Bristol-based factoring group Ultimate Finance announced a further boardroom shake-up today following last month's surprise departure of Richard Pepler, the company's chief executive and co-founder. Mr Pepler's former partner and company co-founder, Jeremy Coombes has been promoted to chief executive officer with immediate effect. Clive Garston is also to...
Jelf, the Yate-based consultancy which provides a broad range of insurance, financial services and employee benefit services to corporate and individual clients, defied the continued economic downturn to produce full time pre-tax profits up from £278,000 to £3.2m in the year to September 30. The group, which has more...
A landmark office building in Clifton is fully occupied following a flurry of activity by its marketing agents. Award-winning production company Films@59 is the latest firm to move into 51-55 Whiteladies Road less than two months after agents Colliers International completed two other lettings in the building. Rapidly-expanding Films@59,...
Imperial Tobacco today welcomed the Competition Appeal Tribunal's decision to quash a £112.3m fine imposed by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on the Bristol-based tobacco giant for allegedly restricting competition. The OFT began an investigation in 2003 relating to certain promotional arrangements between Imps and multiple retailers. It...
More than 67,000 homes and businesses in the Bristol area have been targeted for super-fast broadband as part of a major expansion of BT’s £2.5bn fibre broadband roll-out plans. Bedminster, Bishopsworth, Eastville and Henbury, along with Kingswood in South Gloucestershire, are among the areas identified and will take the South...
Bristol’s corporate finance community has again proved it can handle major transactions, according to the team behind oil prospector Wessex Exploration’s recent £12m share placing. The oversubscribed placing will fund Bristol-based Wessex’s participation in a vast oil find off the coast of Guyane (French Guiana) in South America. And...
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...
