Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT, the leader of its future energy and real estate team and rival Burges Salmon’s corporate responsibility head have been nominated in an awards scheme that focuses on leadership in driving forward the diversity and equality agenda. TLT, which employs round 1,200 people across its...
Bristol brand consultancy Firehaus has been appointed by techSPARK, the community for the West of England’s tech, to develop a clearer brand purpose and positioning for it. TechSPARK, which like Firehaus is based in Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub, works with tech and digital businesses from start-ups to scale-ups, small...
Independent Bristol brand consultancy Mr B & Friends has been appointed marketing and creative agency partner for Persimmon Homes Group. Mr B & Friends will work closely with Persimmon’s marketing and customer experience (CX) team across brand strategy, identity, customer engagement and acquisition campaigns, CX, physical and digital environments...
Limbs & Things, the Bristol-based medical simulator manufacturer, will be able to offer a wider range of products, such as mannikins for CPR training, to healthcare training organisations after signing a multi-million pound contract with a Northern Irish business. The deal with TruCorp makes Limbs & Things the exclusive supplier...
Bristol’s Engine Shed enterprise and innovation hub has appointed Mike Paton as its new director. Mike, pictured, has extensive knowledge of the University of Bristol-owned Engine Shed, having overseen its operations and finance as general manager since 2021. He is also programme manager for the University of Bristol’s quantum...
Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby is to continue its support for Gloucestershire Cricket for a further three years after agreeing a new sponsorship deal with the club. Under the partnership, which began in 2020, Gloucestershire will provide Barcan+Kirby with opportunities for corporate hospitality, networking and sponsor events at its Seat...
The High Court has dismissed the legal challenge brought against the Planning Inspectorate’s permission for Bristol Airport’s expansion. The Planning Inspectorate decided last February to allow the airport to increase its annual limit on passengers from 10m to 12m after North Somerset Council rejected the plan, which includes major investment...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
