Bishop Fleming, the Bristol-based accountants with a string of offices across the South West, is to merge with Midlands-based Rabjohns to create a firm that straddles the M5 corridor from Cornwall to Worcester. The enlarged firm will have 21 partners and 230 staff. Bishop Fleming, by far the larger...
Bristol law firm Burges Salmon has recruited Kari McCormick, previously a litigation partner at Clifford Chance, who brings with her more than 15 years’ experience in dispute resolution, including complex multi-party litigation for insurance companies, banks and corporate entities. Kari joins more than 80 lawyers in the firm’s successful disputes and litigation...
Property consultancy GVA, which has a regional office in Bristol, has been ranked as the largest supplier of services to the public sector with a 44% market share. The figure, for 2010/11, has been released by the Government Procurement Service (formally Buying Solutions). GVA’s Bristol office provides a range...
Traders on eBay are being targeted for tax evasion by HM Revenue & Customs, warn PKF accountants and business advisers. “Targeting traders on e-marketplaces such as eBay is unlikely to contribute much directly to HMRC’s target of collecting additional tax of £7bn each year by 2014/15,” said Tony Moorby, director...
Alan Bailey, the chair of Low Carbon South West, the UK’s largest environmental business trade association, has received an Honorary Degree of Master of Science from the University of the West of England (UWE) in recognition of his significant contribution to the development of a low-carbon economy in the...
Pressure was mounting on Chancellor George Osborne and the Bank of England today to stimulate growth after the latest gloomy economic reports, this time from the manufacturing sector and the CBI. Manufacturing shrank last month for the first time since the country was in the depth of recession two...
Orders for Airbus aircraft are expected to reach a record-breaking 1,000 this year as airlines snap up its new, fuel efficient jet. But soaring demand is causing its own problem as suppliers struggle to keep up with workloads, parent company EADS has warned. Airbus booked orders for 644 last...
Bristol’s office market will be the first of any major UK city to recover, with an upturn in demand expected this year and an increase in rents for premium space. However, a two-tier market is emerging with a large overhang of hard-to-fill secondary property which will keep overall rents...
Imperial Tobacco has failed in its bid to get the Supreme Court to hear an appeal against the ban on cigarette vending machines. The Bristol-based group, the world's fourth-largest cigarette company, had hoped the court would overturn the ban, which comes into effect on October 1. The legilsation is...
The University of the West of England has made Ruby McGregor-Smith, the chief executive of outsourcing giant MITIE, an honorary Doctor of Business Administration. The honour is in recognition of her significant national and local contribution to business through the distinctive culture she has created within Bristol-based MITIE. Since joining the...
Some of the UK’s most innovative healthcare facilities will be available in Bristol following planning approval for the redevelopment of the private Chesterfield Hospital site in Clifton Village. The decision by Bristol City Council gives site owners, not-for-profit healthcare organisation Nuffield Health, the green light to invest £20m in...
Bristol Enterprise Zone Fact File: Official name: Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone Size: 70 hectares (173 acres) Jobs likely to be created: 17,000 Business space: 240,000 sq m (2.6m sq ft) Timescale: 25 years Intention: Creation of a creative and digital industries hub, positioning Bristol as a leading international...
David Cameron has endorsed Bristol's planned Enterprise Zone – giving it a major boost to the city’s drive to position itself as the UK’s leading centre for the creative industries. The Enterprise Zone, announced in the Budget earlier this year and based on 173 acres of mostly disused land...
