International accountancy group EY has appointed three associate partners to its Bristol practice, bolstering the office’s leadership team as it continues to expand across the South West. The promotions include Robin Enstone and Liz Gray, who were both previously senior managers in the firm’s in Bristol-based assurance practice. Robin...
A six-figure investment from Bristol Private Equity Club has helped fast-growing women’s fitness brand This Mum Runs step up to the next level. Launched with a single Facebook post in 2014, the trailblazing Bristol-based business is now one of the fastest-growing businesses in the city. With 35,000 members worldwide, a team...
A new project designed to inform people aged 55 and over plan for a happy, healthy and fulfilling retirement has been launched in Bristol. Called The Post-Retirement Opportunities (PRO) Project and run by LinkAge Network, it aims to inform people approaching retirement on the opportunities and advice available to...
Lawyers based in the Bristol office of regional firm Ashfords have advised Route 1 International – described as the Tinder of the legal talent industry – on a £275,000 seed funding round. London-based Route 1 International – in which Ashfords itself invested two years ago – uses marketplace technology...
Regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon’s forensic partner Roger Isaacs has become the chair of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales’ (ICAEW) forensic advisory committee. The committee stands at the head of the forensic accountancy profession in the UK and provides advice, support, and thought leadership to...
Six new staff have joined Bristol-invoice finance firm Optimum Finance as it continues its rapid expansion. The firm, set up last year by Richard Pepler, the former chief executive and co-founder of Bristol-based factoring group Ultimate Finance, now employs 18 people, having doubled its workforce over the past few...
By Tracey John, assistant director of research, business and innovation, UWE Bristol The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is very active when it comes to business engagement. As well as offering internships and supplying work-ready graduates, it also serves as a conduit for government funding. Two...
Business West, the region’s largest business support and lobbying group, has joined three other organisations to this week launch a new venture that aims to transform how businesses trade internationally. Export Growth Partners will redefine export support to meet the challenges and opportunities of Britain’s exit from the European...
The Bristol office of business advisory and corporate recovery firm Quantuma has been boosted by the arrival of two new staff. Mike Dyer joins as business development manager from business rescue and recovery firm Leonard Curtis with Tanja Waack arriving from CVR Global, also a insolvency and restructuring firm,...
Professional services firm Deloitte’s South West practice has promoted two staff members to director and appointed a new partner. The new directors in the Bristol office are Gina Miles in audit and Marcus Chapman in tax while audit partner Andrew Holland joins from Deloitte in Toronto, having moved back...
Bristol’s major investment opportunities, including Cumberland Basin and the Temple Quay Enterprise Zone along with its smart energy and infrastructure schemes, will next week be promoted to international investors at a global gathering of business leaders and politicians. Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees and the West of England Metro...
A tech business using artificial intelligence (AI) developed in Bristol to revolutionise the early diagnosis of skin cancer has received a £300,000 investment from the city’s Private Equity Club. Skin Analytics is using the AI to provide a smartphone-based skin cancer ‘early warning system’ for GPs – enabling patients to...
Just one in 10 West of England businesses think the government will deliver a good deal on Brexit, according to the latest survey from the region’s largest business organisation. And half of the firms taking part said they felt ‘negative’ or ‘very negative’ over the government’s Brexit negotiations. When...
