Toshiba’s Telecommunications Research Laboratory (TRL) in Bristol, which conducts advanced, world-leading work in mobile telephony, has appointed Professor Ian Craddock as managing director. He replaces Professor Joe McGeehan, who founded Toshiba TRL in 1998, in that role. Professor McGeehan, one of the leading global figures in mobile communications, will...
The Government was today urged to reinvigorate the UK economy by introducing supply side reforms, particularly changes to the tax system, to head off a full-scale collapse in business confidence. The plea, which come from accountants and business advisors BDO, coincided with this morning’s dire unemployment figures. BDO said...
Commercial catering ventilation specialist B W Fabrications has moved to Ashton Vale Industrial Estate in South Bristol after outgrowing its base in St Phillips. The firm, launched in 1997, designs, manufactures and installs kitchen extraction equipment for the catering industry. It employs 16 people on site and supplies businesses across...
With key figures from the West’s PR industry gathering in Bristol this evening for the prestigious CIPR West of England PRide Awards, Bristol Business News is preparing its comprehensive coverage of the event. * We will be 'live' at the gala dinner with full details of all winners as...
Hotel industry veteran Elaine De Paola has been appointed sales manager at DoubleTree by Hilton, Cadbury House, near Congresbury. Elaine has widespread experience across the UK in smaller, independent hotels and has also worked with Jarvis Hotels in the Midlands. She said: “I stayed with Jarvis for 16 years and...
Stronger-than-expected rent collection figures have helped buoy high street landlords ahead of the crucial Christmas trading season. Some 94% of retailers paid on time on quarter day – the day every three months when rents are due – up from 85% for the same quarter last year. The figure...
Around 200 of Bristol's leading movers and shakers met in Brunel's Passenger Shed next to Temple Meads Station today to explore ideas for stimulating enterprise and economic growth in Temple Quarter – the 173 acres of mainly derelict land around the station. The area was named in March as...
Control of Bristol Water has passed to Capstone, the Canadian infrastructure fund, which has paid £133m (C$216m) for a controlling stake in a deal which values the company at £282m including debt. It is the fund's first investment in the UK. But the price paid appears to be well...
Futures at Knightstone, which provides housing related support and accommodation to more than 1,500 people, has appointed Sonia Furzland as assistant director of supported housing. Sonia joined the Knightstone Housing Association, in 2005 as a supported housing service manager and worked more recently as strategic business manager across...
Architects, business people, creative industries and civic leaders will meet on Monday to discuss how Temple Quarter can become the long-term hub of choice for the city's fast-growing creative industry. Temple Quarter was named in March as the West of England’s Enterprise Zone. It covers 70 hectares (173 acres) of mainly derelict...
Some 39% of South West entrepreneurial businesses are forecasting double-digit growth over the next 12 months led by organic and new product development – and 38% are stockpiling cash, according to the latest entrepreneurship survey by business advisors Deloitte. Despite the ongoing economic instability, the survey reveals that 56% have...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com MITIE Group chief executive Ruby McGregor-Smith has been nominated for the Orange Leader of the Year award. Ruby joined the Bristol firm in 2002 and was appointed as CEO in 2007. During her tenure, the business has grown from £500m in revenues to nearly £2bn,...
Airbus has finalised a £6.13bn ($9.5bn) contract for 110 of its single-aisle A320 family aircraft with Australian airline Qantas, the largest in the country’s aviation history. The firm order for 78 A320neo and 32 A320s, as well as an unspecified number of purchase rights beyond that, follows a commitment signed in...
