Interest rates have again been pegged at their record low of 0.5% amid growing concerns over weak consumer spending, mixed results from high street retailers and little sign of the expected upturn for manufacturers. The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) have now kept rates at 0.5% since...
Law firm Ashfords has appointed Graham Cridland as a partner to join its expanding planning team. Mr Cridland joins Ashfords, which has offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Taunton, Tiverton and London, from Exeter firm Michelmores, where he was a partner and head of planning. Mr Cridland, who specialises in...
Public sector staff hit by job cuts are to be helped move into private sector employment under a project to be launched in Bristol next week. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has teamed up with national recruitment experts Resource Solutions Group (RSG), based in Bristol, and...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Hundreds of TV Licensing jobs in Bristol are at risk under plans to relocate work away from the city. Outsourcing group Capita confirmed 350 jobs are under threat from its decision to switch work to sites in Lancashire and India. The Communication Workers Union (CWU)...
Welfare-to-work specialists Pinnacle People has relocated its Bristol office to New Bond House as it gears up for further expansion. The national firm, which helps hard-to-place jobseekers with their lifestyle and accommodation as well as employment opportunities, has moved from an office in Park Street to 5,574 sq ft...
Plans to redevelop Bristol’s historic General Hospital site have been revised following the latest round of public consultation. Essex-based developer City & Country Group wants to transform the near three acre site into a vibrant waterside attraction, including restoring the hospital’s Victorian buildings to their former glory and creating...
Bristol’s Broad Quay House has been chosen as the new regional hub for the hotel and leisure property division of Colliers International, formed as a result of combining the firm’s hotel division in Cirencester with its Bristol leisure department, which is already based in the building. Tim Davies, head of the Bristol office,...
Bristol-based MITIE has taken over energy and carbon management specialist Utilyx in a deal worth up to £16.2m. Utilyx delivers strategic planning, procurement and risk management to a range of major UK energy users and its acquisition will complement and enhance MITIE's existing CarbonCare energy services business which already accounts for...
Liz McCloskey is accountancy and business advice firm Grant Thornton’s new business development manager in its Bristol office. She joins from leading business process outsourcing company Capita Group, where she worked in the group sales team, managing the preparation of large complex tenders to potential clients. An economics...
At-Bristol, the city's science-based visitor attraction, has appointed Phil Winfield as its new chief executive, taking over from Dr Goéry Delacôte who has been in the job since September 2005. Mr Winfield, currently director at INTECH Science Centre & Planetarium in Winchester, joins in April. He is credited with...
Get Mentoring, a national initiative to recruit and train thousands of business mentors from the UK’s small, medium and micro business community, is tomorrow staging a free introduction to enterprise mentoring training workshop near Bristol. The half-day session run by the IoEE (Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship) is designed...
Efforts to ease Bristol’s notorious transport problems are among the priority areas in Bristol City Council’s £50m spending strategy announced this week. The council is boosting its spending by £50m on extra school places and elderly care as well as transport improvements – with business having to share less...
Bristol PR and events agency Brandon Hill Communications has been granted ISO 14001 in recognition of its ethical standards, including its commitment to recycling, fuel-efficient company cars and a green supply chain. The award follows Clifton-based Brandon Hill’s successful assessment by the UKAS accredited certification body, ISOQAR. ISO 14001...
