Renishaw racks up another year of growth: Renishaw, the pioneering South Gloucestershire precision engineering group, has unveiled a record set of annual results with pre-tax profits for the year for the year to June 30 up 7% to £86m on revenue ahead by 15% to £331.9m. Read more…
SACO appointment sets up apartment group for overseas expansion: Bristol-based serviced apartment company SACO has expanded its management team with the appointment of Nicole O’Connor as network partner manager. Nicole’s role will further establish the company’s growing international portfolio. It follows the opening of a US base – its first outside the UK – in February and rapid expansion of its domestic portfolio over the past year. Read more…
Bristol bamboo T-shirt firm in running for reality TV show’s £100,000 prize: Bristol entrepreneur Ed Cheney and his bamboo T-shirt business Mabboo feature in a new TV business show which starts this evening. Ed launched the business, which imports natural-fibre T-shirts made in China from sustainable sources, in late 2010 and was a runner-up in last year’s UWE Biz Idea Competition. That led him to enter The Angel, Sky 1’s new reality entrepreneur show which follow six hopefuls as they compete for £100,000 of investment to make their business dreams come true. Read more…
Inward investment project spurs design agency to set its sites on Bristol: Creative agency Jazzbones is targeting Bristol to win new clients after its successful project for Swindon’s economic regeneration and inward investment company Forward Swindon. Jazzbones’ new website for Forward Swindon – www.swindon.uk.com – is the latest in a number of innovative marketing initiatives designed by Jazzbones, which is based in Swindon. The site gives businesses interested in relocating to the town everything they need to help them make it their new home – and Jazzbones believes it can carry out similar work for business or public-sector organisations in the Bristol area.
