Accountants Grant Thornton has welcomed 65 former Audit Commission emloyees to its public sector assurance practice in the South West, which carries out external audit services for NHS bodies and local authorities. The move makes Grant Thornton the largest provider of assurance and advisory services to public sector...
A group of commercial properties in Bristol has cut to zero the amount of rubbish they send to landfill thanks to an innovative waste management scheme. The programme has been pioneered by property managers in the Bristol office of Colliers International working closely with waste handling experts Saica Natur....
Bristol marketing agency Synergy Creative’s annual quiz has raised more than £500 for local charity Alive! Synergy, which specialises in providing branding, employee communications and marketing services for clients across the UK, chose Alive! as its charity of the year in January following nominations and a vote by its...
Monday November 05 INTERIMS Active Risk Group, E2V Technologies Q3 Inmarsat, PostNL NV FINALS Egdon Resources AGMS Merchant House Group, TR European Growth Trust UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Official Reserves (09:30) Tuesday November 06 INTERIMS Babcock International Group, DCC, Endace Ltd, First Derivatives, Indian Hotels Company Ltd. GDR (Reg S),...
Each week Bristol Business News speaks to a major player in the city’s legal sector. We kick off the series with Tim Summers, co-founder of Bristol boutique law firm Temple Bright, recently named Bristol Law Society Regional Law Firm of the Year. According to Tim, the award – presented...
Five young people taking part in a pioneering heritage film and broadcast project staged by Bristol’s urban music community radio station Ujima 98fm have been accepted onto BBC Radio’s Face 2 Face courses. The five – some of whom may be offered paid work with the BBC – have...
Businesses will get the chance to quiz Bristol’s main mayoral candidates on Monday on how they would shape the city’s future economic wellbeing and improve employment prospects. Business West – Bristol Chamber of Commerce & Initiative, Bristol Junior Chamber and the Institute of Directors – with Bristol Business News...
Bristol bar, catering and cleaning product supplier Pattersons has slashed its carbon footprint by 73% – simply by changing its lights The family-run firm estimates it is saving more than £10,000 a year by using new lighting in its warehouse. The company wanted to reduce its maintenance costs and...
Bristol has strengthened its position as the UK’s leading hub for research into cyber attacks with the opening of a dedicated centre at the University of Bristol. The Bristol Security Centre will lead a network of bases across the UK studying all areas of cyber warfare to protect the...
Bristol-based has completed its latest project for Oxford Brookes University – a £15m accommodation scheme at the university’s Harcourt Hill Campus. The scheme has created two large blocks, providing 318 en-suite rooms with shared kitchens and double bed studio rooms. The development includes separate common rooms for under and...
A ground-breaking live link-up between Bristol and Nairobi looking into how digital technologies can help expand the audience for the African moving image takes place next Friday as part of Bristol’s pioneering Afrika Eye film festival. The continent-spanning event follows on from an initial discussion at Bristol’s Encounters film...
Bristol-based building products supplier Burdens is to sell 22 of its 50 branches to rival Wolseley UK for £30m. Around 600 of Burdens’ employees will transfer to Wolseley UK, which is retaining the Burdens brand name and will run the branches as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Emersons Green-based Burdens, which...
West law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, has helped Bath-based online sex toy retailer Lovehoney secure a deal to sell products inspired by the best-selling erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey. Partner Graeme Fearon led negotiations for Lovehoney to acquire exclusive world rights outside the Americas...
