Bristol’s creative businesses need more support than ever before to help them to compete on the global stage as they struggle to find skilled staff and access funding, according to a new report. Research carried out for Bristol Creative Industries (BCI), region’s largest membership network for the sector, shows...
Bristol-based brand consultancy Firehaus has teamed up with a pioneering cycle trail design firm and an award-winning percussionist and composer for its latest campaign for global specialist tyre brand Vittoria. Long-running client Vittoria is best known for its high-performance road tyres used by some of the most famous riders...
An ambitious commitment by Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2040 has been officially verified. TLT, which employs round 1,200 people across six offices, described the recognition by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as a “monumental step forward in the...
National planning and development consultancy Lichfields has made a senior appointment in its Bristol office as it continues to invest in additional resources and expand its regional operations. Phil Marsden, pictured, joins associate director, bringing 15 years’ experience and expertise in both national and regional retail, commercial, industrial and...
A law firm from Devon with a history dating back to 1847 is to open a base in Bristol after saying it has identified a gap in the city’s legal market for face-to-face advice. Tavistock-headquartered Chilcotts Law, whose services span company law, commercial property and residential conveyancing to Lasting...
National law firm Foot Anstey has worked with Italian aviation group Magnaghi Aeronautica Group on its acquisition of a UK specialist in manufacturing components and supplier of surface treatments for the aerospace industry, including receiving national security clearance. Magnaghi, which is headquartered in Naples, said the takeover of Gloucestershire-based Five...
Technology lawyer Martin Cuell has been appointed as a consultant by Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon in a move that takes him back to the national law firm after just over a decade. Martin, pictured, previously spent nearly 13 years at Burges Salmon as a senior associate before moving to Foot...
Eight recent graduates and three apprentice school leavers have become associates in wealth management and professional services firm Evelyn Partners’ fast-growing assurance and business services (ABS) team in Bristol. The 11-strong cohort will now take part in a training programme to become Chartered Accountants. Staffing levels in the team have...
The search is on again to find the South West’s best and brightest small companies as Britain’s biggest business representation group launches its annual awards. The FSB’s (Federation of Small Businesses) Celebrating Small Business Awards showcase small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from across the region and are open to...
South West property consultancy Alder King has appointed Tom Jackson as a surveyor in its Bristol residential development team in response to increased client growth. A graduate of the University of Reading with an MSc in Real Estate, Tom, pictured, has joined from the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) in...
The South West’s largest business organisation has ‘warmly welcomed’ the government’s promise to help firms with spiralling energy bills this winter – but called for it to regulate the market to ensure stability in the future. Prime Minister Liz Truss’s energy price freeze announced yesterday means households bills will be capped...
Monday September 5 Finals: Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Pci-Pal Economic announcements: PMI services, PMI composite Tuesday September 6 Finals: Ashmore Group, NCC, Accrol Group Holdings, Alumasc Group Interims: Capricorn Energy, The Pebble Group, Michelmersh Brick Holdings, Quixant, IQE, Lords Group Trading, Headlam Group, Gamma Communications, Inspired, Luceco, Starwood European Real Estate Economic announcement: PMI construction Wednesday...
Bristol-based tech firm Anaphite has raised £4.1m to develop the use of graphene in electric vehicles batteries – a move that could halve charging times while also cutting manufacturing costs. The firm, launched four years ago by two university graduates to look into ways of exploiting the potential of...
