By Matt Cross, head of inward investment, Invest Bristol and Bath. Last week’s announcement that The Range is investing in bringing 1,050 jobs through one of the largest warehousing and distribution schemes in the UK to Severnside, South Gloucestershire, shows that the West of England is most certainly open...
Bristol’s top firms are being urged to enter the region’s most prestigious business competition – accountants PwC’s annual West of England Business of the Year Awards. The widely-respected awards are now in their 28th year and previous winners represent the cream of the region’s top companies. The unrivalled awards,...
Applications for the coveted South West Fairtrade Business Awards close this weekend and Bristol firms that support fair and ethical business practices are being urged to enter before Sunday’s deadline. The unique awards – now in their fourth year – champion firms that put ethical responsibilities at the heart...
Directors at SciSys, the specialist IT firm with an office in Bristol, have insisted its recovery is now well established and last year’s problems are behind it. In a trading update to the London Stock Exchange this week, they said they were encouraged by the group’s performance in the...
Airbus has also landed a highly lucrative – and significant – order for 118 aircraft from Iran as the Middle East country rebuilds its post-sanctions economy. The order – worth $27bn (£18.7bn) at list prices – spans Airbus’s entire range from short-haul, single-aisle aircraft to the A380 superjumbo, the...
Aerospace group Airbus is to build an industry-leading £38m wing testing centre at its giant Filton, Bristol, plant, it said yesterday in an announcement timed to coincide with a visit by Chancellor George Osborne. Some £18.6m of the investment in the new wing integration centre at Filton will come...
Bristol’s tech and creative sectors will spark a revolution in the city’s commercial property market this year as their fast-growing firms look for a new generation of trendy offices, according to agents JLL. Demand from the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector continues to dominate the market with around...
Quantum computing will fundamentally change our lives, society and the economy in less than a decade, according to a University of Bristol professor’s talk to the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. It has the capability to unlock answers to some of humanity’s most pressing questions that are...
The first TEDx talks at the University of the West of England (UWE) are being staged tomorrow by the Student Union with 10 guest speakers sharing their ideas on the topic of The Innovative Attitude. The speakers – who range from academics conducting ground-breaking research at UWE to those...
Bristol business support organisation BRAVE Enterprise is advising record numbers of aspiring entrepreneurs as new figures reveal the city has become a hotbed for start-up businesses. The not-for-profit body, which has helped thousands launch successful ventures, has had to double the number of free Thinking about Business workshops it...
Business in the Community (BITC) is calling on Bath firms to showcase how they are taking practical action to address pressing issues as the deadline for entries to the 2016 Responsible Business Awards looms. The awards, now in their 19th year, celebrate inspiring examples of businesses that make a...
The latest fall in unemployment – down a further 7,000 in the South West – has been welcomed by Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative. But Business West, the region’s largest business group, has warned that low unemployment brings its own challenges...
