National law firm Clarke Willmott, which has an office in Bristol, has been reappointed onto the legal framework of a major housing group. Clarke Willmott will assist Orbit, one of the UK’s largest providers of affordable housing, with legal issues including tenancy services, construction and development, property asset management,...
Monday November 21 Finals: Diploma, Genedrive Interims: Sysgroup, Big Yellow Group, Molten Ventures Q3 result: MTI Wireless Edge Tuesday November 22 Interims: AO World, Homeserve, Severfield, CML Microystems, Telecom Plus, Tatton Asset Management, Trifast, Helical, Accsys Technologies Q3 result: AB GDR Trading announcement: Restore Wednesday November 23 Final: Ten Lifestyle Group Interims: United Utilities, LondonMetric Property,...
Nine mid-sized Bristol firms, ranging from a pioneer of hand-tracking software to a medical simulator manufacturer, are being championed as regional success stories in a new UK-wide programme. They are among 16 South West businesses chosen by specialist consulting firm WIRED that typify its vision of trailblazing enterprises –...
A team from Bristol-based national law firm Burges Salmon have played a crucial role in the sale of the Coventry Building Society Arena – home to Coventry City FC – to retail tycoon Mike Ashley’s Fraser Group. The lawyers advised the stadium’s former owner ACL and its joint administrators...
Working with consumer electronics brand Samsung on the launch of its Galaxy S22 has helped Bristol-based direct marketing agency Flourish land a major creative industry award. The firm’s email marketing achievements were recognised at this year’s national Performance Marketing World Awards, where Flourish scooped the Email Marketing title, pictured. ...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised longstanding client Ambulatory Surgery International (ASI) on the latest phase of its private healthcare facility development. Contracts were signed in late September for a £1.7m expansion of surgery facilities at OneWelbeck in London’s Marylebone. Temple Bright advised ASI, which trades...
Communications group McCann has bolstered its strategy team in Bristol with the arrival of Sarah Warewinter as associate director for strategy. Sarah, pictured, joins from IMA HOME having headed the Leeds-based creative agency’s insight and strategy team for 11 years. Prior to that, Sarah worked across a diverse range...
The growth path for businesses and the UK economy may be “long, rocky, and protracted”, the region’s largest business group fears following the Autumn Statement. Matt Griffith, pictured below, director of policy at Business West – the organisation that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce – described the statement as...
The Autumn Statement has piled more pressure on the UK’s 5.5m small businesses, their employees and customers, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s measures were “high on stealth-creation and low on wealth-creation”, FSB national chair of Martin McTague said. “While tackling inflation is essential,...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has presented his Autumn Statement. The main points were: Chancellor said priorities were stability, growth and public services and high inflation is the enemy. But he confirmed UK was in recession. GDP is forecast to shrink by 1.4% next year, before returning to growth in 2024. ...
Sasha Butterworth has been elected as senior partner of Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT for a three-year term. Sasha, pictured, will take up the role on 1 January, replacing Andrew Glynn, who has been senior partner for seven years having been re-elected in 2019. As senior partner, Sasha will...
The heat networks practice at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has been strengthened with the appointment this week of Charles Robson as a partner. Charles, pictured, arrives from the Bristol office of transatlantic lawyers Womble Bond Dickinson, where he led the firm’s heat networks practice, having joined the...
Francis Clark Financial Planning has appointed experienced wealth manager Chris Reah as its new managing director. Chris, pictured, brings a blend of private banking and wealth management experience to the role, having worked closely with financial planners during his 25-year career with NatWest Stockbrokers, Coutts and Arbuthnot Latham. FCFP...
