Integrated communications agency Social has promoted Ben Lowndes to managing director of its South West business following another year of growth for its Bristol office and its wider group of companies. The move comes as the agency completes another year of profitable growth during which its turnover has risen to...
Hydrock, the Bristol-based multi-disciplinary engineering, energy and sustainability consultancy, has appointed former KPMG partner Ronnie McCombe as its non-executive chairman. Ronnie, pictured, will work with Hydrock’s board to drive forward the next stage of the company’s growth, drawing on his wide experience of working with innovative and fast-growth companies...
The Covid pandemic has reduced levels of economic activity across the UK this year. Households and businesses have generally been spending and investing less than they were before the pandemic struck. This fall in spending and investment risks significant job losses as many businesses face much lower demand for...
Bristol Airport has been given a major boost by Jet2, the UK’s third largest airline, which from next year will make the airport its 10th base and launch flights to 33 destinations. Jet2, which does not currently operate from Bristol, will also create more than 200 jobs at the airport...
Bristol businesses are being urged to join a new group which launched today to help make the city carbon neutral within 10 years by sharing experiences and best practice. Fifteen leading organisations from across the city have already signed to become members of the Climate Leaders Group, ranging from...
Bristol law firm Gregg Latchams, one of the UK’s oldest surviving legal practices, has unveiled a new look and new name – GL Law – to reflect its new way of working in the rapidly changing legal market. The change is part of a major rebrand for the firm...
Chamber of Commerce has said it welcomes the introduction of Covid marshals in the city to advise businesses on their responsibilities during the second national lockdown. Bristol City Council has said it plans to have at least 16 marshals operating around the city in an initiative announced before the...
Bristol-based pensions and employee benefits communications firm Concert Consulting, which works with blue-chip clients such as the AA and Nationwide, has been sold to a US-based global HR benefits and consulting group. Concert, which was founded by managing director Peter Walsh in 2004, specialises in communicating to more than...
Businesses will be advised on how they can help Bristol achieve its ambitious target of being a carbon neutral city by 2030 as part of a £4m, three-year programme approved by the city council’s cabinet this week. The financial package will fund a combined Climate and Ecological Emergency Programme....
A group of Bristol firms are hoping to secure lucrative business deals by taking part in the city’s first virtual trade missions to Mexico and Chile. Organised by the Department for International Trade (DIT) and led by Sarah Hildersley, DIT’s market specialist for Latin America in the region, the...
Bristol businesses are being invited to have their say on the type of homes, employment sites and vital transport links that will be needed by the West of England over the next 20 years. The West of England Combined Authority is seeking comments to help it shape its Spatial...
The Institute of Directors South West has named Robert Lloyd Griffiths OBE as its new regional director, replacing Simon Face, who had been in the post since 2003. Robert, pictured, will perform the South West job alongside his existing role as the IoD’s national director for Wales, a position...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has welcomed the latest extension to the governments’ furlough scheme, but urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to come up longer-term measures to protect firms. Mr Sunak, pictured, this afternoon announced the furlough scheme would now run until the end of March, with the...
