Nearly 350 business leaders from across the West of England attended last week’s ICAEW regional annual business dinner, where former MI5 Director General Eliza Manningham-Buller was guest speaker. Baroness Manningham-Buller drew on her experiences leading the service through significant change, expansion and scrutiny and urged businesses to embrace diversity of views to become...
National wealth management and professional services group Evelyn Partners has strengthened its business support and restructuring teams in Bristol with a new manager appointment and several promotions. Accountant Camilla Foden joins the group’s advisory consulting team as a manager from Stroud-based green energy pioneer Ecotricity, where she was a...
Organisations need a diversity of views to be relevant and effective, the former Director General of MI5 Eliza Manningham-Buller told West of England business leaders last night. Speaking at the ICAEW regional annual business dinner, Baroness Manningham-Buller, pictured, drew on her experiences leading the service through significant change, expansion and...
Advisers from regional law firm Thrings and accountants Bishop Fleming have helped secure a major national deal in the fast-growing data and artificial intelligence sector. The acquisition of DataShapa by market-leading Microsoft pure play technology partner Transparity will create a major specialist data practice. London-based DataShapa, a Microsoft Gold...
Bristol firms are being urged to join more than 125 firms across the UK that have already signed a pledge to never support or promote blood sports such as hunting or shooting. The plea has come from West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris, who is also chair of...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has appointed Gillian Griffiths as a director in its corporate tax team. Gillian, pictured, has joined from Deloitte UK, where she spent six years as an associate director in its financial services tax team, providing tax advisory services to financial institutions, with a...
Bristol-headquartered specialist R&D tax consultancy ForrestBrown has appointed Peter Reynolds as director – capital allowances to further extend its offer for innovative businesses. Capital allowances specialist Peter, pictured, brings 20 years’ experience advising FTSE 100 companies on fixed asset management and commercial property tax relief. Previously a tax partner...
You may have seen TV coverage of the trial we are carrying out at our materials recovery facility (MRF) near Cheltenham, using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve the sorting and recovery of plastic waste. The MRF in question is one of six around the South of England at which...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Naomi Gee, mortgage broker at Manning Gee Investments, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? True Spirit – a movie based on...
Ten senior staff at fast-growing Bristol eCommerce agency The Pixel, which boasts a blue-chip client base that includes Screwfix, JoJo Maman Bébé and The National Trust, have become co-owners of the business in a management buy-out (MBO). The move provides leadership team continuity and further strengthens the market proposition to...
Bristol-based specialist packaging firm SH Fiske has been acquired by a business with a complementary product range in a deal secured by city-based Harbourside Corporate Finance. Fiske, which was founded in 1948 and became family owned 31 years later, specialises in designing, developing and producing a range of packaging...
Bristol specialist intelligent automation and inspection firm Perceptual Robotics is to expand into North and Latin America and double the size of its team after securing its largest-ever investment. The £2.7m, which has come from a consortium of investors, is the latest funding for the firm, which uses autonomous drones...
Bristol Junior Chamber has kicked off its 75th anniversary year with its first-ever all-female leadership team. The group was founded in 1948 to promote trade, commerce and industry in the city and provide its members with professional networking and skills development opportunities. Since then it has been involved in...
