Hundreds of Rolls-Royce’s workers at its massive Bristol plant are fearing for their jobs this weekend after the engineering giant announced shock plans to axe 2,600 posts over the next 18 months. The firm said it needs to slash costs by £120m over the next two years to stay...
The impact of the impending EU-US trade agreement on business in the West of England will be discussed next week by a high-powered expert panel. The breakfast event, hosted by accountancy firm Grant Thornton in Bristol, will look at the ground-breaking Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which aims...
Bristol and its Chinese sister city Guangzhou are to explore closer links between their important educational, industrial and energy sectors following the second visit by a high-powered delegation to Bristol in as many weeks. A Bristol-Panyu Urbanisation and Cooperation group is to be established to look at how the...
Bristol-based Ecoegg, an award-winning designer of eco-friendly laundry products, has created nine jobs and is exporting to more than 30 countries worldwide after bringing its production back from China. Having developed its innovative Dryer Egg, the latest in its range of eco- and skin-friendly products, firm was keen to...
Bristol business leaders today welcomed the latest positive national economic figures but concerns remain that the pace of growth is slowing and further problems could lie ahead. The Office for National Statistics figures show the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.7% in the three months to September...
SETsquared, the highly-successful business incubator backed by the University of Bristol, has been named as one of the UK’s most dedicated champions of entrepreneurs. SETsquared, whose Bristol base is at the Engine Shed at Temple Meads, will compete in the national finals of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards next...
By Matt Cross, Invest Bristol and Bath The value of investment to economic growth cannot be underestimated: it lessens our reliance on public sector support, creates jobs and drives up wages. This is as true for a small business – a café expanding into new premises and taking on...
Bristol’s small and medium-sized manufacturers were today urged to take advantage of a new scheme which could help them win contracts from the UK’s rapidly-developing £60bn civil nuclear new build programme. The link-up between the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) and the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC) will...
The economic recovery may not be as strong as anticipated despite the latest fall in unemployment, Business West, the organisation that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative, has warned. While welcoming the 1.6% year-on-year drop in the number of people out of work in the South...
Global engineering, network and operations group Cyient has relocated its UK office from Almondsbury to Portishead to meet its expansion plans. The firm, whose global headquarters are in Hyderabad, India, set up the Bristol division in 2007 to service clients in the UK and Scandinavia. It has now leased...
Bristol’s economy is in line for a multi-million pound boost and thousands of new jobs after the European Commission finally gave the go-ahead for the £24.5bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. The controversial plant, on the Somerset coast near Bridgwater, will be Britain’s first new nuclear reactor for...
Bristol’s burgeoning links with China have been strengthened following the visit of a high-powered delegation from Shenzhen – the city often described as the country’s silicon valley. The event, staged by the West of England China Bureau and supported by inward investment agency Invest Bristol & Bath and HSBC,...
The CBI has appointed University of the West of England (UWE) vice chancellor Steve West as its South West regional chair. Prof West, pictured, replaces Graham Cole of helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland, who has held the role for the past two years. He will support CBI member companies in the...
