Bristol business support organisation BRAVE Enterprise is urgently seeking experienced business people to mentor the city’s growing number of aspiring entrepreneurs. The not-for-profit organisation has helped thousands launch successful ventures since it was launched in the 1980s. But its existing network of mentors is now advising record numbers of...
Civic leaders and VIPs joined Arnos Vale fundraisers for a recent Night at the Cemetery event to help secure its long-term future. Invited guests included the Lord Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Clare Campion-Smith, High Sheriff of Bristol Helen Wilde and Mayor George Ferguson. The event raised more than £15,000...
Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has strengthened its services to education establishments in the South West with the appointment of Christina Winter and Clare Thomas as specialist education relationship managers. The pair will each work with a broad range of education clients across the region offering tailored guidance and support....
Accountancy firm EY’s Bristol corporate finance team has acted as lead advisor to specialist systems integrator IPL’s shareholders in its sale to major UK IT firm Civica. Bath-based IPL was formed 37 years ago and now employs more than 370 staff. It has developed secure software for more than...
Three Bristol firms have today been named among the finalists of the region’s most prestigious business awards. Property services firm Ian Williams, dental group Oasis Healthcare and mobility equipment supplier and retailer Oaktree Mobility line up against some of the South West’s top firms in accountants PwC’s annual West...
Some of Bristol’s most influential business figures have lent their names to an open letter backing the re-election of George Ferguson as mayor. The letter, signed by 41 men and women, has been published with less than a week to go to the mayoral election next Thursday. The group...
Eighty intrepid cyclists – including Bristol medics, managing directors and even a Wonder Woman – bid ‘bon voyage’ to family and friends today as they set off on the Bristol-to-Paris Cycle Challenge for local hospital charity Above & Beyond. In just four days, the cyclists will pedal 430km to...
The successful Business Showcase South West returns next month to again celebrate the best of the region’s innovation, creativity and enterprise. The event, the largest of its kind in the South West, this year takes place at Bristol’s newly redeveloped Ashton Gate Stadium, meaning it will be even bigger. Delegates...
The Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed Chris Price as regional director of commercial banking for the South West, Midlands and Wales. Chris, pictured, will head the commercial banking team responsible for supporting SME customers across the region. Seven local directors of commercial banking will report to him along...
Accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has a major office in Bristol, has signed up its 350th academy school client. The addition of the Riviera Primary Academy Trust in Paignton bolsters Bishop Fleming’s position as one of the UK’s top three auditors for academy schools. Riviera Primary Academy Trust director...
The British Chamber of Commerce in Germany (BCCG) has launched a membership region in Bristol to support firms looking to do business in Germany. The launch event was staged at the city office of law firm DAC Beachcroft and was attended by a number of firms already trading in...
Bristol Energy Cooperative has signed agreements that add funding of £3.95m for its community energy projects – taking the total raised since its November launch to £9m. The new funding – from Bristol-based ethical bank Triodos, Bristol City Council and Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) – is being used to add...
By Mark Stone, financial planning director at Whitechurch Financial Consultants. The British love affair with DIY can be a mercurial relationship with euphoric highs and frustrating lows. When it comes to home improvement my efforts are more akin to an episode of Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em than that...
