Accountancy firm Grant Thornton has appointed Adina Watt as business development manager for the South West. Adina, pictured, moves to the region from the North West where she was the firm’s business development manager in its Manchester and Liverpool offices. Prior to joining Grant Thornton she held the same...
Bristol-based boutique corporate finance firm Momentum has appointed Ross Bradley to its team. Ross, pictured, joins from ‘big four’ accountancy firm Deloitte, where he was an assistant director in transaction services. His appointment follows a string of successful deals for Momentum, including the £50m share buyback of Bailey Caravans...
The annual search for the region’s best companies has started with the launch of accountants PwC’s widely-respected West of England Business of the Year Awards 2015. Now in their 27th year, the eagerly-contested awards are the most prestigious in the region by far – previous winners read like a...
Exports by South West firms have risen slightly over the past year despite turmoil in the key eurozone market, new figures show. And more companies are following the Government’s advice and selling overseas as a way of strengthening their business. Regional trade boss Russell Jones welcomed today’s figures with...
Hi-tech start-ups incubated by SETsquared, the innovation hub backed by the University of Bristol, have created 9,000 jobs and contributed a staggering £3.8bn to the UK economy, research released today shows. The figures, which emerge from a study commissioned from Warwick Economics & Development, are based on the 1,041...
The Chancellor produced a balanced Autumn Statement that addressed business concerns around rates reform and finance, according to Bristol business leaders. James Durie, executive director of Bristol Chamber of Commerce at Business West, described it as a “crowd-pleasing” set of proposals for business, particularly its pledge for a major...
Jobs are at risk at Bristol pensions company Friends Life after its directors agreed to sell the business to UK insurance giant Aviva for £5.6bn. The deal will create the UK’s largest insurance, savings and asset management firm. The boards of the two businesses have been negotiating a deal...
Fast-growing West of England accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bristol, has added another tax director to the team which holds the title of ‘Best Tax Practice in a Regional Firm’. The latest recruit is Isobel Savage, previously head of the tax at Old Mill in...
Innovation incubator SETsquared, which is backed by the University of Bristol, has unveiled two new projects – a £3.2m programme to speed up the commercialisation of university research and a partnership with academic health science networks to help NHS patients. The double boost was announced as it staged a...
Business owners and directors, professional advisers and private clients were among the 450-plus guests who attended accountancy firm Smith & Williamson’s annual client event at the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) in Clifton. The accountancy and investment management group hosted the drinks reception to enable its guests to...
Stirling Dynamics, the Bristol-based specialised advanced engineering firm, is to step up product development after selling a majority stake to private equity house Endless. The firm, which employs 102 people, provides advanced engineering design services to the aerospace, marine and energy sectors focusing on active control technologies, aerospace engineering...
More than 100 ‘fintech’ jobs are to be created in Bristol by one of South Africa’s largest financial services groups in a move that was today welcomed by Prime Minister David Cameron. MMI Holdings, which acquired Bristol-based financial technology firm Blue Speck Financial earlier this year, plans to open...
Two of Bristol’s most-exciting tech innovators are to bid for funding worth £30m in front of an audience made up of some of the UK’s top investors. The firms, based in the city’s SETsquared innovation incubator, will take part in the real-life Dragon’s Den-style showcase at The Shard in...
