The Bristol office of independent professional and financial services group Smith & Williamson is further expanding its private client tax team with the appointment of leading private client tax specialist Ruth Mower as senior manager. Her role is to develop and grow the office’s trust and executorships offering –...
Danielle Stewart, Southern Region partner at accountants Baker Tilly, has been appointed by the department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) as one of its two Company Law Red Tape Challenge champions. In the role Danielle will review suggestions made to BIS for areas where existing company law regulations...
Business’s responsibility to society and social change will be the main topic at Bristol Chamber of Commerce’s annual dinner next month – with guest speaker Big Issue joint founder John Bird MBE unlikely to pull any punches. Mr Bird was born into poverty, brought up in care and, at...
Businesses backing the Bristol Young Student of the Year Awards have been helping young people in the city prepare for the workplace by developing their employability skills. Apprenticeships have high on the news agenda as a result of National Apprenticeship Week and the Awards are a clear demonstration of...
Two budding young Bristol entrepreneurs set out this week to challenge the British love affair with ice cream by setting up the UK’s first AngelBerry frozen yogurt shop/factory in the city. Former Bristol Grammar School boys Ryan Pasco and James Taylor hope to build on the huge success of...
Bristol-based accountants Corrigan Associates has appointed Hayley Jones as audit manager. Hayley, who previously worked for Baker Tilly in Hereford, will spearhead audit and assurance work for the practice in King Street, Bristol. Principal Edward Corrigan said: “Many of our clients are growing businesses that expect more from their accountants than an annual visit....
An 11.62-acre residential site at Filton airfield has changed hands in an eight-figure deal that suggests the housebuilding sector is taking off at last. The land, with outline planning consent for 273 homes, was sold by developers Bovis to rival housebuildr Barratt David Wilson. It is part of the larger Charlton...
A unique annual awards scheme which champions the often-overlooked contribution of freelancers in marketing, media and communications has been relaunched. Recruitment specialists Xchangeteam, which covers Bristol and the West of England from its office in Portishead, started the annual Freelancer of the Year Awards in 2003 to give freelancers...
Rolls-Royce, whose military engine business is based at Patchway, Bristol, has had its best-ever year with record underlying revenues and profits. The company, whose commercial engines business is based in Derby, today reported a 21% rise in pre-tax profits to £1.18bn for 2011. Chief executive John Rishton said that...
The valued of frauds committed in the South West and Wales rose more than seven-fold last year, according to professional services firm KPMG. However, one fraud accounted for 80% of the entire region’s total. Notable offenders included a woman who was ordered by Bristol Crown Court to undertake 150 hours...
Bristol-based wealth manager Hargreaves Lansdown has bucked the recession with a first half 16% rise in revenue to a record £112.9m – and record pre-tax profits of £72m, up 28%. Total net business inflows for the six months to December 32 was £1.16b while assets under administration totalled £23.4bn Chief executive Ian Gorham...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com M Shed – the museum for Bristol which opened last year – has been nominated for the Art Fund Prize 2012, the UK’s museum of the year award. The prize, the biggest for arts and cultural organisations in the country, rewards excellence and innovation for...
The Bristol office of accountants and business advisors BDO has launched a personal tax division and recruited four experts from rival RSM Tenon, which recently closed its base in the city. The new team will strengthen BDO’s tax offering in the region with a service aimed at individuals, families...
