Time is running out for Bristol’s best business leaders and entrepreneurs to enter the region’s top awards for boardroom excellence. This year’s Institute of Directors (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards 2018 have already proved the most successful yet, with a record number of registrations to enter....
The challenges and opportunities of investing in infrastructure are to be put under the spotlight at an event next month staged by Bristol-based wealth management firm Whitechurch Securities, law firm Burges Salmon and London-based investment research consultancy Hardman & Co. The event, at Burges Salmon’s Bristol office on March...
Hydro International, the innovative developer of products for the global water industry, is forecasting strong growth after being acquired by pan-European private equity firm Agilitas. The Clevedon-based company has operated in the water management sector since the 1980s, specialising in advanced products that treat wastewater and control stormwater. Its...
Corporate and international tax expert Sarah Lane is to join Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon on March 1 as a partner in its corporate tax team. Sarah, pictured, has extensive experience in tax in both legal and ‘big four’ accountancy firms and she has significant financial services and...
Pioneering Bristol-based payment technology company CreditCall has been acquired by US fintech group NMI, creating a combined business accounting for payment volumes worth more than $45bn a year. CreditCall, which also has an office in New York, has expanded since it was launched in 1996. In that time it...
Twelve of the West of England’s most exciting and fastest-growing businesses will line up next month to pitch for investment at an event that will also boost Bristol’s reputation as a hive of tech and creative activity. Accountancy group PwC and Business West, in collaboration with Bristol’s innovation hub...
BRAVE Enterprise, the not-for-profit business advice organisation in Bristol, is holding a series of training workshops during March for those who are looking to promote, protect or start a business. All courses are held at The Coach House, 2 Upper York Street, Bristol BS2 8QN, and include: Date: March...
The Bristol office of national accountancy group Smith & Williamson has hosted the relaunch of charity Bristol After Stroke. Previously known as the Bristol Area Stroke Foundation, the charity has refreshed its look and feel to encourage supporters, partners and the public to continue to engage with its work....
By Donna Kehoe, Bank of England agent for the South West of England The Bank of England has been providing significant support to our economy for more than a decade. We cut interest rates to exceptionally low levels during the financial crisis to support spending and to reduce the...
Being cautious with other people’s money has paid off for Bristol wealth management firm Whitechurch Securities – the firm has won its industry’s top accolade for such an approach. Whitechurch, which works with financial advisers to provide investment services to private clients, collected the Platinum Award for Best Cautious...
Bishop Fleming, the regional accountancy firm with its largest office in Bristol, has appointed Frances Teague as its new director of finance. Frances, a chartered accountant, joins from retail group Debenhams, where she was senior finance manager. In an extensive career she has worked in a number of accountancy...
Former head of technology at Deutsche Bank Labs, Charles Radclyffe, has relinquished his role at the global financial institution to lead NetKernel, an innovative fintech firm disrupting the financial services world from its HQ in Bristol. Charles’s role at Deutsche Bank included the research and evaluation of emerging...
The University of Bristol has sold all its shares in fossil fuel businesses after calling in ethical investment experts based in the city. The university’s landmark decision to review its holdings in the most carbon-intensive sectors came after a campaign by the university’s Fossil Free Society, which praised the...
