Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park will have a Grand Day Out in Bristol today as 80 giant Gromit sculptures take up residence at key locations around the city for the Gromit Unleashed project. Nick, pictured, will drive a steam train loaded with some of the 5ft sculptures of...
Plans to create thousands of jobs in Bristol by preparing derelict land in the city’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone for major development have been backed by £11m Government investment. The deal also paves the way for the city’s long hoped for arena. The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) will...
The region’s leading business organisation last night called on the Government to back up its promises on key infrastructure investment projects with action. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander announced modernisation plans worth £100bn spanning homes, roads, rail, energy and flood protection. Projects in the West include electrification...
Bristol Mayor George Ferguson has made major revisions to his controversial residents’ parking programme in the face of fierce criticism. The biggest change will be to build in a ‘thorough review’ before the eight outermost proposed schemes are progressed further, while giving the go-ahead for consultation on the 12...
The West’s food and drink sector is upbeat with most businesses set to grow turnover and orders this year, according to a new report. The research has also found most food and drink firms think being based in the region is a major advantage. Business advisory firm Grant Thornton...
Accountants Smith & Williamson has strengthened its landed estates team with the appointment of Peter Skelly as a manager in its Bristol office. Peter, pictured, has nearly 10 years’ experience working with a wide range of clients from large, historic family estates to more recently-acquired landed estates and smaller, family-owned...
Ultrahaptics, a novel technology that recreates the sensation of touch in mid-air, has won the University of Bristol’s equivalent to Dragons’ Den and a share of more than £30,000 in prize money. Ultrahaptics, which has been developed by PhD student Tom Carter, pictured, and Professor Sriram Subramanian, beat a...
Chancellor George Osborne this afternoon announced proposals to slash a further £11.5bn from Government spending in 2015-16. The cuts in his highly-anticipated Spending Review mean budget reductions of 8% to 10% for the majority of Whitehall departments – the worst hit were Local Government and Justice, with Business doing...
Empty Government office space close to Bristol Temple Meads station is to be opened up by Business West to encourage start-up businesses to make the transition from home to their first office. Business West Launch Point, in Rivergate, Temple Quay, pictured, will offer affordable space with easy-in, easy-out monthly...
Lawyers at the Bristol office of legal firm Bond Dickinson have advised long-standing client Piper Private Equity on its £5.75m investment in fast-growing Caribbean restaurant chain Turtle Bay Restaurants. The group, launched by Ajith Jajawickrema – the Bristol-based co-founder of the Las Iguanas Latin American eaterie business – already...
Bristol-based national law firm TLT has become the first in the UK to be recognised for making significant steps to ensure its legal services are accessible to clients who are deaf or have some level of hearing loss. It yesterday received the Deaf Law Quality Mark accreditation from the...
Plans to redevelop Bristol City’s Ashton Gate ground as an alternative to building a controversial new stadium go on show to the public tomorrow and Wednesday. Bristol Sport Limited (BSL) announced in February it is considering the redevelopment of the existing football ground instead of moving to a new...
Two directors in the Bristol office of independent property adviser GVA have been promoted to the position of senior director. Jerry Burton takes up the role in lease consultancy, and Leigh Richardson in business rates. GVA, the UK’s largest independent commercial property adviser, made the appointments as part of...
