The pirate ship from Bristol-based Aardman Animations' new pirate-themed movie -The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists – is to drop anchor in the Harbourside foyer of M Shed, a move certain to boost the number of visitors to Bristol's newest museum which is housed in the landmark...
From Bristol 24-7 Swedish furniture giant Ikea has been fined £80,000 after a worker at its Bristol store suffered multiple injuries in an accident. Philip Edgecombe broke two bones in his left arm and dislocated his shoulder while driving a forklift truck in the store. The mast of the...
Specilaist software developer SciSys today signalled confidence in the future by raising its annual dividend 10% on the back of a rise in pre-tax profits from £1.57m to £2m in 2011. The company, which has a major base in Bristol and its head office in Chippenham, develops information and...
The regeneration of one of the last parts of Bristol's Harbourside looks to have been finally settled. Grade II-listed East Purifier House in Gas Ferry Road is to be converted into apartments. It follows a decision by serviced apartment group Citystay to sell the former gasworks building to developers...
The biggest warehouse deal in years at Cabot Park, Avonmouth, has been signed off by Colliers International with joint agent GVA. Acting on behalf of Standard Life they achieved a rent of £6 per sq ft on a new 15-year lease for Yankee Candle at the 170,000 sq ft...
Food travel experts SSP are investing more than £150,000 in upgrading bars and restaurants at Bristol Airport to improve ambience, accessibility and comfort for passengers. The terminal’s table service restaurant Dexters will be first to undergo a makeover, with new furniture and lighting. Among the improvements will be a...
Shareholders in Wessex Exploration, the Bristol-based hydrocarbon prospecting company which floated on AIM a year ago, look set to share in a £72m bonanza following a possible cash offer from French oil giant Total for the entire issued and to-be-issued share capital at a price of 10p per ordinary share....
Every best-selling children's ride-on Trunki suitcase sold in Britain will be designed in Bristol and made in England by the end of this year. Magmatic, the Bristol company set up by Trunki creator Rob Law, is bringing home its production from China to the UK from mid-April. Fittingly the...
Measurement and medical device manufacturer Renishaw is looking to recruit a further 120 staff for its five Gloucestershire sites – primarily skilled people with engineering and manufacturing experience in mechanical, software, electronics and production engineering. There are also multiple opportunities for CNC setter/operators as well as vacancies for support...
UWE InnovEnterS are hosting a drinks and networking this evening tomorrow for anyone interested in start-ups and entrepreneurship. The event will be a fantastic opportunity to meet other students, businesspeople and entrepreneurs from around Bristol. Anyone can attend, whether they are looking for a start-up partner, people to share...
Wednesday’s Budget and its impact on West businesses and individuals will be on the menu at the latest Meet the Press breakfast at luxury hotel Ston Easton Park, which takes place the following day. The series of events are aimed at business leaders and owners with guest speakers Robert...
Furious Guy Kingston, chairman of the Bristol branch of the Federation of Small Businesses, is calling for businesses to boycott a city council parking survey in protest at plans to introduce a tax on workplace parking to help bridge a funding gap for three rapid transit schemes. The survey...
Some 2.4m sq ft of industrial space was sold or let in the South West industrial and logistics market last year with Bristol remaining a key location and showing promising signs for 2012, according to new figures from the Industrial Agents Society (IAS) Western Branch. Other figures from the...
