Bristol’s pioneering pie firm Pieminister has finally opened in Birmingham after several years searching the second city for a site suitable for its first West Midlands outlet. The fast-growing gourmet pie maker has acquired a 1,300 sq ft unit in Waterloo Street, which will become its 13th restaurant. The...
Bristol-based café group Friska has been named Regional Growth Business of the Year in the Food and Drink Federation Awards. The win comes hot on the heels of a successful fund-raising round in the summer when Friska raised £3m from Yorkshire Fund Managers (YFM). It also coincided with...
Bristol Music Trust, the organisation that runs Colston Hall, has appointed experienced arts manager Clare Jack to the role of chief operating officer. Clare, pictured, joins from Bath Festivals, where she was development director. She brings more than nine years’ experience in the arts industry having worked as executive...
Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees is calling on the business community to support him as he sets out the case for increased powers and investment for the city. Mayor Rees, pictured, joined the leaders and mayors of the UK’s most powerful cities this week in calling on the government to...
The Bristol office of national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has boosted its office advisory division with the appointment of Chris Andrews as a new graduate surveyor. Chris, pictured, joins from US multinational Berkshire Hathaway, where he worked as a junior broker in its residential agency arm in...
Small and medium-sized enterprises from across the South West are being invited to the preview of a unique programme aimed at supporting and investing in the business leaders of the future. Productivity through People is a collaboration between four world-class organisations with the University of Bath School of Management,...
Bristol businesses have just a few weeks left to comment on a new economic blueprint for the West of England which aims to make it a “beacon of growth and innovation”. The draft strategy was launched in July by West of England Mayor Tim Bowles and interim chair of...
The search is on to find Britain’s female start-up of the Year – with the winner following in the footsteps of two Bristol-based businesswomen. The successful entrant will be crowned in Bristol next month following a live pitching session on stage at the annual Festival of Female Entrepreneurs, which...
Circadian Trust, the firm managing leisure centres across South Gloucestershire for the local authority, has teamed up with swimming pool specialist Rio Pools to create what is believed to be a first for the UK leisure industry. The Bradley Stoke-based firm was keen to be able to offer summer...
National property services firm CBRE has formed a new team based in its Bristol office to lead on development projects across the South West and South Wales. The team will be led by Marcus Plaw, who joins as planning director, and Philip Marsden, who becomes associate director. Marcus joins...
Bristol-headquartered hard landscaping materials manufacturer Bowland Stone has relocated to a new three-acre site after securing a commercial mortgage from HSBC. Bowland Stone used the mortgage to support the £1.45m acquisition of the land off Feeder Road, St Phillips, from the former owners of builders’ merchants HJ Chards, which...
Staff at housebuilder Redrow Homes’ South West division have taken part in a range of fundraising events including a nail-biting abseil, gruelling Tough Mudder race and a football tournament to net £11,450 for cancer counselling charity We Hear You (WHY). The charity provides emotional and practical support to patients,...
Tens of thousands of EU workers in the South West could leave the UK over the next few years, potentially triggering a major skills headache for the region’s firms, according to a new survey. Some 28% of all EU nationals working in the region say they are considering quitting...
