Small and medium-sized firms in Bristol with growth potential can apply to a new £200m fund aimed at boosting innovation and prosperity across the South West. Launched in Bristol by the British Business Bank yesterday, the South West Investment Fund (SWIF) will increase the supply and diversity of early-stage...
Workforce issues, including pressure to increase wages, remain the biggest headache for business based in Bristol and across the West of England, with many raising their prices to fund pay awards. Combined with wider concerns over inflation, this has led to a slump in confidence – with levels now...
Commercial property lawyer Mark Forsey has joined national firm Ashfords’ real estate team as it expands its investment and asset management practice. Mark, pictured, arrives as a senior associate from Stephens Scown in Exeter, where he spent 12 years in a number of roles. He has a wealth of...
Business West, one of the UK’s largest chambers of commerce, celebrates its 200th anniversary this year. The Bristol Initiative, which sits at the heart of Business West, is a community of 160 business leaders who positively influence the way the area is shaped, managed and developed. From 1989 Dr John Savage CBE,...
Fast-growing Bristol digital transformation and software specialist Amdaris showed off its redesigned and enlarged head office to guests at am recent official launch party. Having achieved a 94% increase in revenue last year, the firm called in Bath-based workspace design company Interaction to re-shape its new headquarters in the flagship Aurora office...
Bristol-based engineering design, energy and sustainability consultancy Hydrock has appointed Mark Walker as a director and new healthcare sector lead for its national mechanical, electrical, and public health (MEP) division. A Chartered Engineer with more than 35 years’ experience, Mark, pictured, offers a wealth of knowledge and expertise which...
A lack of interest among the West of England’s politicians in its tech sector, despite its strength, is holding it back compared to other regions, according to a major new report. At the same time, the government’s ‘levelling-up’ agenda is steering funding towards parts of the country with strong...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised the owners of water industry specialist the Northavon Group of companies on its sale to fast-growing engineering group OCU. The Midsomer Norton-based Northavon Group primarily operates in the water sector in the South of England and South Wales. It provides...
Businesses will get the chance to join forces with researchers and academics from the University of Bristol at an event in the city next month. The Festival of Enterprise will bring together the city’s industry and academia to discuss how they can collaborate to meet business challenges and achieve...
The government and the Bank of England must do more to curb interest rates and lower inflation to avoid firms in Bristol being “pushed to the brink”, the area’s largest business organisation has said. Following the Bank’s decision yesterday to hike the base rate from 4.5% to 5% –...
A landmark Bristol city centre office complex is to be transformed into one of the city’s greenest buildings under a £11m refurbishment led by fit-out specialists Paramount. The work at 3 Rivergate, pictured, in Temple Quay will add some of the highest construction industry standards for sustainability and wellness to...
Business West, one of the UK’s largest chambers of commerce, is celebrating 200 years of leading and supporting businesses with a campaign entitled 200 Years of Future Thinking. Marking two centuries since the Bristol-based Chamber of Commerce was founded, the campaign coincides with a new-look brand image, pictured, below,...
The planning team in transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office has helped it earn the title of the best in the UK in its sector. Judges at the 2023 Planning Awards praised the firm for “the breadth of legal work” and noted that “the issues involved across...
