Bristol play charity Children’s Scrapstore is asking local businesses to donate more scrap materials so it can keep up with demand from schools for its pioneering PlayPod. The charity is celebrating installing its 50th Scrapstore PlayPod – a large box filled with donated waste or scrap which children use...
One floor of a newly-refurbished office building overlooking the M4/M5 interchange in north Bristol has come onto the market. Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, which owns the Axis Beta building at Almondsbury, has appointed Colliers International to let the 4,000 sq ft second floor. James Preece from Colliers’ Bristol office said refurbished...
Helvetic Airways has become the 12th scheduled airline operating from Bristol Airport with a new route linking Zurich, Switzerland's financial centre, with the South West. Helvetic passengers benefit from seven days free of charge in the long stay car park until the end of January. Helvetic Airways has...
A 40-strong group of 14 to 16 year old students from Bristol’s Merchants Academy have had their business skills put under the spotlight at a workshop mentored by volunteers from law firm Osborne Clarke and accountants PwC. The workshop, held at Osborne Clarke's (OC) Temple Quay office, was part...
Bristol-based companies Lifetime, a training provider, and specialist recruiter Timothy James Consulting have been named among Britain’s fastest-growing privately-owned firms. The companies are listed at numbers 41 and 66 in the annual Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 league table, which identifies companies with the fastest-growing sales over the...
As Bristol prepares for the Christmas party season, city-based game design firm SlingShot is planning to unleash another seasonal tradition onto the city streets: a fox hunt. Hounded will hit Bristol on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 December and tickets are now on sale. The game sees human foxes...
Alterian, the loss-making Bristol-based marketing software specialist, has agreed takeover terms with Maidenhead-based SDL, one of the world’s top three providers of language services, software development and global information management services. The terms of the acquisition value the entire issued share capital of Alterian at approximately £68.4m or 110p...
Helvetic Airways will inaugurate on Monday the first scheduled service between Bristol and Zurich for more than four years. The new service will link businesses across the region to one of Europe’s major financial centres. Zurich also has much to offer leisure travellers including skiers – the city’s airport serves...
Helphire, the Bath-based accident-claim handler which reported losses of £34.1m in the year to June 30, has recruited industry heavy-hitter John L. Davies as a non-executive director with immediate effect. The company, which works with the insurance and motor industries to provide replacement vehicles to motorists involved in accidents, went...
Wessex Exploration, the Bristol-based hydrocarbon prospecting company, has raised £12m in a placing to fund its participation in a vast oil find off the coast of Guyane (French Guiana) in South America. The company – which also has interests in projects in the Mozambique Channel, Southern England and Western...
Airbus has completed the first flight of the Filton-designed-and-made Sharklet wing-tip devices on its A320 development aircraft (MSN 001). Sharklets are around 2.5 metres tall and will replace the aircraft’s current wingtip fence. Offered as an option on new-build aircraft, Sharklets have been specially designed for the Airbus A320...
Former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone was in Bristol this week to take part in a forum on whether Bristol would benefit from an elected mayor. Businesses in the city are being urged to take part in the debate on the issue, which could have profound effects on Bristol’s...
Bristol-based marketing software specialist Alterian has slumped to a £18.6m half-year pre-tax loss. That compares with a profit of £600,000 last time for the company which delayed its interim results announcement by a fortnight because of ongoing talks with SDL. Maidenhead-based SDL has made an improved indicative takeover offer of £68.4m, the equivalent...
