The new Greater Western Franchise is offering the opportunity to set priorities for a cost effective local rail network at the West of England Rail Conference at Mercure Holland House Hotel on November 4. Speakers will include representatives from the Department for Transport, rail industry and user groups and an interactive...
Football fans in Clevedon could soon be among the first in the county to watch matches under solar-powered floodlights. Bristol-based consultancy Aspire Planning has submitted a planning application to mount 204 photovoltaic panels on the sloping roof of the main 300-seater grandstand at Clevedon Town’s Hand Stadium. The panels,...
Thirty-five electro-mechanical actuators and control valves made by West aerospace firm Claverham helped make possible today’s maiden commercial flight by Boeing's 787 Dreamliner – albeit three years later than planned. Claverham, based in the North Somerset village of the same name, was selected by US giant Boeing more than...
The general economic outlook may seem bleak but the South West still has a vibrant and very active financial sector, says Nigel Benton, executive director of the NationalSkills Academy for Financial Services. He was speaking after a conference in Bridgwater, organised by the Skills Academy, which was attended...
Takeover target Alterian's shares slipped 1.25p this morning to 79.75p – 0.25p below the indicative cash offer from SDL which the Bristol-based database marketing software company rejected yesterday. The £50m offer, worth 80p a share, values the shares at 27 times forecast earnings for the current year and 16 times for...
Five hundred low cost recycled computers have been handed out by the city council since its reuse scheme was launched at the start of the year. Just how effective they are proving to be will be demonstrated tomorrow when council leader Barbara Janke will meet one of the recipients. Malcolm Chappell, who is...
Bristol businesses are being asked to contribute to an action plan aimed at making the city’s local high streets vibrant and diverse places to visit. The City Council’s Sustainable Development and Transport Scrutiny Commission will make proposals once it has listened to the views of businesses and the public at a...
A new crop of graduates and interns have started work at accountants and business advisers Grant Thornton’s Bristol office. The joiners will be working across the full range of services at the firm, from audit and government audit to corporate and personal tax. Office managing partner John Golding, pictured...
Wallace & Gromit animators Aardman nearly trebled pre-tax profits from £703,000 to £1.9m in the year to December 2010, according to the latest accounts released by the Bristol-based company’s parent, Aardman Holdings. Turnover climbed from £31.8m to £53.5m with its TV commercial division enjoying the best sales for a decade. Aardman...
Alterian, the Bristol-based database marketing software group that crashed into the red earlier this year, has rejected the £50m takeover approach it received late on Friday. The all-cash, non-binding, indicative 80p per share offer came unexpectedly from FTSE-250 translation software firm SDL. It represented a 40% premium on Alterian’s closing price of...
The government has been urged to do more to help the UK’s ‘forgotten army’ of medium-sized businesses. The plea has come from the CBI, which today said new measures should be brought in to improve access to finance, especially in the bond markets. Businesses turning over between £10m and...
Law firm VWV has received two prestigious industry awards in the space of two weeks. The Bristol-based firm, formerly called Veale Wasbrough Vizards, was crowned Specialist Team of the Year at the 360 Legal Group awards for its leading role in the education sector and was also named Regional...
SEGRO, which claims to be Europe's leading provider of flexible business space with a £5.3bn property portfolio of mainly industrial and warehouse assets, has seen a refurbishment programme pay off at the Beeches Industrial Estate, Yate. Bakers Greggs have taken a unit from which they will be able to...
