The corporate deals market has bounced back in the South West and is on course for its strongest year since 2010, according to an analysis of recent mergers and acquisitions published by accountancy firm Grant Thornton. Some 142 deals – ranging from acquisitions to management buyouts and flotations –...
Bristol-based property consultancy Alder King is to donate a Christmas tree inspired by Bristol’s year as European Green Capital to St Mary Redcliffe Church’s second annual Treefest event. Alder King’s tree will be festooned with natural decorations including flowers, fruits, twigs and berries and will take its place among...
Cyclists from Bristol are on their way to Paris to present the city’s manifesto for action on climate change at next week’s COP21 summit. The four-day ride, backed by a hugely successful Crowdfunder campaign, has been organised by Love The Future, the not-for-profit social and environmental behaviour change organisation....
SunLife’s social media and outreach manager Sam Gillies has been named Young Marketeer of the Year while the Bristol-based insurer also beat off stiff competition from Aviva and others to win the Content Marketing prize in the Financial Services Forum Awards. SunLife created an entertaining content marketing campaign which...
Bristol-based video marketing agency Hurricane has won a third award for its animation for charity Together for Short Lives. The team picked up a regional Media Innovation Award last night for its short film We’re Having a Baby in the animation category. The accolade follows a Digital Entrepreneur Award...
Bristol-based exhibition stand design and build firm Clip has invested £120,000 in new machinery as the final stage in an ambitious two-year project to replace of all of its printing devices and position the company at the cutting edge of digital technology. Its new Durst Omega 2 digital printing...
SETsquared, the University of Bristol-backed innovation partnership, has been named as the best in the world after creating 9,000 jobs and contributing £3.8bn to the UK economy. From its launch 13 years ago, SETsquared – which has its Bristol base at the city’s Engine Shed innovation hub – has...
The CBI welcomed the spending review’s commitment to longer-term investment in the economy but said there was a sting in the tail in the size and scope of the £3m apprenticeship levy. Director-general Carolyn Fairbairn said: “Businesses will be pleased to see the Chancellor staying the course on deficit...
Bristol business experts have given a broadly upbeat reaction to this week’s Autumn Statement and Spending Review. James Durie, pictured below, chief executive of Bristol Chamber of Commerce & Initiative – part of Business West – said it contained some positive news for the city-region. “Once again the ‘builder’...
Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone is to be made bigger to help pay for the much-needed upgrade of Temple Meads station. The extension of the 70-hectare (173-acre) zone, which has already attracted around 2,000 jobs to the area, was included in the announcement of 26 new enterprise zones by...
Chancellor George Osborne has delivered his Autumn Statement and Spending Review. These are the main points: Chancellor says five years ago UK economy was in crisis. Debt will fall this year. £12bn of welfare savings will be delivered in full. Britain has grown faster than any other G7 countries...
Bristol-based gourmet pie company Pieminister’s appetite for growth outside its West of England heartland continues with the announcement of its 10th outlet – this time in Nottingham. The firm, launched in Stokes Croft in 2003, has ambitious plans to triple its number of restaurants to 30 by 2020. Other...
Nick Sturge, director of Bristol’s Engine Shed enterprise hub and the Bristol SETsquared Business Acceleration Centre, has been named as the new South West chairman of the Institute of Directors (IoD). A former Bristol IoD committee chairman and member for more than 10 years, Nick, pictured, will officially take...
