A Bristol accountant has become one of the first in the country to be accredited under a new scheme which acknowledges the role of accountants as expert witnesses in court cases, including fraud trials.
Roger Isaacs, a partner at Milsted Langdon chartered accountants’ Bristol office, received his Forensic Accountant Accreditation from the Institute of Chartered Accountants [...]
By The Bristol Editor
…at least, not according to the brilliant FleetStreetBlue‘s verdict on this piece of shockingly-lazy churnalism-based PR.
The story highlights a worrying trend in both journalism and PR – yes, both need each other to survive, particularly during times of editorial cutbacks and marketing pinch amidst recession.
But to see the rise and rise of [...]
Broadcasting guru Michael Grade and design maverick Wayne Hemingway are just two of the stars coming to Bristol to share the secrets of their success and help South West businesses.
Bristol’s Harbourside will next month host Vision, the UK’s first ever creative industries conference.
Creative companies across the South West generate in excess of [...]
Up to 150 exhibitors are expected to take part in a business exhibition in Bristol next month aimed at boosting trade for the city’s small and medium-sized firms.
The exhibition, at Bristol City’s Ashton Gate Stadium on 28 September, is the result of a link-up between the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Bristol City Council and [...]
By Fiona Hallworth, IoD Bristol
Sitting in the Algarve for eight weeks looking at the Atlantic from my home on top of the cliffs, I can actually see the curvature of the earth.
It gives me the opportunity to reflect on the interconnectivity of business and economies as Thomas Mann so carefully observed in his book.
Well EasyJet, [...]
The residents of Bristol may have a reputation for being polite, but when it comes to business, it seems that manners are becoming a thing of the past.
A survey by Bristol hotel Future Inns has found that over a third of business people from Bristol (37%) think it is acceptable to regularly answer phone [...]
Last Tuesday, the Prime Minister David Cameron gave an interview in which he announced that his government would tackle fraud and error in the welfare system.
“Welfare and tax credit fraud and error cost the taxpayer £5.2 billion a year. That’s the cost of more than 200 secondary schools or over 150,000 nurses. It’s absolutely outrageous [...]
Building and maintenance group Rok, which has a major base in Bristol, has suspended its finance director and issued its second profits warning in less than four months.
The group has also revealed failings in the financial controls of its plumbing, heating and electrical (PHE) business and is now expected to make redundancies in its maintenance [...]
The Ab Fab days of PR are long gone – are you making sure your PR representation is relevant and utilising social media?
As the age of austerity threatens, there is a real role for business of all sizes to get involved in the arts at a local level.
