Hydro International, the Clevedon-based manufacturer of water treatment equipment, has signed distribution agreements in Russia and Romania and won its first contract in Russia. Under a strategic business partnership with leading Russian engineering company Ecoline, Hydro will supply stormwater products into Russia, the Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. Established in...
A major investment in state-of-the-art printing equipment has helped increase turnover by 20% at commercial and industrial engraving specialist Brunel Engraving. The Clevedon-based company, which provides bespoke engraving services, trophies, medals and awards for local, national and overseas customers, has spent more than £75,000 upgrading its technology and expanding...
Bristol-based Trunki, the pioneering firm behind the child’s ride-on suitcase, has been announced as a finalist in the Santander Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year category of the National Business Awards. Trunki was launched by designer Rob Law, pictured right, who famously was rejected when he appeared...
Bristol’s iconic Alma Tavern, one of the UK’s few combined pubs and theatres, is to be given a new lease of life after being taken over. The venue, in Alma Vale Road, Clifton, is to be refurbished and redecorated and its theatre upgraded under new owner James Dunn. The...
Design agency Synergy Creative has made two new appointments to its team in Westbury on Trym as it continues to go from strength to strength. The agency, which specialises in providing branding, employee communications and marketing services for clients such as Ladbrokes, Arval and the NHS, has recruited Celia...
Business confidence has fallen to its lowest point this year with prospects in the service and manufacturing sectors looking poor for the rest of 2012, according to new research. The latest Business Trends report by accountants and business advisers BDO, who have a major office in Bristol, shows confidence...
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A strong mayor should be able to lift Bristol into the global elite of cities, Labour mayoral candidate Marvin Rees has told business leaders. He said he had looked at how other non-capital cities around the world had set themselves apart from their rivals, such as Dallas and Austin...
A team of professionals from accountants Deloitte’s Bristol office swapped their suits for Lycra to raise £1,200 for the British Paralympic Association (BPA) by riding 250 miles in seven hours on bikes fixed on static ‘turbo-trainers’. The riders were joined in their feat at Cabot Circus by the Lord...
Bristol lawyer Jo Darlington is among the first in the country to receive official approval by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) in recognition for her dedication to helping those who have suffered life-changing brain injuries. Jo, pictured, associate and head of serious injury in law firm Irwin...
Family-owned soft drinks maker Lovely Drinks has proved that it is not only Olympians who gold. The firm, based in Barrow Gurney, has been awarded gold stars for the fourth consecutive year in the Great Taste Awards Its Elderflower Pressé, Apple & Gooseberry and Elderflower & Rose have been...
Bristol law firm VWV has further expanded its corporate team with the appointment of Martin Reid as its ninth corporate partner. The firm, formerly Veale Wasbrough Vizards, already has one of the largest and most-experienced corporate law teams in the region and is now expanding into London, where Martin...
Labour would set up a British Investment Bank to widen the availability of credit to small firms, shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna pledged today as he met businesses in Bristol. He said the bank – likely to be an extension of the recently-launched Green Investment Bank – would fill...
