The region’s top PR agencies and practitioners go head to head this evening at the 2012 West of England CIPR PRide Awards. The winners will be announced at a glittering ceremony and dinner at the Grand Hotel, Bristol. Bristol Business News will carry full details of all the winners...
Insurance firm April UK, one of the country’s leading providers of income protection and health policies, has opened its new headquarters at Almondsbury Business Centre, North Bristol. The company has taken the ground and first floors, equivalent to 5,544 sq ft, at one of the centre’s office buildings, which...
The region’s biggest international trade event is to be staged next week in Bristol by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), the Government’s exporting support and advice body. ExploreExport 2012 takes place at the Mercure Holland House Hotel on Friday 16 November, providing the opportunity to meet experts from more...
Luke Brown has been appointed managing director of the events division at Brandon Hill Communications, the award-winning Bristol-based marketing agency. The move is part of a strategy to reinforce the management structure in the division, which was established in 2007 and has achieved strong year-on-year growth despite the economic...
Bristol’s pioneering African film festival Afrika Eye starts today and co-director and co-founder, Zimbabwean filmmaker Simon Bright, here selects his highlights for this year. All events take place at Watershed: * African Interactive at 2 pm today. A free event featuring a live link up with Kenyan capital Nairobi,...
Brussels Airlines has introduced new aircraft on its popular Bristol-Brussels route which have increased the number of seats available by 60%. Under a new agreement with Flybe, the three-times daily service will be operated by a 78-seat Bombardier Q400. The service was previously operated by an Embraer-145s which did...
UK plc should welcome the re-election of Barack Obama, former US Ambassador Sir Christopher Meyer told the region’s top business leaders last night within hours of the President being re-elected to the White House. Businesses and politicians across Europe could work with Mr Obama, Sir Christopher told the 400...
Creditors of West-based Tony Pryce Sports, the sports equipment retailer, have received all their money back just 18 months after the company went into administration. The business, which had sales of £20m and traded from 34 locations across the region, was sold last year to Mantra Brands by joint...
Law firm TLT is looking to recruit two legal apprentices to join its 250-strong banking and lender services group in Bristol as part of a new apprenticeship programme run in partnership with specialist providers ILEX Tutorial College (ITC) and Damar Training. Starting in January 2013, the apprentices will receive...
Bristol law firms Bond Pearce and Thrings and the local office of accountants Grant Thornton have advised on a seven-figure funding package with HSBC Commercial Bank to finance a management buy-out (MBO) at Swindon-based IT communications company Excalibur. HSBC’s Wiltshire commercial team provided the finance package, which includes extended...
More than 100 State school students from across Bristol are this afternoon coming face to face with six of the South West’s leading organisations for the first time as they get set to become their ‘clients’ as part of the RSG Bristol Young Student of the Year 2012 competition....
A free online calendar of business events and networking opportunities has been launched by the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the organisation tasked with creating 95,000 jobs by 2030. Business Navigator is the first LEP-backed service of its type to go live anywhere in the UK. It...
Helping Bristol’s small firms, unclogging the roads, promoting the city and building new sports stadia were among the issues tackled by the elected mayoral business hustings last night. But with 14 of the 15 candidates on the podium, there were no political fireworks during the bonfire night event as...
