The mega-merger between aerospace and defence giants BAE Systems of the UK and Airbus European parent EADS, which between them employ around 6,000 West engineers, is hanging by a thread as today's 5pm deal deadline looms and the German government looks increasingly likely to pull the plug. Politicians have...
Specialist precision engineering group Renishaw has appointed accountant Carol Chesney as a non-executive director. Carol takes over as chair of the Wotton-under-Edge firm’s audit committee on October 19 from Terry Garthwaite who, along with David Snowden, will step down from the board at the company’s AGM the previous day. ...
West businesses are being warned to prepare for the biggest shake-up in payroll procedures for almost 70 years. From April, all but the largest companies will have to tell the taxman every time they make a payment to employees under HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) new Real Time Information...
Aero-engineering giant Rolls-Royce has landed a $103.3m (£64.6m) contract with the Pentagon to support trainer aircraft engines built at its Bristol plant. The deal extends an existing contract covering the Rolls-Royce Adour engines (known in the US as the F405) used to power the US Navy’s T-45 training aircraft....
Rosanna Lake has joined property agents CBRE’s Bristol office as a graduate surveyor – one of 27 taken on nationally by the firm this year as part of its in-house development programme. Rosanna, pictured, graduated from Nottingham University with a 2:1 in Economics and Spanish BA (hons) and is...
Bristol-based MITIE, the outsourcing pioneer best known for office cleaning, security and building maintenance, has moved into the expanding healthcare market by acquiring Enara, the UK’s fourth-largest provider of home care services. MITIE said the £110.8m deal, announced today, gives it a scalable platform to compete in the growing...
Claire Evans has been appointed as a senior consultant by property firm DTZ as part of the expansion of its Bristol-based regional public sector consultancy team. The 10-strong team provides strategic corporate real estate, development consultancy and planning advice to the public sector across the South West. Claire, pictured,...
Bristol law firm Burges Salmon has advised on the creation of the UK’s largest dairy company, formed by the merger of the firm’s longstanding client Milk Link with Arla Foods amba. The merger brings together two successful and growth-orientated farmer-owned dairy processing businesses with complementary positions in key markets,...
Bristol-based speciality gases and chemicals firm A-Gas has made its fifth acquisition this year with the takeover of leading US refrigeration supplier and distributor Coolgas for an undisclosed sum. Houston, Texas-based Coolgas, which was established in 1994, is one of the leading independent distributors of refrigerants in the US...
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Businesses can gain a competitive advantage by becoming environmentally, economically and socially sustainable, an exclusive conference on responsible capitalism heard today. At the same time corporate governance – what business must do – and corporate and social responsibility – what they would like to do – are becoming interlinked,...
Bristol-based digital publishing pioneer Sift Media and award-winning events and communications agency Brandon Hill Communications, also based in the city, have signed a strategic partnership, forming an alliance to create integrated marketing programmes. Under the tie-up Brandon Hill will deliver a range of Sift Media’s high-profile events including The...
Christine Griffiths, who has developed Bristol-based Aeolus Power (Wind-Energy) from its launch in her spare room five years ago into a multi-million pound business, is today hoping to win the prestigious Businesswoman of the Year Award 2012. Christine, pictured, started Aeolus with husband Peter as a result of the...
