Commercial health legal experts from the Bristol office of national law firm Bevan Brittan have advised the NHS on the opening of five community diagnostic centres across the South West. The centres, one of which will be in Bristol, will provide additional capacity to meet increasing demand. They are...
Monday August 7 Interim: PageGroup Economic announcement: Halifax house price index Tuesday August 8 Final: SDI Group Interims: TI Fluid Systems, Rotork, Glencore, InterContinental Hotels Group, Abrdn, IWG, SIG, Zotefoams, H&T Group, Lunglife AI Economic announcement: BRC sales monitor Wednesday August 9 Final: Hargreaves Services Interims: TP ICAP Group, Hill & Smith, Plaza Centers, Coca-Cola HBC,...
Bristol’s Wake The Tiger, the world’s first ‘amazement park’, is to double in size after receiving a £500,000 investment from a specialist creative sector growth fund. The walk-through experience, pictured, opened just over a year ago at a cost of around £2.5m in a former paint factory in the...
Fast-growing Bristol-based all-day café-bar and restaurant operator Loungers has opened its third Brightside roadside venue ahead of turning the chain into a national brand. Following on from the opening of Brightside Exeter, pictured, in February and Brightside Saltash in June, the new outlet at Honiton, Devon, began welcoming travellers on the...
The drinks group behind Bristol craft brewery and pub chain Butcombe plans to make it the leading provider of premium accommodation in the South of England, it said this week. At the same time, Jersey-based Liberation Group is to invest in Butcombe’s brewery in Wrington to increase capacity for...
Annual revenue at Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has passed the £150m mark for the first time following a 9% increase in its 2021/22 financial year. The firm, which employs around 1,400 people, described the increase – which took total revenue up from £144m in the previous year to...
Corporate finance specialists at regional accountancy firm PKF Francis Clark and legal experts from the Bristol office of Clarke Willmott have advised on the sale of one of the UK’s leading independent manufacturers of precision plastic components. Nailsea-based Nylaplas, which firms in a wide range of sectors including aerospace,...
Confidence levels among businesses in the South West have bounced back from the gloom of earlier this year – making the region one of only two to register an increase in optimism. Overall confidence rose five points last month to 34%, while companies in the region became far more...
Bristol employers are being invited to take part in a new £2m programme that will support hundreds of individuals across the West of England to learn new skills. The scheme, launched by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), is designed to plug the skills gaps in the region...
Passengers arriving at Bristol Airport are now greeted by an eye-catching artwork featuring many of the West of England’s family-friendly attractions. Produced by Visit West, the region’s destination marketing organisation, in partnership with the airport, specialist advertising experts Eye Airports and businesses, the 136 ft-long mural, pictured, weaves its...
Accountancy group EY has appointed two new partners in its Bristol office as it continues to make significant investments in its talent to meet client demand and support growth of the business. Eleri James and Rob Williams’ promotions come after Artyom Shlenkin and Marcus Graham joined the office as partners...
Evelyn Partners, the national integrated wealth management and professional services group, has strengthened its assurance and business services (ABS) team in Bristol with a number of promotions. They include Ben Hamar, who becomes a director in the national assurance technical group, Sarah Fox, who is now an associate director...
The trade organisation for the underwater industry is to open a base in Bristol later this year. The Global Underwater Hub (GUH), which has its head office in Aberdeen, represents and promotes the underwater industry, including offshore energy, aquaculture, defence, telecoms and seabed minerals. It receives funding from the...
