Downbeat economic figures out today confirmed that the UK has slipped further into recession. Official figures from the Office of National Statistics for the second quarter of this year show economic output fell by a worse-than-expected 0.7%. Britain tumbled into a second recession in four years at the end...
Bristol City Council chief executive Jan Ormondroyd is to take early retirement at the end of this month to spend more time with her family following her partner’s recent diagnosis with a terminal illness. Council leader cllr Simon Cook, in partnership with other party group leaders, is to put...
Renishaw, the pioneering South Gloucestershire precision engineering group, has unveiled a record set of annual results with pre-tax profits for the year for the year to June 30 up 7% to £86m on revenue ahead by 15% to £331.9m. The Wotton-under-Edge group, which designs and makes hi-tech measuring equipment...
Bristol-based serviced apartment company SACO has expanded its management team with the appointment of Nicole O’Connor as network partner manager. Nicole’s role will further establish the company’s growing international portfolio. It follows the opening of a US base – its first outside the UK – in February and rapid...
Bristol entrepreneur Ed Cheney and his bamboo T-shirt business Mabboo feature in a new TV business show which started this week. Ed launched the business, which imports natural-fibre T-shirts made in China from sustainable sources, in late 2010 and was a runner-up in last year’s UWE Biz Idea Competition....
Creative agency Jazzbones is targeting Bristol to win new clients after its successful project for Swindon’s economic regeneration and inward investment company Forward Swindon. Jazzbones’ new website for Forward Swindon – www.swindon.uk.com – is the latest in a number of innovative marketing initiatives designed by Jazzbones, which is based...
Passenger numbers at Bristol Airport rose by 6.9% in June against the same month last year and airport bosses are expecting a busier than usual end to July as the traditional summer getaway coincides with an expected increase in inbound passengers en route to Olympic events in Cardiff and...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol will make a fresh bid for the title of European Green Capital next year, one of the key campaigners of this year’s failed bid has said. Speaking at the Bristol Harbour Festival’s Happy City zone at the weekend, Darren Hall told Bristol24-7 that agreement...
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Stephen Lansdown, the founder of Bristol specialist financial firm Hargreaves Lansdown and former chairman of Bristol City FC, has been awarded an honorary degree by UWE Bristol. Mr Lansdown will become a Doctor of Business Administration in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Bristol, especially his involvement with Bristol...
West law firm Foot Anstey has doubled the size of its office in Bristol in just 10 months. The firm opened the office in Victoria Street to meet the demand of its growing national client base last year. It now has 35 staff including nine newly-recruited partners from national...
Bristol Rovers’ ambitious plans for a new stadium at UWE have been approved by South Gloucestershire planners. The club hopes to be playing at the 21,700 capacity ground by the start of 2014/15 season. The new stadium will be partly paid for by the sale of the club’s Memorial...
Accountancy firm Grant Thornton has grown its financial services expertise in the West with the appointment of two managers to meet an increasing demand for regulatory and transaction services. Paul Staples joins the Bristol office from the firm’s 200-strong financial services group in London. Paul, who has previous experience...
