Chancellor George Osborne has delivered his Autumn Statement. Here are the key points: BUSINESS Credit easing programme to underwrite up to £40bn in low-interest loans to small and medium-sized firms £1bn business finance partnership to help secure funding for medium-sized firms Regional Growth regeneration fund to get £1bn in...
Chancellor George Osborne said he was determined to see Britain through the financial crisis as he outlined plans to boost the stuttering economy in his annual Autumn Statement – with the latest gloomy forecasts suggesting the country is again teetering on the edge of recession. He was forced to...
The Tropicana, Weston-super-Mare's council-owned, iconic open air pool and leisure complex faces demolition following an independent report showing redevelopment of the site is not viable in the current economic climate. The report, by DTZ, concludes that “this soft market exercise has not delivered sufficient evidence of any clearly viable and...
House prices have inched up by a better-than-predicted 0.4% this month, according to Nationwide building society, but they are expected to ease again over the next 12 months as activity remains subdued. The month-on-month rise is the third straight monthly increase. In a year-on-year basis, the increase was 1.6%,...
Construction group Willmott Dixon is increasing its activity in the residential property market activity across the South West to a bid to combat reduced expenditure on public sector projects. The group, which traditionally has been a major player in the public sector and commercial construction markets, has appointed James...
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...
