HSBC’s Bristol-based leverage portfolio team has provided debt facilities to support the acquisition of South Wales electronic cash counter provider Tellermate Group. The group, which products support physical cash management by retailers, banks and food service companies worldwide, was taken over by Brookside Equity Partners (BEP), a US private...
The Prince’s Trust has officially opened its new Bristol centre – enabling it to take the way it transforms young lives to the next level. The office in Victoria Street in the city centre is hub for unemployed young people, equipping them with the skills and confidence they need...
Bristol Samaritans have celebrated their 50th anniversary with an event at the city offices of accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson. The Lord Lieutenant of Bristol Mary Prior, High Sherriff Michael Bothamley, Lord Mayor Alastair Watson and Lady Mayoress Sarah Watson were among the dignitaries who joined...
Two very different Bristol entrepreneurs will receive honorary degrees on Monday from UWE Bristol at the award ceremony of the Faculty of Business and Law. Trevor Smallwood, who rose from a management trainee at his local bus company to become chairman of transport group First, will receive the honorary...
Construction group Beard has been named as the West of England’s top company in the prestigious Business of the Year awards. The Swindon-based firm, which has recently completed a number of major projects in Bristol, beat five other finalists to claim the prestigious title in the annual awards sponsored...
Chartered accountant and licensed insolvency practitioner Andy Beckingham has joined business rescue and recovery specialist Leonard Curtis Business Solutions Group’s Bristol office as a director. Andy, pictured, is a former regional chairman of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals and previously worked for Cork Gully, BDO, Begbies Traynor and...
Workplace pensions and the reasons why multinational firms are relocating to the UK are the two topics that will go under the spotlight at the next meeting of accountants Grant Thornton’s quarterly FD Club. The event, which takes place in Bristol on Thursday next week, will hear from two...
Business West, the organisation that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative, has welcomed the £86.2m of Government investment to accelerate economic growth and create 5,000 jobs in the area. But it said the city’s business community still needed to make sure future funding was secured under...
The Government has announced funding of £86.2m for the West of England under its Local Growth Deal. This money is for projects to start in 2015/16 and 2016/17. The key projects to benefit will be: Terabit West – £15m A world-first project to ensure that the West is positioned...
Accountancy group Grant Thornton has appointed Tim Lincoln as practice leader for the South West region. He succeeds John Golding, who will continue to lead the firm’s South West public sector assurance practice. Meanwhile Allister Weir, a director in the firm’s regional tax team, becomes a partner. The changes...
Three senior promotions have been announced at the Bristol office of accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson. Partner Jerry Barnes has been appointed as the new chairman of the firm’s landed estates team. He takes over from partner Andrew Lockwood who remains an active member of the...
Fast-growing Chinese takeaway chain Hotcha is to open up to three more outlets in its home city of Bristol as part of its ongoing expansion programme. The announcement follows last week’s launch of a franchise scheme to establish Hotcha as a national brand and the first UK-wide Chinese takeaway...
Mark Powell has joined the Bristol and Bath offices of accountancy firm Baker Tilly as an associate director as part of a significant investment in the firm's regional talent pool. Mark, pictured, joins the accountancy and business advisory department, strengthening the experience of the team with his knowledge of...
