Bristol Airport has won an award from web portal Essential Travel for its Silver Zone car park – the first on-site parking space to receive the monthly accolade. The car park award, presented every month since May 2011, is based on customer reviews of their own experiences. Thousands of...
Monday August 06 INTERIMS Catlin Group Ltd., Morgan Sindall Group, PostNL NV, Puricore, Share Plc, Telecity Group Q2 PostNL NV AGMS Geopark Holdings Ltd., Speymill UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS New Car Registrations (09:30) Tuesday August 07 INTERIMS BBA Aviation, Clarke (T.), Corio NV, Greggs, InterContinental Hotels Group, Meggitt, Mondi, Premier...
Bristol businesses are being urged to act at “an historic moment for the city” and get behind a campaign to set the priorities for its first elected mayor. The Mayor Manifesto was launched this week by the team that helped Bristol become the only English city to vote ‘yes’...
The Bristol Area Solar Installers Co-operative BASIC has installed its first panels on an innovative scheme in Bristol. The co-operative – the UK’s first multi-installer company – was formed by nine specialist solar installers based in the Greater Bristol area with the aim of bidding for large-scale solar projects...
The NSPCC has launched the Bristol Business 1,000 club – a networking and fundraising group aiming to raise £1,000 per business per year. The group will also meet regularly to share business ideas and network. Over the past year nearly 40 local companies have collectively raised more than £40,000 for...
Bristol-based Fosters Event Catering has teamed up with two local drinks suppliers to help support communities in developing countries. The catering company has set up supplier contracts with Montpelier-based FRANK Water and Clifton Coffee Company in Avonmouth which both donate funds from sales to support charitable projects worldwide. FRANK...
Bristol-based cloud computing company IntY has been acquired by Weather Investments, the telecoms investment vehicle behind the Wind mobile phone brand. Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. IntY’s management and operational team will remain unchanged, Weather said. They will drive the business into its next phase...
Three Bristol property agents have been appointed to market the 296-acre Westgate distribution park at Severnside – one of the largest in the region. More than 2m sq ft of warehouse/distribution accommodation has already been developed on the site with a further 4m available for development. Joint venture developers...
Independent brewer Bath Ales has launched its latest special beer – the aptly-named Night Glow – which celebrates its involvement in the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. The Warmley-based brewery is sponsoring the Thursday Night Glow, the traditional curtain-raiser for the ever-popular Fiesta, which this year takes place on August...
House prices fell at their fastest annual rate for nearly three years last month, the latest survey from Nationwide building society showed this morning. Prices have now declined in four of the past five months, the Swindon-based lender said. The fall of 0.7% in July means prices are now...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Two Bristol NHS trusts have agreed to formally merge, creating an organisation with an annual turnover of almost £1bn and an ambition to fulfil the city’s potential as major academic research and teaching centre. The combination of University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust (UHBFT) and North...
Britain’s first women’s business event, Women Outside The Box, takes place in Bristol in October before being taken around the UK’s major cities. The free-to-attend day on October 8 will offer advice on starting up and growing a business specifically designed for women, as well as demystifying some of...
Churngold Group, the Avonmouth-based diversified waste management business, has promoted Emma Keen to the newly-created job of environmental director of its waste and recycling business. The board-level role makes Emma responsible for overseeing Churngold’s environmental compliance regime as it looks to grow its business in areas such as processing...
