Innovative Bristol-based community engagement platform Neighbourly has launched a special fund to provide targeted support to charities and organisations on the frontline of the cost of living crisis. The warm communities fund is aimed at groups already in Neighbourly’s network that need additional support to provide food donations and...
The globally acclaimed University of Bristol-supported business incubator SETsquared has bolstered the UK economy by £15.7bn since its launch 20 years ago, according to an independent report. SETsquared was set up in 2002 by a small group of research-intensive universities in the South of England, including Bath, with a...
Confidence levels among South West firms about their prospects and those of the UK economy have unexpectedly increased, according to a new survey – although optimism remains far lower than it did just months ago. While confidence fell by four percentage points during October to minus 4%, last month it picked...
Specialist Bristol software firm Paranimo is aiming to revolutionise workplace mental health support after receiving funding that has taken its total investment to nearly £300,000. The firm has developed a SaaS (software as a service) wellbeing platform that simplifies access to personalised mental health support in the workplace. The...
Bristol firms can ensure they are fit for the future by taking advantage of free support on offer under a Workforce for the Future programme. Staged by Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, Workforce for the Future provides fully funded, tailored and in-depth support for firms with fewer...
An ambitious plan to tackle poverty and close the inequality ethnic gap in Bristol was officially launched this week with a plea to businesses to get involved and end what it calls a “divided city”. OurCity2030 aims to get young people from low-income households, starting from inner-city Bristol, into...
Businesses in central Bristol suffered a slump in sales of more than 11% in just three months as the cost of living crisis hit the city, according to new figures. Total spending in shops, bars, cafes, hotels and other businesses in the city centre fell from £142.6m in the...
Experienced licensed insolvency practitioner Mark Roach has joined regional accountancy group PKF Francis Clark’s Bristol office as it continues to invest in its business recovery team to help firms through the recession. Mark, who joins as an associate director, brings to five the number of insolvency practitioners at the firm,...
With so much changing in the global economy and political world, it may be helpful to review your portfolio and ensure that your pensions and investments remain well-positioned to meet your goals. Including during this cost-of-living crisis, how your investments can support your income requirements. To some, it may...
Bristol specialist software firm Deazy has been named as one of the UK’s fastest- growing technology businesses with a staggering 2,615% hike in revenue over the past four years. The achievement has placed the firm 13th in a major new national growth league table and third in the South West....
Nine mid-sized Bristol firms, ranging from a pioneer of hand-tracking software to a medical simulator manufacturer, are being championed as regional success stories in a new UK-wide programme. They are among 16 South West businesses chosen by specialist consulting firm WIRED that typify its vision of trailblazing enterprises –...
A team from Bristol-based national law firm Burges Salmon have played a crucial role in the sale of the Coventry Building Society Arena – home to Coventry City FC – to retail tycoon Mike Ashley’s Fraser Group. The lawyers advised the stadium’s former owner ACL and its joint administrators...
The growth path for businesses and the UK economy may be “long, rocky, and protracted”, the region’s largest business group fears following the Autumn Statement. Matt Griffith, pictured below, director of policy at Business West – the organisation that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce – described the statement as...
