One of Bristol’s best-known fine dining restaurants, Bell’s Diner, has come onto the market with a freehold price of £400,000. The Montpelier restaurant was opened in 1976 by Shirley Anne Bells and John Payne – who later bought the Colston Street Brewery – and has been operated by current...
Bristol investment management firm Hargreaves Lansdown unveiled another set of record results today with revenue, profits and assets under administration (AUA) all climbing. The upbeat interim statement and boost in the half-time dividend triggered an 8.6% leap in its share price by mid afternoon, making its shares the strongest...
West law firm Thrings has appointed five new partners including recruiting respected corporate lawyer Alex Pyatt from rivals Withy King. The appointments take the number of partners at the firm, which has an office in Bristol, to more than 60. Alex, pictured, described by the Chambers UK 2013 legal...
The latest developments in employment relations will come under the spotlight at a major conference for West businesses staged by Acas, Britain’s top employment relations service. The event, called The Changing Face of Employment Relations, will tackle the issues that every company needs to be aware of including, how...
Airbus’s Filton plant today landed a significant boost with a 39-strong order for its two latest passenger aircraft projects. US-owned Air Lease Corporation (ALC), which buys planes to lease out to international airlines, signed a deal to buy 25 long-haul A350 XWBs (extra-wide body) and firmed up existing options...
A probe into West firms’ business records has been launched today by HMRC with those not keeping proper financial records at risk of fines. HMRC’s Business Records Checks (BRC) programme focuses on companies with an annual turnover below £30m which employ fewer than 250 people. The West is the...
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Bristol has one of the highest growth rate forecasts outside London and is in prime position to lead the region out of recession, according to research by property advisors Jones Lang LaSalle. Research revealed at the firm’s South West Market Review, entitled The Winning Edge, predicts a growth rate...
Fast-growing telecoms provider Pure Comms has made a number of internal changes and a high-profile appointment in order to form its new four-strong board. Managing director Rob Vivian heads up the quartet. Colin Pearson steps up to become finance director and Gemma McMillan becomes operations director. The fourth member...
Creative agency McCann has appointed Mark Williams and Julian Burrett as creative directors in its Bristol office. Between them Mark and Julian have notched up a wealth of experience working on a multitude of major brands and campaigns over the past decade, including Microsoft, Google, Volvo, Samsung, Toshiba, Stella,...
The Bristol China Partnership is celebrating Chinese New Year with a networking reception and VIP banquet next month. The Partnership aims to connect Bristol businesses to potential partners in China, particularly in Guangzhou, Bristol’s ‘sister’ city. Experts from a range of organisations will join prominent business people as...
Specialist recruitment company MDE Group is set to create 20 jobs over the next 18 months following the recent opening of its Bristol office. The Norwegian company, which specialises in recruiting staff for oil and gas deepwater and greenfield projects around the globe, said it was attracted to Bristol...
Overseas acquisitions in the food and drink sector doubled last year, with an increasingly large proportion of business buyers coming from outside Western Europe, new research shows. According to a new report from business and financial advisory firm Grant Thornton, takeovers in the sector by foreign-based firms accounted for...
