Avonmouth-based Harding Brothers, a world leader in the specialised business of operating retail shops on luxury cruise ships, has rung up another good year in what seems to be a recession-proof market place. It boosted sales from £80.6m to £99.8m in 2010. In fact, the company, which has moved...
SciSys, the hi-tech software company with offices in Bristol and Reading and headquarters in Chippenham, has racked up orders worth 12m euros for its Space Division - a leading supplier of spacecraft ground software systems and onboard software to the European Space Agency (ESA) and many other customers worldwide. The...
Healthcare charity Nuffield Health has appointed construction group Vinci to redevelop its Chesterfield Hospital site in Bristol in a deal worth £11m. The project, with a total investment of £20m by Nuffield safeguards 95 jobs and potentially creates up to a further 50. It will create a new state-of-the-art...
Bristol’s £100m transportation windfall will enable businesses in the south of the city to close the gap on Bristol’s thriving northern fringe, industrial landlords SEGRO claimed today. The surprise road and rapid transit package included in Chancellor George Osborne’s autumn statement will boost South Bristol’s road transport network speeding distribution times and...
The world's leading scuba diving training organisation is relocating its largest regional headquarters to The Pavilions, just off Bedminster Down. The announcement from PADI Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) comes as The Pavilions freeholder and main occupier, Computershare, undertakes a multi-million pound refurbishment of the 225,000 sq ft building to...
Pre-tax profits have gone through the roof at West-based Mulberry, the luxury fashion brand famous for its iconic handbags. They were up 231% from £4.7m to £15.6m in the six months to September 30. The AIM-quoted group said today that total sales increased by 62% to £72.3m while like-for-like retail sales grew...
More than £1,400 has been raised for youth charity The Prince’s Trust by Bristol journalists and media professionals at a special news pub quiz. More than 60 reporters, sub-editors, TV and radio producers, presenters and photographers took part in the event, which was hosted by veteran BBC Bristol sports...
An area of roof roughly the size of a tennis court has been covered in solar panels at Bristol Zoo by Backwell company Solarsense. The 184-panel 46.92kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system, which is mounted on the roof of the zoo’s veterinary department and services building, will generate enough electricity to power the...
MITIE, the Bristol-based strategic outsourcing and energy services company, has acquired a majority stake in Direct Enquiries, the UK's leading access and disability consultancy company. The company says it will provide a strong platform for growth in the compliance, risk assessment, disability and access industries, as well as providing significant cross-selling...
National bakery chain Greggs has opened an outlet on the Beeches Industrial Estate in Yate, near Bristol, as part of a nationwide programme to focus on places other than on its traditional high street locations. The baker, which has already opened units in similar non-retail locations in Avonmouth, Bridgwater, Exeter, Swansea and Cardiff, will provide a...
Confidence levels among firms in Bristol and the West are tumbling as the outlook for 2012 deteriorates further, two gloomy surveys show today. Manufacturers, who have generally experienced good trading conditions this year, expect output and orders to decline next year while overall business confidence is falling on fears...
Yeo Valley, the North Somerset family-owned company which has become Britain's biggest producer of organic dairy food, has been presented with its third Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development in 10 years. Lady Gass, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset, presented the award before an invited audience at Holt Farm...
Bristol’s position as a major aerospace manufacturing centre would not be affected by the closure of Filton airfield, a report has concluded. BAE Systems plans to shut Filton Airfield in a year’s time with South Gloucestershire Council planners recommending constructing up to 2,500 homes and a large business park...
