Chancellor George Osborne opened his Budget by saying it will 'unashamedly back business." The Budget will "reward work". Britain "is going to earn its way in the world", he said. Britain is "not immune" from developments in the eurozone, he said. He also said a million more jobs will...
Bristol Business News, the city’s fastest-growing source of authoritative business news and information, will be delivering the full analysis of today’s Budget in the following ways: · Twitter. We will be tweeting the key points as they are announced by Chancellor George Osborne · * Online. Our website will...
With less than an hour before Chancellor George Osborne reveals the contents of this year’s Budget, expectations are running high for some business-friendly measures to ease the plight on small and medium-sized firms. Among the issues business organisations in the West want tackled is a planned reduction in the...
Hundreds of business people from across the region are today heading to Rabbit South West, the region’s most innovative business exhibition. Delegate registrations for the show at Brunel’s Old Station, Temple Meads have doubled over the past week and were still rising strongly today. Businesses from across the West of...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com The official route of the Olympic torch through Bristol is revealed today by London 2012 organisers, with paralympian sailor and Team GB member Blaire Hannan leading the procession. Among the Bristol roads on the route are Nags Head Hill, Old Market Street, Baldwin Street, Hotwell...
A new forum to showcase manufacturing in the West and share best practice has staged its inaugural meeting. SWIM (South West Innovative Manufacturing) was launched at the National Composites Centre (NCC) on the Bristol & Bath Science Park with the message that, while facing some tough challenges, manufacturing is...
The future of journalism following the phone hacking scandal will be explored this evening at a high-profile debate on press regulation staged in Bristol by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). Called Hacked to Bits: Restoring public trust in journalism, this evening’s event will give some of the leading...
Professor Colin Pillinger, the man behind the British-led Beagle 2 mission to Mars, is making a star appearance in his hometown of Bristol for a lecture looking at what can be learned from Martian meteorites. Prof Pillinger has spent 40 years analysing and writing about extraterrestrial objects – a...
HR professionals and managers have been given an invaluable insight into what actually happens in an employment tribunal. The mock hearing was staged by the Bristol office of leading law firm Ashfords, with staff from the firm’s highly-experienced employment team playing witnesses, advocates and panel members joined by practising...
One young person’s life will change dramatically later this month when the Bristol Young Student of the Year Awards draw to a close and the winner of the top individual prize is announced. BPP University College is offering one entrant in the awards the chance to take up an...
Bristol law firms Veale Wasbrough Vizards and Bond Pearce have provided legal advice in a £1.15m investment deal for high-growth IT firm Gradwell that aims to make it four times its current size in just four years. The Bath-based firm, which provides VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephony and...
Former Barclays Bank regional chairman Simon Moore has been appointed CBI South West regional director. He will act as the voice of business in the region, will be responsible for all CBI South West member companies, and will represent the region’s business leaders on key policy and regulatory issues....
A record number of businesses and individuals who have helped young people in Bristol raise their aspirations, attainment and achievement are to be honoured at a special ceremony next week. They will receive awards from the education charity Ablaze, which links local firms with schools and arranges business volunteers...
