Professional services firm KPMG has issued a health warning to companies contemplating trade in emerging markets such as China. It says that changes to the tax regime in China earlier this year mean that getting the right structure for a business venture in place from the outset is essential. Tony...
The University of Bristol has officially taken possession of its National Composites Centre (NCC) just 20 months after the city was selected as the location for the ground-breaking development. The NCC, based at SPark – the fledgling Bristol and Bath Science Park – will draw on established links to...
Companies weighing up international expansion are invited to a seminar to assess their capabilities before taking the next step. Staged by accountants Smith & Williamson (formerly Solomon Hare) in conjunction with Quickstart Global, Vistage International and Travelex, it will include a workshop led by Neal Gandhi, serial entrepreneur, author...
Companies weighing up international expansion are invited to a workshop in Bristol to assess their capabilities before taking the next step. The invitation has been issued by Smith & Williamson (formerly Solomon Hare) in conjunction with Quickstart Global, Vistage International and Travelex. The event, which is set to take...
Stride Treglown, the 13th largest architectural practice in the UK and the South West's biggest, experienced a sharp dip in profits last year. The Bristol-based practice, founded in 1953, has reported that profits fell from £654,000 to £198,000 in the year to December 31. Turnover also dropped from £15.5m...
Development consultant Keith Bates will be at Buckingham Palace today to celebrate winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion which rewards individuals who have played an outstanding and significant role in promoting the growth of business enterprise, entrepreneurial skills and attitudes in others. Bristol-based Mr Bates is among the...
Bristol-based Triodos Renewables – already the most widely-owned renewable energy company in the UK – is raising a further £15m to invest in more green energy projects. The money will be raised through a placing of up to 8,333,400 shares at £1.80 per ordinary share, with a minimum investment...
Business owners have been urged take the lead in helping the recovery of the local economy by Richard Noble, whose Thrust2 programme brought the World Land Speed Record back to Britain in 1983 and subsequently set the first-ever supersonic land speed record. He shared his personal insights and the challenges he...
Bristol Airport has joined a national campaign to cut air passenger duty. The UK has the highest flight tax in the world - 8.5 times more than the European average - and Chancellor George Osborne is planning to increase it by twice the rate of inflation in time for next year's summer...
Regional private sector growth in activity continued to slow in June, according to the Lloyds TSB South West Business Activity Index. Having been the strongest-performing UK region at the start of 2011, the South West was one of the weakest at the end of the second quarter. This was...
Demand for office space in the centre of Bristol is holding up well although the out-of-town market continues to be patchy, according to Bristol office agents Jones Lang LaSalle (formerly King Sturge). Their figures for the first half of the year show that take-up in the city centre totalled...
Ian Sharper has been appointed finance director at The Bristol Port Company, taking over from Richard Harvey who is retiring after 19 years with the company. Ian, who has been financial controller at the port since January 2008, trained as a chartered in York, before working abroad for PricewaterhouseCoopers...
Collett Transport Services has become title sponsor for the 2011 Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, a package worth more than £120,000. A hot air balloon with carry the company’s brand at the next month's event which is expected to attract half a million people over the four days between August 11-14. The...
