Bristol businesses have been warned to prepare to live in a “static economy” by experts at Bristol-based accountants BDO. In the accountants and business advisers’ half-yearly review, firms in the city were told the indicators looked bleak, with higher unemployment and business failures expected. Simon Girling, a partner in...
A building designed to inspire and help educate UWE Bristol students studying architecture and product design, has won the public sector building 2011 award, from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Stride Treglown, the Bristol-based architects behind the building, were also been nominated for two other awards for...
HSBC has appointed Paul Wood as senior corporate banking manager for the South West. In his new role Paul will focus on the extensive corporate market in the region, supporting businesses with a turnover of £25m-plus and ensuring that HSBC continues to meet the needs of its corporate clients....
Richard Pepler, chief executive and co-founder of Bristol-based factoring group Ultimate Finance, has quit the business with immediate effect. Mr Pepler, who was previously sales and marketing director at Bibby Factors in Bristol, launched the business nine years ago and has since built it up to become one of...
Airbus is to create 200 jobs at Filton due to demand for its new A350 airliner, it confirmed today. The plane, which will use lightweight composite wings designed and part-built in Bristol, was due to come into service in 2013 but will has been delayed to the first half...
David Marsh, managing partner of leading Bristol law firm Burges Salmon, is the new Master of the Society of Merchant Venturers, the historic business-led organisation that encourages entrepreneurialism and has extensive charity interests across the city. David, who has been a Merchant Venturer for 10 years, has identified support...
Sales staff at Bristol’s Mercedes-Benz dealership are celebrating being part of the regional group that recently won the manufacturer’s Sales Team of the Year Award. The Cribbs Causeway dealership is one of the Sytner group of Mercedes-Benz sites in the West judged as having the best UK sales team...
A world-class festival of sustainability is to be staged in Bristol next summer in a move which organisers hope will make the city synonymous with all things ‘green’ in the same way as festivals in Edinburgh, Hay and Cheltenham are linked with the performing arts and literature. Bringing together...
The Localism Act, which gives local communities more say about planning and development, was given Royal Assent on Tuesday. But is it good news for Bristol and the West? According to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), it is an encouraging shift of power from central government to communities. For...
Bristol-based digital marketing outfit Montage Communications has won a five-way pitch to manage the UK-wide public relations account for Brabantia, one of the top housewares brands in Europe. Montage, based near Whiteladies Road, Clifton, has been running Brabantia's international social media account for the past 12 months and now...
Airbus rival Boeing has struck what is potentially its biggest ever commercial order within days of breaking its previous sales record at the Dubai Air Show. The American planemaker has secured a commitment from Indonesia's Lion Air to buy 230 single aisle Boeing 737 MAXs and 29 Next-Generation 737-900 ERs...
Banking group Santander has been fined £2,000 and ordered to pay £380 costs this week for persistently leaving commercial rubbish on the pavement outside one its Bristol city centre branches. A council officer found waste belonging to the bank in Baldwin Street eight times in the last year outside...
South West entrepreneur Mike Love (pictured) was shortlisted last night for Grant Thornton's 2012 Chairman of the Year Quoted Company awards. Dr Love has grown a number of companies, including CODASciSys, which at its peak featured in the Top 50 companies on AIM. It was taken private by Unit4 Agresso in...
