From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol’s new currency, the Bristol Pound, was officially launched today with more than 300 shops and businesses already signed up to use it. The launch of the scheme, the largest of its kind in the UK, was marked by a ceremony at the Corn Exchange...
West chartered accountants Milsted Langdon have been shortlisted for a prestigious British Accountancy Award in recognition of a successful year and an innovative, personal approach to accountancy, business and tax advice. The firm, with offices in Bristol, Bath, Taunton and Yeovil, is nominated in the mid-tier firm category at...
UK airline bmi regional is to introduce direct flights from Bristol to Aberdeen, putting it in competition with existing route operator Eastern Airways. The service will be the first from Bristol for bmi regional, which recently split from the larger bmi international airline group following its acquisition by British...
Bristol-based law firm TLT has once again been named as one of the UK’s best legal employers by industry publication Legal Week. TLT is ranked second overall for meeting its employees’ needs in Legal Week’s annual Employee Satisfaction Report. The report is compiled from an independent survey of more...
Bristol law firm Osborne Clarke is in merger talks with London-based Field Fisher Waterhouse which potentially could create a top 20 firm with revenues of nearly £200m. Sources close to the talks described them as being at an “early stage”. Field Fisher Waterhouse was recently linked with rival City...
Monday September 17 INTERIMS Iofina, Networkers International FINALS Allergy Therapeutics AGMS Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Ltd. Sterling Part Shares, Albion Prime VCT, Albion Venture Capital Trust, City of London Group, Downing Absolute Income VCT 2, Turbotec Products Tuesday September 18 INTERIMS Good Energy Group, Surgical Innovations Group, Work Group...
The leadership qualities and business policies needed to navigate today’s vital corporate responsibility issues are to be explored at an exclusive conference in Bristol next month. The exclusive event, the latest in the Board 2020 seminar series, will look at how, in a rapidly-changing environment, businesses should present themselves...
Bristol firms Smart Traffic, the UK’s largest SEO (search engine optimisation) specialist, and IT development consultancy Mosaic Island, have been named as two of the UK’s fastest-growing hi-tech businesses. The firms appear in the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 rankings which is published this Sunday. The table, sponsored...
Around 500 of the region’s senior business figures are expected to attend this year’s CBI South West annual dinner in November when the guest speaker will be veteran journalist and BBC world affairs correspondent John Simpson. The event, sponsored by Barclays, has established itself over many years as one...
Farmer Michael Eavis’s Worthy Farm, best known as the home of Glastonbury Festival, has taken another step towards total sustainability with the installation of a second solar roof. The dairy farm and its herd of 400 cows already have one of the UK’s largest private solar arrays on one...
Half-year pre-tax profits have risen by 14% at Brightside, the Bristol-based specialist insurance broker, as it continues to grow in the small business and motor markets The firm has also paid shareholders its first dividend since floating on the London Stock Exchange four years ago. Revenue climbed by 10%...
Bristol-based law firm Bond Pearce has recruited Esther Kiddle as an associate in its energy and environment experience practice. Esther joins from Burges Salmon where she previously worked with Bond Pearce’s new head of the environment practice, Georgie Messent. Esther, pictured, specialises in regulatory and contractual advice to waste,...
Airbus parent company EADS and Britain’s largest defence group BAE Systems have confirmed they are in merger talks to create a European industrial powerhouse – with Bristol set to play a key role in the new super-group Both firms have major operations in and around the city. Airbus employs...
