SunLife, the Bristol-based specialist insurer, has promoted its managing director Dean Lamble to chief executive officer as it plans a major expansion. SunLife, the market-leader for over 50s insurance,was recently bought from previous owner French giant AXA by UK insurance business The Phoenix Group in a £375m deal. SunLife...
National business recovery and rescue firm Begbies Traynor has appointed Paul Wood as a new partner in its Bristol office. Paul, pictured, a qualified insolvency practitioner and certified accountant, has joined from accountancy firm Smith & Williamson’s Bristol office, where he spent six years, most recently as an associate...
Bristol-based youth empowerment social enterprise Babbasa has launched its ambitious #Change300Futures campaign with a fundraising gala dinner for 100 civic and business leaders. #Change300Futures aims to improve the life chances of 300 young people from inner-city Bristol by supporting them to progress into work, further education or self-employment. This...
Bristol hospital charity Above & Beyond is asking businesses in the city to swap their secret Santa for a donation with a difference as it launches its Christmas Appeal to raise £20,000 for the Royal Hospital for Children. More than 5,000 children will spend the festive period in Bristol...
Bristol-based Thrive Renewables, the firm that owns the wind turbines at Avonmouth, is seeking to raise £7.5m to invest in more sustainable energy projects around the country. Thrive is already one of the UK’s most widely owned renewable energy companies, with a 5,700-strong community of shareholders and bond holders...
Bristol business support organisation BRAVE Enterprise is running training events during Global Entrepreneurship Week – which starts next Monday – to help people start and grow their own businesses. Its free Thinking about Business seminar on Wednesday November 16 is for anybody considering going into business for the first...
Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming has recruited Ria Burridge as audit director for its growing Bristol office. Ria, pictured, is a Certified Accountant with nearly two decades of proven experience in the audit profession with Big Four firm EY’s Bristol office, where she worked with a diverse range of...
Shares in West of England companies listed on the London Stock Exchange came under pressure this week as markets reacted to the election of Donald Trump as US President. Many took their lead from the FTSE 100, which fell by 2% on opening as it followed stock market turbulence overnight on Wednesday...
Bristol businesses are being urged to take part in a pioneering project to create 10,000 more entrepreneurs in Africa so they can work their way out of poverty with dignity. And in the process they could become the owner of a valuable piece of art for their workplace. The...
Bristol-based food delivery business McCoy’s Kitchen has won a £1,500 investment from the Bristol Junior Chamber (BJC) to expand its presence in the city. The start-up, founded by Rishaun Higgins after his Facebook post of a lasagne went viral, operates a food delivery service on Fridays and Sundays, promoted...
A group of entrepreneurs who took part in a year-long business support programme have celebrated graduating from the School for Social Entrepreneurs Dartington in Bristol. The Lloyds Bank Social Entrepreneurs Programme, staged in partnership with School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), gives fledgling entrepreneurs financial and comprehensive learning support including...
Innovative Bristol tech start-up YellowDog has become the first business to gain funding from a recently launched private equity club in the city. The £425,000 of investment capital from Bristol Private Equity Club (BPEC) came as YellowDog scooped one of the top prizes at this year’s Oracle OpenWorld event...
An ambitious campaign to improve the life chances of 300 young people from inner-city Bristol by supporting them into work, further education or self-employment is to be launched next week. The #Change300Futures campaign is being coordinated by Babbasa, the award-winning Bristol-based youth social enterprise, through a unique development programme...
