West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris attacked Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement for failing to tackle key, long-standing issues for the region. The Labour mayor, pictured, who leads the West of England Combined Authority, said: “After 13 years of Conservative Government, the question West of England residents will...
Bristol business figures have reacted to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement. Albert Goodman chartered accountants’ Bristol-based tax specialist Sam Wood, pictured, said reducing the SME R&D intensity ratio requirement from 40% to 30% may help benefit a further 5,000 SMEs access cash credits. “This is a somewhat positive step...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his Autumn Statement. The key points were: The statement included 110 measures to boost the economy by £20bn a year, according to Mr Hunt. All alcohol duties frozen. Benefits to go up by 6.7% next year, based on the inflation rate for September. Increase in...
Mace & Menter, the specialist Bristol design firm, has made two senior hires as it enjoys strong growth in the health and care sector. The firm said Amy McGuinness and Claire Reynolds, pictured, who have joined as lead consultant and transformation lead respectively, brought deep experience of health and...
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Limbs & Things, the Bristol-based medical simulator company, has harnessed the power of augmented reality (AR) for its latest training device in a move it hopes will revolutionise the way nursing students learn. Its ART (Augmented Reality Training) product works with everyday tablets and smartphones to show a 3D,...
DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has appointed a new managing partner of its Bristol office. Mike Renshaw, pictured, will take over from Simon Mason, who has been managing partner since the office’s inception in 2011 and is retiring from the business at the end...
Deazy, the Bristol specialist software firm, has been ranked as one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech businesses for the second year in running. The firm, which launched in 2016 with a mission to make development easy, appears at number 40 in the 2023 UK Technology Fast 50 league table,...
Triodos, the ethical bank with its UK headquarters in Bristol, has become the first in its sector to join a global campaign urging European governments and policymakers to phase out the use of fossil fuels. The bank, which was founded in The Netherlands in 1980 and has since become...
