A tongue-in-cheek marketing campaign about ‘beard insurance’ has landed Bristol-based insurer SunLife a top industry award. The April Fool’s spoof beat off competition from NatWest and M&G Investments to win Best Use of Social Media at the Money Marketing Awards. The campaign – with the tagline ‘reassurance of knowing...
Bosses running West of England firms are almost three times more likely to vote in favour of remaining in the EU than leave – with the gap between the two views widening over the past three months. The latest snap survey by Business West – the region’s largest business...
Three bosses running businesses in the Bristol area have won Director of the Year awards in the prestigious annual event staged by the IoD. Mark Crutchley, director of Circadian Trust, a social enterprise that delivers sport and leisure facilities in partnership with South Gloucestershire Council, won the Third Sector...
Engine Shed, Bristol’s innovation hub, is staging the second in its finance series later this month with accountancy group PwC gauging the outlook for venture capital funding. This is a must-attend event for those wishing to understand the venture capital landscape in both the UK and US and will be especially...
Around 60 clients and guests of the investment management, accountancy and tax group Smith & Williamson attended a drinks reception at the Colston Hall in Bristol before being treated to a special performance by the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra. The performance, sponsored by the firm’s Bristol-based private client team,...
The views of employers in Bristol and across the West of England are being sought on recruitment experiences, skills gaps and more to influence the area’s future skills strategy. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) Annual Employer Skills Survey, is aligned to its vision to develop a...
Bristol-based international speciality chemicals and gases firm A-Gas has continued its expansion in the US by acquiring a refrigeration recovery business. Phoenix, Arizona, headquartered Rapid Recovery operates 40 branches across the US. Each site provides a full suite of on-site recovery and cylinder services to the refrigeration and HVAC...
Aggregates firm Wainwrights has completed its new £9m asphalt plant at Avonmouth, increasing capacity for the historic firm and ensuring further growth. The plant, financed by Barclays, has been built on a 4.5-acre site within a mile of the regional motorway network, so opening up access to new markets...
A seminar exploring the pros and cons of EU membership is being staged by accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson in Bristol next Tuesday. The event follows new survey results showing business owners are becoming increasingly worried about the UK leaving the EU after June 23’s...
Landlords planning to transfer their properties into a company to avoid recent tax changes are being warned of the dangers. In a bid to cool the market, Chancellor George Osborne has introduced new taxes – and his 20% cap on mortgage interest relief is causing the most anxiety in...
Business advisory firm Deloitte has strengthened its senior team in the South West and Wales by promoting two new partners and nine directors. The new partners are Duncan Down in the firm’s financial advisory practice and Gareth Pritchard in its tax practice. Gareth, who joined Deloitte’s Cardiff office in...
Bristol-based customer experience firm Cxpartners is in the running for a national financial services award for its work revolutionising the Co-op Bank’s online profile. Cxpartners helped the bank focus on ethics, honesty and transparent customer experience in a move that has delivered dramatic results. The project has earned Cxpartners...
Bristol arts charity Knowle West Media Centre has won a £23,965 share of a £2.5m Skills and Opportunities Fund run by NatWest. The fund supports organisations in disadvantaged communities that help people develop, create or access the skills and opportunities they need to get into work or start a...
