering group Renishaw tumbled by more than 8% in early trading this morning after it revealed a 2% drop in annual pre-tax profits. The profits fall – from £86m to £84.4m – came despite annual revenues reaching £349.6m, a record for the 40-year-old business, which...
Creative duo Mark Barton and his daughter Daizie will have a double celebration today when they both graduate from UWE Bristol. Mark will be awarded an MA in Media: Practice and Culture, while Daizie will graduate with a BA Honours degree in Drama. They will receive their degree certificates...
West accountancy firm Bishop Fleming has been named as the UK’s fastest-growing full-service firm among the Top 50 accountants for the second year running. Research conducted for Accountancy Age, the industry’s respected magazine, shows that Bishop Fleming’s 23% annual growth rate outpaced all the other firms in its yearly...
Bristol-based lawyers and accountants have advised on the £11m acquisition of Gloucestershire medical technology firm Leonhard Lang (UK) by the healthcare business of Irish group DCC. Mark Naughton and Chris Burgess of Grant Thornton’s Bristol corporate finance team advised Leonhard Lang (UK) on the sale, with tax experts Mike...
Bristol law firm Osborne Clarke has continued its rapid international expansion by opening an office in Paris – its 15th across Europe and the US. The move means France becomes the seventh jurisdiction in which the firm has a base. Just over a year ago Osborne Clarke had around...
Barclays is to re-locate its two Bristol offices into prestigious new space in the city centre. The office in Bridgewater House, Finzels Reach, will bring together Barclays’ Corporate Banking and Wealth and Investment Management divisions. Barclays is to lease more than 18,000 sq ft of state-of-the-art space at Bridgewater...
Two Bristol area firms are the first to receive funding under the West of England Growth Fund initiative. The bids were put in to the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) £25m fund by Avon Valley Precision Engineering, based in Bitton, and Yate-based Pulse Roll Label Products. More...
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From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com The South West’s jobs market is the best performing in the country, new figures have revealed. Unemployment fell by 11,000 to 156,000 between March and May in the region, giving it the UK’s lowest jobless rate of 5.8%. In Bristol 10,912 people claimed Job Seekers...
French students learning about international real estate at UWE have been given a hands-on insight into the different techniques used to measure office space in the UK compared to France. The students, from the Ecole Supérieure des Professions Immobilières (ESPI – School of Real Estate Professions) in Paris, are...
SETsquared, the innovative business incubator partnership that includes the University of Bristol, has been named as the joint best in Europe at helping fledgling tech firms meet their potential. The accolade comes from the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index which also made it joint fourth best in the world,...
Bond Dickinson, the national law firm with a major office in Bristol, has been reappointed to one of two places on the legal panel of The Crown Estate energy and infrastructure portfolio. The decision followed a competitive tender process which aimed to consolidated legal advice across an extremely diverse...
