Accountancy firm Grant Thornton has appointed Paul Holland as an assurance director for the South West region. Paul, pictured, joins with more than 20 years’ experience across financial auditing. He was most recently head of UK sustainability services at rival KPMG, where he worked for more than eight years. ...
Experienced audit and advisory professional Nigel Hardy has been appointed to the Bristol office of accountancy group Smith & Williamson’s as a partner. Nigel joins the assurance and accounting practice from the Bristol office of rival RSM, where he worked with entrepreneurial businesses across a range of sectors including...
Providing an “exceptional” service to its clients has earned regional accountancy group Bishop Fleming Gold status in the latest Investor in Customers (IIC) survey. It is the third time the firm, which has the largest of its seven offices in Bristol, has been recognised in successive assessment by independent...
Innovative small and medium-sized Bristol firms can apply for grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 to carry out research and development following the relaunch of an established funding programme. Innovation 4 Growth (I4G) funding totalling £500,000 is available to businesses from across the West of England in all sectors...
One of the UK’s leading school uniform suppliers has hit the acquisition trail for the third time in less than three years with help from the Bristol office of international law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD). A team led by Bristol-based WBD corporate partner Tom Fitzpatrick advised Trowbridge-based Banner...
Father-and-son football managers Gary and Lee Johnson will talk about their life on and off the pitch when they appear at an exclusive event for charity Above & Beyond in Bristol next month. Cheltenham Town boss Gary is an official ambassador for the charity’s £830,000 Bristol Heart Institute (BHI)...
BRAVE Enterprise, the Bristol-based not-for-profit business advice organisation, is running a wide range of training events this summer to help start-up and established businesses to grow and prosper. The workshops – which are being held at BRAVE’s offices in Upper York Street, Bristol – will offer practical advice to...
Bristol-headquartered ethical bank Triodos has provided £5m to support organic veg box firm Riverford’s founder transfer nearly three-quarters of its shares to its employees. Guy Singh-Watson, who launched the business in 1987 from his family’s farm in Devon, completed the move after more than 10 years of research and...
Bristol business leaders have welcomed the publication of the ‘value for money’ reports on the location of the city’s much-delayed arena – even if they suggest it is likely be built north of the city at Filton rather than the originally planned site near Temple Meads. Accountancy giant KPMG’s...
Eight Bristol directors will go head to head with some of the South West’s top bosses next week in one of the region’s most prestigious business award schemes. The eight are among the finalists in this year’s South West Director of the Year Awards. The coveted awards will be presented...
Bristol firms that go the extra mile to ensure their staff are cheerful and fulfilled are being invited to enter the annual South West Happiest Workplace Competition. The brainchild of Bristol-based workplace and interior design consultancy Wylde IA, the contest has successfully championed enlightened businesses since it was launched...
Bristol-based insurance broker Hayes Parsons has bought specialist yacht underwriting agency Admiral Marine – its first acquisition since its management buy-out in 2015. The deal was supported by Bristol professional advisors law firm Gregg Latchams and accountants Corrigan Associates. Admiral, which is based in Salisbury and has a turnover...
A Bristol construction firm has ceased trading with the loss of 50 jobs just weeks after being named as one of UK’s most inspiring small and medium-sized businesses. Ikon Construction, which was established in 2001 and has completed many high-profile projects in and around Bristol, was placed into administration...
