Just over half of West of England firms are either ‘negative’ or ‘very negative’ about the UK leaving the single market and customs union, according to the latest survey by the region’s largest business organisation. Released to coincide with Wednesday’s triggering of Article 50, the results of the Business...
West of England firms face uncertainty and risks in areas such as skills and supply chains but also opportunities from Brexit, a meeting attended by bosses of around 100 businesses this morning heard. There was consensus that the region’s business community needed to lobby government over the impact of...
The clock is ticking for Bristol directors to enter the region’s top award scheme recognising excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The deadline for the Institute of Directors’ (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards 2017 is March 31 and organisers are urging Bristol’s top executives to get...
Bristol firms needing to distribute goods on pallets into mainland Europe are being promised a more efficient service following the opening of a new logistics hub at Avonmouth. The development by Palletways, Europe’s largest specialist logistics network, is the firm’s fifth in the UK and will offer a pan-European...
Chancellor Philip Hammond has been told to follow up his dramatic Spring Budget U-Turn on proposed National Insurance increases for the self-employed by reversing planned tax rises on small business owners. Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has its largest office in Bristol, welcomed the Mr Hammond’s decision to...
Bristol’s innovation centre for scientific enterprise opened today – allowing the city to effectively compete for the first time against cities such as Oxford and Cambridge. Unit DX, pictured, will encourage cutting-edge science and tech start-ups with the kind of high-end laboratory space and support facilities common in the US and...
Bristol firms are being invited to head up the A4 to attend the successful Bath Business Expo, which returns to the city next week. One of the region’s largest general business exhibitions, it offers unrivalled exhibition and networking opportunities for firms across the West of England. The Expo takes...
Small business support group Enterprise Nation is to head to Bristol again to stage its flagship female-focused event, the Festival of Female Entrepreneurs. The event, the largest of its kind in the UK, has been held in the city since it was launched six years ago. Taking place this year on...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, described Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring Budget as “underwhelming” but warned there were some measures that will make firms nervous. These included the National Insurance increase for the self-employed – which it feared could dampen entrepreneurship – and the impact of business rate...
Business organisation the CBI’s director-general Carolyn Fairbairn described today’s Budget as a “breakthrough for skills”. She said: “There has never been a more important time for the UK to sit at the global top table of technical education for young people. “Firms will be looking for ongoing partnership with...
Chancellor Philip Hammond announced new funding to help the UK compete in science and innovation in his spring Budget, including: £300m for research talent, including 1,000 PhD places for STEM subjects £270m for robots, driverless cars and biotech £16m for a 5G mobile technology hub £200m for fibre broadband
BRAVE Enterprise, the Bristol-based not-for-profit business support organisation, is running a series of workshops this month to provide expert start-up advice to fledgling firms and help growing businesses promote themselves effectively. The not-for-profit business support organisation will be running the courses at its central Bristol offices at The Coach...
