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Cathay Pacific orders more A350s

January 20, 2012
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Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways is to buy six more wide-body, long-haul Airbus A350-900s, the largest of the new A350 variants which is designed to compete with Boeing's Dreamliner and its 777 series. The order is worth $1.63bn (£1.05bn) at catalogue prices although the airline says it has won...

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Bristol corporate finance teams help fish firm reel in takeover target

January 20, 2012
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A funding package put together in Bristol has helped frozen fish business Interfish make a major acquisition and continue its rapid expansion. Royal Bank of Scotland Corporate & Institutional Banking (RBS CIB) in Bristol worked with accountants Baker Tilly in the city on the deal which allowed Plymouth-based Interfish...

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New PR director taken on board to chart course for expansion

January 19, 2012
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Clive Burlton has joined public relations firm Empica as a non-executive director to help spearhead expansion plans. The company, which has headquarters in Long Ashton and a satellite office in London, provides publicity services to major businesses across the country. Mr Burlton, a member of the Chartered Institute of...

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Council offers 30 new apprenticeships

January 19, 2012
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Bristol City Council is offering 30 new apprenticeships as part of the Backing Young Bristol campaign. Vacancies on offer cover training in business administration, adult social care, highways and traffic technical support and customer service.  Applications can be made on the council jobs website at www.jobs.bristol.gov.uk before February 3 and placements will start in mid-April. Placements run...

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Airbus puts up prices as demand for latest plane soars

January 19, 2012
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Airbus, which designs and part-builds the wings for its airliners at Filton, has increased the catalogue prices of its commercial jets by an average of 3.9% – but is nudging up the price of its re-engined A320neo family of medium-haul, single-aisle jets by a bigger margin. This is to...

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MITIE locks into a Prison Service partnership

January 19, 2012
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Bristol-based MITIE, the strategic outsourcing and energy services group, is to partner the Prison Service to bid for the management of all nine jails involved in a competition announced by Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke last July. MITIE was chosen following a competition between a number of...

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Landmark office upgrade gets go-ahead

January 19, 2012
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Real estate fund managers PRUPIM have won planning consent to re-model one of Bristol's most prominent office buildings – One Victoria Street – overlooking Bristol Bridge and the Floating Harbour. The façade will be given a major facelift along with an extensive upgrade of the entrance and reception while...

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University appoints new aerospace boffin

January 18, 2012
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Professor Jonathan Cooper has been appointed to the Airbus Sir George White Chair, a joint Bristol University/Airbus position. Sir George White founded one of the most important British aviation companies, the Bristol Aeroplane Company, in 1910, one of the forerunners to BAE SYSTEMS and Airbus in the UK.  The...

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Bright outlook as SciSys secures first business with Met Office

January 18, 2012
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The UK Met Office has awarded SciSys key analysis and development work in the form of four new contracts worth in excess of £400,000. Chippenham-based SciSys, which has a base in Bristol,  is a leading developer of information and communications technology services, e-business and advanced technology solutions serving the environment and utilities sectors including...

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Airport numbers grow for second successive year

January 18, 2012
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Passenger numbers at Bristol Airport rose for the second successive year in 2011 despite challenging economic conditions. The rise was modest – just 0.8% to a total of 5.7m. Overall the airport continued to grow its market share within the region while maintaining its ranking as the UK's fifth largest airport outside...

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City council and UWE in gay-friendly employer table

January 18, 2012
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Bristol City Council and UWE Bristol have been rated as among the UK’s top 100 most ‘gay friendly’ employers by Stonewall, the equal rights campaigning and lobbying group. The council has been rated at 41 – and increase of 25 places from 76 last year and 84 places since...

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Property brief: Growth sparks move for electrical firm

January 17, 2012
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Electrical contractor KSCM is moving from Staple Hill in Bristol to a converted barn unit at the Nibley Business Park, Yate, to gain better access to the M4 and the main road network. The deal, brokered by property agents Colliers International, keeps the firm close to its South Gloucestershire customer base...

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Osborne Clarke earns new accolades as top 10 dealmaker

January 17, 2012
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Regional legal heavyweight Osborne Clarke has been named as one of the UK's top 10 deals advisers. The Bristol-based law firm has been rated the fifth most active in the UK by analyst Experian Corpfin while mergermarket, which records higher value deals, ranks it in 10th place. The firm...

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