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...
The newly appointed West of England president of accountancy body ICAEW is to use his term in office to support projects that prepare young people for work, create growth opportunities for all businesses and encourage the wider profession to do more in the local community. Duncan Stratford, a director...
BRAVE Enterprise, the independent, not-for-profit business advice organisation based in Bristol, stages a comprehensive programme of training courses and workshops. Using Social Media Presenter: Amy Morse Date: Thursday July 7 Time: 10am – 1pm Cost: £42 (inc VAT) By the end of this seminar you will understand the possibilities...
The Business Growth Fund (BGF), the UK’s most active provider of growth capital to small and mid-sized businesses, has celebrated its fifth anniversary by increasing its South West team. Set up in May 2011 to fill a funding gap, BGF has since invested nearly £120m in 17 of the...
