Bristol Business Wire: July 4, 2012

Newswire

Jobs go as Bristol IFA Honister Capital crashes into administration: Bristol-based independent financial adviser Honister Capital has today gone into administration after directors failed to sell the struggling business. Most of its 190 staff are expected to be made redundant. The group, which owns subsidiaries Sage Financial Services, Honister Partners Ltd and Burns-Anderson and its subsidiary B-A Financial (BAF), employs staff across its offices in Bristol, Hull and Macclesfield. Read more…

Recruitment group BRC achieves two ISO quality standards: BRC, the Bristol-based independent recruitment specialist for public, private and third sector clients, has been accredited with two ISO standards. Quality marks ISO 9001:2008, the globally recognised standard for an organisation’s internal quality management, and ISO 14001:2004, the environmental management standard, were awarded to the business, which operates throughout the South West and Wales. Read more…

News in brief

Procurement begins for BRT network: Procurement has begun on the £197million Bus Rapid Transit Network in the Bristol area, with construction anticipated to be underway by 2014. The network, which will connect commuter areas of North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, will offer a much improved public transport service to the Greater Bristol area and is expected to drive economic growth. The procurement routes include seven design and build contracts for elements of the North Fringe to Hengrove Package and the Ashton Vale to Temple Meads schemes, covering the guided busway and key structures, as well as an overall design and build for the South Bristol Link. All tenders and notices for North Fringe to Hengrove Package and the Ashton Vale to Temple Meads route will be made available on the Bristol City Council website https://procurement.bristol.gov.uk/.

Encouraging signs in commercial property market: Commercial property consultants Alder King has launched its first Market Monitor Update, a mid-year review of the commercial property market across the South West of England and South Wales. The report reveals an encouraging level of activity, particularly in the offices sector. At the midway point of the year, office take-up has improved in most of the key centres including Bristol, where the number of larger active enquiries in the 20,000 sq ft (1,858 sq m) size has increased significantly. Alder King expects an improved level of take-up later this year and into 2013.

Weston College to launch Higher Apprenticeships: An event to launch Weston College’s new Higher Apprenticeship Scheme, the first in the South West, will be held next Wednesday. Higher Apprenticeships will enable employees to gain university level qualifications while working. Employers interested in finding out more are welcome to the launch event at Doubletree by Hilton, Cadbury House in Congresbury from 6pm. Anyone interested in attending this special event should email megan.champion@weston.ac.uk or telephone 01934 411 431.