Businesses from Bristol and the West are being encouraged to head up the M4 and market themselves at The Business Show Swindon, the area’s leading business-to-business exhibition, which returns next month following the success of the last two annual events.The show, organised by Business West’s Swindon Initiative, is free...
Award-winning homecare provider DoCare, which expanded into Bristol this year, has been given top marks in its latest inspection by the industry watchdog the Care Quality Commission. DoCare was found to be meeting the necessary standards in all areas inspected, including the care and welfare of its clients. The...
FRP Advisory, the specialist restructuring, recovery and insolvency firm, has bolstered its fast-growing West operation by recruiting Sam Talby as a partner from accountants Bishop Fleming Rabjohns. The firm has also moved to new offices at the riverside Kings Orchard office building as a result of doubling in size...
Mel Dawson has been appointed managing director at Bristol-based ALD Automotive, the UK’s fifth-largest vehicle leasing and fleet management provider. Mel, pictured, joined ALD in 1997 as commercial director and become sales director in 2005. Since then the company, which now employs more than 300 people, has significantly grown...
Rapidly-growing Bristol-based take-away chain Hotcha has appointed James Benson, a widely-experienced financial director, to help steer its fast-paced expansion. James will work closely with Hotcha founder James Liang to help spearhead the roll out of 300 stores across the UK over the next five years. Hotcha is the UK’s...
The Bank of England’s representative in the South West, Stephen Collins, is guest speaker at the next ASPIRE event staged by business advisory firm Grant Thornton’s Bristol office. Mr Collins will give an overview of his role and of the economic challenges facing the region this year at the...
West accountancy firm Bishop Fleming has expanded its Bristol office by taking a second floor at its Queen Square office and extending its lease for a further eight years. The firm opened its Bristol operation in 1988 and has since grown the office to four partners and 43 staff....
Two University of Bristol undergraduate students have been awarded scholarships by US aerospace giant Boeing for their outstanding academic performance in the fields of aerospace engineering and electrical and electronic engineering. Cheuhui Liu and Michael Lawson, fourth-year students of aerospace engineering and electrical and electronic engineering respectively, were recognised...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com A scheme to boost social enterprises and help them create jobs is to be launched by the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). Some 10,000 people are already employed in 600 social enterprises across the LEP area – which includes Bristol and Bath –...
Bristol-based business services and lobbying group Business West has reached the finals of a competition for chambers of commerce from across the globe. The ICC World Chambers Federation 2013 Competition received entries from 65 chambers of commerce and industry from 42 countries. Business West, which runs the Bristol Chamber,...
Home care services provider Enara, part of Bristol-based outsourcing group MITIE, has enlarged its office in the city as part of its rapid expansion. MITIE, best known for office cleaning, security and building maintenance, acquired Surrey-based Enara last year for £111m, taking it into the expanding healthcare market. Enara,...
Bristol-based Creative England finance director Mehjabeen Price has been shortlisted in the prestigious Business Finance Awards 2013. Mehjabeen, who was finance director of South West Screen in Bristol before joining Creative England, is in the running for the UK finance director of the year, public sector and voluntary, award....
Inflation unexpectedly remained at 2.7% in January, the fourth month in a row at this level. Economists offered little comfort to hard-pressed households with some forecasting inflation could touch 3% in coming months. The 2.7% figure is the highest since May. The Government’s Office for National Statistics said it...
