CBRE Bristol office boss takes on wider role to grow the business across the Midlands and South

January 30, 2023
CBRE Bristol office boss takes on wider role to grow the business across the Midlands and South

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...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

January 28, 2023
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Monday January 30 Final: SThree Q3 result: Larsen & Toubro Trading announcements: Computacenter, DP Eurasia Tuesday January 31 Interims: NWF Group, ITM Power Trading announcements: Hochschild Mining, Pets At Home Group, Diversified Energy Economic announcements: BRC Shop Price Index, Mortgage Approvals, Consumer Credit, M4 Money Supply, Nationwide House Price Index Wednesday February 1 Finals: Glencore,...

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The LAST WORD: Geoff Roberts, founder, The Data House

January 27, 2023
The LAST WORD: Geoff Roberts, founder, The Data House

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 Geoff Roberts, founder of boutique tech sector consultancy The Data House, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST:   Film you watched? The Banshees of Inisherin at the Everyman. An Oscar-nominated film...

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‘Run by humans!’ Burges Salmon tops RollOnFriday’s annual staff satisfaction for second year running

January 27, 2023
‘Run by humans!’ Burges Salmon tops RollOnFriday’s annual staff satisfaction for second year running

Legal website RollOnFriday has named Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon as the country’s best law firm to work at for the second year in a row – with one employee praising it for being “run by humans  . . . not psychopaths”. It also won the title in 2017 having been joint...

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Series of surveys point to gloomy outlook for South West firms as trading conditions remain tough

January 27, 2023
Series of surveys point to gloomy outlook for South West firms as trading conditions remain tough

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...

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Bristol maritime intelligence security firm charts new course following takeover by major group

January 27, 2023
Bristol maritime intelligence security firm charts new course following takeover by major group

A Bristol-based tech firm founded by two former defence intelligence officers has been acquired by a business behind some the most technically advanced data and communications systems used by governments. Geollect, which was launched in 2017 by Cate Gwilliam, who worked with the US National Geospatial Agency, and Richard...

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Temple Bright builds out its construction professionals practice in super-networked South West

January 27, 2023
Temple Bright builds out its construction professionals practice in super-networked South West

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...

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Hydrock accelerates growth by snapping up motorsport and live music monitoring specialist

January 27, 2023
Hydrock accelerates growth by snapping up motorsport and live music monitoring specialist

Bristol-based engineering design, energy and sustainability consultancy Hydrock has taken over a sensor technology specialist in its third acquisition of the past 12 months. SPLtrack, which was founded in 2013, describes itself as an ideas factory that challenges convention. Its clients include Silverstone, the home of the British Grand...

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Business rivals to test their brains and brawn in support of Bristol Bears Community Foundation

January 27, 2023
Business rivals to test their brains and brawn in support of Bristol Bears Community Foundation

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...

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