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 Andrew Simmonds, director at estate agents Parker’s and Country Property, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched: The Bank of Dave on Netflix Book you read: The...
Bristol businesses that have links with China will next week get the chance to usher in the Chinese Year of the Rabbit at a banquet in the city. Staged by the Bristol and West of England China Bureau as an annual showpiece, the dinner brings together firms and professionals...
More than 100 firms in Bristol and across the West of England have signed up to a regional Good Employment Charter which pledges to pay staff a Real Living Wage and clamp down on the use of zero-hours contracts. Introduced by Metro Mayor Dan Norris as part of a...
Bristol’s buoyant tech and creative sectors are helping the city’s office market recover from the impact of the pandemic – with headline rents ahead of other major regional cities, including Birmingham and Manchester, according to new research. The tech, media and telecoms sector, along with professional services and co-working...
Independent Bristol brand consultancy Mr B & Friends has been appointed marketing and creative agency partner for Persimmon Homes Group. Mr B & Friends will work closely with Persimmon’s marketing and customer experience (CX) team across brand strategy, identity, customer engagement and acquisition campaigns, CX, physical and digital environments...
Bristol’s Engine Shed enterprise and innovation hub has appointed Mike Paton as its new director. Mike, pictured, has extensive knowledge of the University of Bristol-owned Engine Shed, having overseen its operations and finance as general manager since 2021. He is also programme manager for the University of Bristol’s quantum...
The High Court has dismissed the legal challenge brought against the Planning Inspectorate’s permission for Bristol Airport’s expansion. The Planning Inspectorate decided last February to allow the airport to increase its annual limit on passengers from 10m to 12m after North Somerset Council rejected the plan, which includes major investment...
Tom Morris, head of global real estate advisor CBRE’s Bristol office, is to become managing director for its Midlands & South region. In his new role, Tom, pictured, will be responsible for the overall management, strategic direction and growth of the business across CBRE’s offices in Birmingham and Southampton...
Confidence among the South West’s small businesses has plunged to the lowest level since the country emerged from Covid lockdowns, according to a new survey. The latest quarterly confidence report from the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) reveals that fears of inflation, falling consumer demand and the general cost...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has continued to expand its South West construction practice, securing further appointments to advise a wide variety of professional firms in the sector. Clients now include architects, landscape architects, interior designers, planning consultants, structural engineers, transport consultants, building surveyors, quantity surveyors and...
Teams from across the Bristol’s business community will swap the workplace for the rugby field to try to raise money for Bristol Bears Community Foundation. Staff from the Foundation – which supports communities across in the South West through programmes tackling education, participation, health, and inclusion – have teamed...
The developer sector team at national law firm Foot Anstey has secured a place on the legal panel of Eastlight Homes – its fourth housing association panel appointment in the past year. Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, has been appointed to two lots – for property...
National engineering consultancy Rodgers Leask has appointed Dave Bathurst as regional director based in its Bristol office as it aims to increase its presence in the South West. Dave, pictured, has joined to head the firm’s civil engineering team in Bristol, with Rodgers Leask saying he would be using...
