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...
You're never too old to be an apprentice – that’s the message from St Phillips-based flooring contractor Rudge Brothers & James, which has taken on two full-time apprentices who impressed the company while working as sub-contract labourers. The appointment of Lynsey Mathews, 27, and Tim Facey, 30, who worked on RBJ’s...
Defence giant BAE Systems, whose advanced technology and development division has its headquarters at Filton, suffered a headline sales decline of 14% last year and expects “little sales growth” this year in the current market conditions. Sales fell from £22.27bn in 2010 to £19.15bn in 2011 at the world’s...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Unemployment in the South West fell 0.5% between October and December compared to the previous quarter, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. Some 165,000 people across the region were out of work in the last quarter, a rate of 6.1%, down...
Bristol is the most business-friendly European city of its size for future international investment, according to an assessment by independent experts at FDI magazine. The city’s strong concentration of high-tech and knowledge-based sectors, its business friendliness and excellent quality of life are highlighted in the prestigious FDI research which...
Bristol has submitted a £22m bid for Government cash to become a world-class super-connected city, offering broadband speeds and wi-fi connectivity on a par with the best cities around the world. If successful, the bid will be matched by £22m of investment from major telecoms providers and will give...
We have offices in 22 countries and our headquarters sit firmly in Bristol. To me, that says it all. Bristol, first and foremost, truly is a lovely place to live and work. People stay here. We find it easy to recruit talent in to our business and retain...
Corporate recovery specialist Huw Jones has been appointed by insolvency practitioners McAlister & Co to head up its expansion across the South West. An associate member of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals, Huw joins the growing firm as it looks to expand from its Welsh base – with...
The speaker line-up for the highly anticipated Rabbit 2012 business show in Bristol has been announced, proving the exhibition’s commitment to business growth in the South West. The exhibition, which is free to delegates, has already caught the attention of hundreds of businesses in the region. Rabbit has secured...
