Two-thirds of small firms in the South West have no active plan to reduce their impact on the environment, according to a new survey, with many arguing they should receive tax breaks, grants or low interest loans to help them go green. The report by the Federation of Small...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright is acting for commercial property investment and development company SEP Properties on a number of projects ahead of its planned rollout of up to 15 new sites across the UK. Midlands-based SEP Properties, a family business formed in 1986 by Sukhdev Singh...
The Institute of Directors (IoD) has appointed former defence electronics industry executive Steve Hill as the new chair of its South West region. Steve, pictured, has been vice-chair since July and succeeds Muir Macdonald following the completion of his three-year term as chair. In his new role Steve will...
Three hundred firms from across the South West are being sought to join the region’s children’s hospice business club and support it in helping make a difference to young people with life-limiting illnesses and their families. The Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) set up the club earlier this year...
Hotel bosses in Bristol have hit out at Chancellor Rishi Sunak, accusing him of offering them nothing but cold comfort for the winter in last week’s Budget. Like many businesses in the hospitality sector, they had hoped for an extension to the reduced VAT rate. But while Mr Sunak...
An insolvency expert has urged Bristol’s directors to seek advice at the first signs of business distress following the release of statistics showing corporate failures have risen by more than 40% over the past year. Philip Winterborne, South West chair of trade body R3, made the plea after third...
The group that provides a voice for business on planning and transport infrastructure issues in the Bristol area has a new co-chair. Jonathan Foster-Clark, pictured, senior transport strategy advisor in the Bristol office of consulting engineering group Atkins, is co-chairing the Business West Planning, Transport and Climate Group, working...
A Bristol sustainable housing development that demonstrates the innovation of the city’s residential property development industry is to go on show at COP26. Hope Rise, pictured, in St George will form the centrepiece of a virtual exhibition called Build Better Now at the landmark conference. The scheme, which provides...
A powerful symbol of the need for urgent action on the climate emergency has appeared alongside one of the West of England’s most iconic tourist attractions – the result of collaboration between a Bristol architect, businesses, an artist and a council. The 5.5m by 3.5m wooden house appears to...
Bristol businesses are being urged to support FareShare South West, the region’s largest food redistribution charity, as it prepares to launch its emergency winter campaign FoodStock 2021. FareShare South West, which supplies food to more than 350 frontline organisations, aims to build a stockpile of ambient food with the...
The 50% business rate cut for retail, leisure and hospitality firms will bring relief to high streets and their small, independent shops, according to property consultants Cushman & Wakefield’s South West managing partner Tim Davis. “It will have a real impact on businesses that are still recovering from the...
Many businesses in Bristol were hoping for a game-changing Budget to tackle the immense problems they face – but according to the regional branch of the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) this doesn’t feel like one. FSB development manager for Bristol, Bath & South Gloucestershire, Sam Holliday, pictured, said:...
Business West, the region’s largest business group, said many firms would “remain muted in their enthusiasm” for a Budget that failed to address the scale of the post-Covid challenges they face. The organisation, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, also claimed the West of England had again missed out...
