West businessmen Kam Wong and David Parkinson have joined an elite organisation in Bristol’s Chinese sister city Guangzhou that forges relationships with other countries. The pair from Portishead-based DPS Environmental Technologies, which works in the oil, gas and environmental sectors, were elected as overseas council members of the Guangzhou...
Business West has welcomed the Government’s announcement of £300m through the Business Bank to boost lending to small and medium-sized businesses. Phil Smith, Managing Director of the organization, which runs the chambers of commerce in Bristol, Bath and Gloucestershire and the Bristol and Swindon Initiatives, said: “To help kick...
Caroline Smale, the compliance director at fast-growing West accountants Bishop Fleming, has been elected to the practice committee of the profession's national body. Caroline joined Bishop Fleming as a graduate trainee 25 years ago and became its compliance director in 2005. From June, she will sit on the practice...
A scheduled visit to Bristol by Business Secretary Vince Cable next Wednesday has been postponed so he can attend Baroness Thatcher’s funeral. Mr Cable, , was due to discuss the impact of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) with an invited audience of enterprise leaders at an event organised by the...
The biggest free annual get-together for West landlords, Landlord Expo, takes place in Bristol next Thursday from noon until 7pm. The event, sponsored by estate agents Andrews, features more than 80 exhibitors ranging from local authority stands to letting agents, financial experts, trades people and suppliers. Held at the...
West businesses remain relatively confident about their prospects despite trading conditions becoming harsher during the first three months of this year. The latest Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) from Business West, which runs the chambers of commerce in Bristol, Bath and Gloucestershire and the Bristol and Swindon Initiatives, shows that...
The complex tax issues faced by housing providers will come under the spotlight later this month at a seminar hosted in Bristol by business advisory firm Grant Thornton. The half-day event is aimed at finance and development professionals and takes place at the firm’s Victoria Street offices on Thursday,...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon has advised longstanding client FirstGroup on the sale of London operations of its UK Bus division, allowing the transport operator to focus on areas offering the greatest potential for growth. Five bus depots – at Alperton, Greenford, Hayes, Uxbridge and Willesden Junction – along...
Bedminster is to receive £400,000 to continue efforts to smarten up its run-down retail area and pay towards community projects. The funding, secured as a result of local businesses voting for a Business Improvement District (BID), follows the South Bristol suburb’s selection as one of the inaugural Portas Towns...
Owen Vizard has been appointed as an associate director in Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking’s West complex deal team, which provides specialist advice to mid-market and large corporates on debt-funded transactions. Based at the bank’s flagship regional offices at Canons House, Bristol, he will work alongside director Gavin Reid and...
One of mobile communications giant Everything Everywhere’s major offices at Aztec West has been sold to a group of Middle Eastern investors and London-based investment firm for £19m. The 80,000 sq ft building – 2620 The Quadrant – was formerly part of the North Bristol group of offices occupied...
Naomi Chesterman, an associate in the property litigation team at Bristol law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards, is the new chairman of the South West branch of Women in Property (WiP). Naomi, pictured, who has been a member of WiP for five years, will serve a one-year term at the...
Monday April 08 FINALS Christie Group, DDD Group, GLOBO, Polymetal International EGMS Hals-Development JSC GDR (Reg S) AGMS Bank Audi SAL (Audi Saradar Group) GDR (Reg S), IMI, XP Power Ltd. (DI) Tuesday April 09 INTERIMS Victrex FINALS Blur (Group), Camkids Group, Concurrent Technologies, Frenkel Topping Group, Good Energy...
