More than a third of pubs and bars in the South West risk going out of business over the next 12 months as drinking habits change and competition from supermarkets intensifies, new research shows. The 34% licensed premises deemed to be ‘at risk’ across the region is far higher...
Business advice and support group Business West has called on firms to work closer together to ease the crippling impact of late payment on small businesses. The West’s councils could also help by switching to electronic invoices to speed up payments to local suppliers and the Government could do...
Seth Turner, a senior manager in Deloitte’s Bristol-based private client tax team, has been recognised as one of the UK’s rising stars in his field for the second year in a row. Seth, pictured, is one of four Deloitte employees from across the UK to make it into this...
Ben Davies has moved from property firm Knight Frank’s rural department to join its industrial team in Bristol as an industrial agent, adding specialist knowledge of the renewable energy sector to the team. Ben, pictured, said: “I am delighted to be joining the industrial team, which is one of...
Monday October 01 FINALS Pure Wafer, Sabien Technology Group AGMS Begbies Traynor Group, City of London Investment Group, Swan (John) & Sons, Zetar TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS Andor Technology, ITE Tuesday October 02 INTERIMS Walker Greenbank FINALS Antisoma, St Ives, Ultimate Finance Group, Wolseley TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS Babcock International Group Wednesday October...
Organisers of a high-level, exclusive conference tackling issues of leadership and corporate responsibility for directors have just a few places left to fill. The event, part of the Board 2020 seminar series, will put the spotlight on how, in a rapidly-changing environment, businesses should present themselves to the world....
Small business owners from across Bristol will stage a ‘victory parade’ tomorrow to celebrate the city council’s decision to abandon its workplace parking tax. The council had tried to come up with a workable formula under which every firm in Bristol city centre paid a £1 per day levy...
Bristol cultural marketing consultancy Coconut Chilli Digital has launched a new website for Bell’s Diner, the city’s best-known fine dining restaurant. The site allows diners to book online and showcases the cutting-edge food on offer at the long-standing Montpelier eaterie. Launched as part of a new strategy to engage...
West manufacturers are increasingly targeting overseas markets to fuel their growth, according to a new survey. Despite the eurozone’s instability, some 75% of firms surveyed for the Manufacturing Advisory Service's (MAS) latest South West Barometer, hope to increase international orders by next year, with one in four aiming to...
Staff from Portishead-based paper-based packaging manufacturer Smurfit Kappa UK have raised £25,000 by cycling 2,012 miles around all the firm’s 25 UK sites. The feat, the biggest UK charity event of its kind for the company, involved more than 200 employees riding in relay, 12 hours a day over...
The University of Bristol has sold the freehold of a 1.2-acre site on Warren Lane, Long Ashton, to luxury retirement home specialists Blue Cedar Homes for a development of 12 cottages. The site was part of the university’s agricultural research station, which closed in 2003, and was subsequently sold...
Plans for a £11m green business park in South Bristol which could become a base for more than 100 fledgling environmental technology firms have been drawn up. The site, on the derelict site of Bristol’s original airport in Whitchurch, is owned by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). It...
Direct marketing expert James Harvey has joined Bristol-based brand engagement and internal communications consultancy Synergy Creative. James, pictured, who has more than 10 years’ experience in direct marketing and market research, joins as a senior account manager. He previously worked at Loop, the Bristol-based business consultancy, where he gained...
