Property finance provider Cambridge & Counties Bank is gearing up for growth in the South West by hiring a new staff member and promoting another in its Bristol-based business development team. Paul Howard, pictured right, who opened the bank’s South West office last year, is promoted to senior business...
Former Conservative minister turned Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ann Widdecombe will give financial directors and accountants an insight into General Election when she speaks at a major business event in Bristol next week. Bath-born Ms Widdecombe, pictured, is guest speaker at the ICAEW West of England Annual Dinner, which...
The Bristol offices of accountants Baker Tilly and law firm Ashfords have advised on the sale of Shepton Mallet-based haulage firm Framptons Transport Services to a larger rival. Devon-based heavyweight Gregory Distribution Framptons Transport Services paid an undisclosed sum to acquire Framptons, which has an annual turnover of around...
Bristol firms have just over a month to make sure they secure sponsorship, exhibition stands and free delegate passes for the region’s biggest business show. The Business Showcase South West 2015 will provide a platform for the best of the West of England’s innovation, creativity and enterprise. It has...
With just over three weeks until they set off on their gruelling 430km cycle trek to Paris, the 70-strong Above & Beyond fundraising team are training hard to ensure they hit their £100,000 target. The intrepid cyclists, who will set off on May 1 and arrive at the foot...
Specialist legal expenses insurer Temple Legal Protection has appointed Andy Parkinson as head of corporate partnerships in its Bristol office. He joins the base’s team of insurance professionals under the leadership of underwriting director Phil Bellamy. Andy, pictured, has worked in the legal expenses insurance industry since 1986 and...
Restructuring and insolvency advisory firm Quantuma has opened its sixth UK office in Bristol with two former BDO directors at the helm. In January Quantuma, which also has offices in Southampton, Marlow, London, Watford and Brighton, announced that it had recruited BDO Bristol practice head Graham Randall to lead...
Regional accountants Milsted Langdon’s Bristol-based forensic accounting partner Roger Isaacs has been appointed vice-chair of the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) Forensic Group. The group, which meets around four times per year, is responsible for the institute’s thought leadership in forensic accounting and supports new...
Bristol’s reputation as an innovative business centre will get a major boost from UWE’s new Faculty of Business and Law building, the university’s deputy vice chancellor said today as the main contractor was appointed. International building group ISG, which has a base in Bristol, will oversee construction of the...
Bristol insolvency practitioner Rupert Mullins, who has worked in the city for more than 25 years, has sold his practice to Hampshire-based accountancy firm Rothmans as it sets up a new business recovery business. The practice, which previously operated under the Benedict Mackenzie name, will continue to be based...
Many Bristol businesses are not prepared for the most significant changes to UK financial reporting in recent years, according to a survey by Smith & Williamson, the accountancy and investment management group with an office in the city. The survey of finance directors and chief financial officers reveals that...
Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub has added £8m to the local economy after being in operation for just over a year, according to a new study. The centre, which is home to the Bristol SETsquared university business incubator and Invest Bristol and Bath, the West of England’s inward investment...
Shares in specialist IT group SciSys continued to fall today after its chairman warned that its performance this year would be “flat”. Dr Mike Love, pictured, who co-founded the group, which has a base in Bristol, admitted the business faced challenges last year but insisted its 2014 financial results,...
