Lawyer Flora Wood, partner and head of the personal injury team at South West law firm Ashfords, has been reaccreditation by the Law Society’s Personal Injury Panel for the 10th year. The status proves she provides a high-quality legal and meets the Society’s high standards of competency and expertise...
Property agents CBRE have been appointed alongside Colliers International to market one of Bristol’s highest profile buildings, the 1960s-built 1 Redcliff Street office block. The 140,000 sq ft landmark building on the corner of Victoria Street and Redcliff Street overlooking Bristol Bridge was originally built for city-based paper and...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Campaigners told a public debate last night that an elected mayor for Bristol should be just the first step towards a regional ‘metro mayor’. In front of more than 250 people at the Council House last night, architect and Tobacco Factory owner George Ferguson said...
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will later today use an official visit to Bristol to announce an extra £1bn for businesses seeking support to help them grow and create jobs. The cash, part of the Regional Growth Fund, takes the total fund to £2.4bn and will be available to...
From Bristol 24-7 Business leaders in Bristol are backing calls for an elected mayor for the city. Bristol Chamber of Commerce (BCC) says an elected mayor “could provide the drive and energy to help make Bristol a truly great European city”. President Mike Bothamley warned that businesses were not...
The CBI today urged Chancellor George Osborne to use next month’s Budget to give the UK economy and jobs a real boost with changes to the UK tax system which it believes could help persuade businesses to invest in the UK and further stimulate growth. In its Budget submission,...
Five innovative Bristol firms that have spun out of the city’s universities are in the running for Lloyds TSB’s Enterprise Awards. The firms – environmental festival sanitation business Festival Loo, design consultancy iM Service Design, creative agency Interactive Places, psychology training company and a self-help publications house Mindsport, and...
Bristol business park Emerald Park East has been sold by industrial property developer Segro as part of an £80.2m package of five sites. The 235,635 sq ft business park at Emersons Green, generates annual income of £1.71m from 17 units which are let to tenants including Knorr Bremse Systems,...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Veteran BBC Points West presenter Chris Vacher has received a prestigious award for his record-breaking service to regional television. At the annual awards ceremony of the Bristol centre of the Royal Television Society, Mr Vacher received the Sir Ambrose Fleming Award, whose first winner in 1960 was...
Writing about the highs and lows of an ultra-extreme 330k run in the Alps has bagged Bristol Business News Travel Editor Anne Gorringe a nomination for a top journalistm award. The Italian State Tourist Board short-listed Anne for her work highlighting the amazing Tor Des Giants (tour of the...
Bristol-based wholesale food firm Charles Saunders has taken over Good Morning Foods and Good Morning Disposables, also based in the city, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisitions, completed with support from Santander Corporate Banking, extends Charles Saunders’ existing offering and enable it to continue to develop its growth strategy....
Financial recruitment agency Alexander Daniels has opened an office in Bristol, the second employment specialist to move into the city in just over a week. Birmingham-based Alexander Daniels, which specialises in corporate governance and executive search, said it has launched in Bristol as a direct response to increasing demand...
The Open University has welcomed business minister Mark Prisk’s call to business schools to tailor their MBA courses for mid-sized businesses. In a recent interview Mr Prisk said he was keen to encourage more business schools to train the next generation of family business leaders as part of the...
