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Opportunities for firms in China’s Guizhou Province to be outlined at mid-autumn festival event

September 30, 2022
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Opportunities for firms in China’s Guizhou Province to be outlined at mid-autumn festival event

Businesses have the chance to find out more about the work of the Bristol and West of England China Bureau while also celebrating the Chinese mid-autumn festival at a special event in the city next week. The event takes place under the theme of ‘All Under One Moon’ –...

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Strong half-year for LDC’s regional team with trio of deals and more support for community groups

September 30, 2022
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Strong half-year for LDC’s regional team with trio of deals and more support for community groups

Mid-market private equity firm LDC’s Bristol-based South West team has completed three deals with a combined enterprise value of over £175m during what it called a “stellar six-month period” while also stepping up its support for local good causes. At the same time it has supported its existing portfolio...

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Cheltenham move for Bishop Fleming as it pursues its plan to double in size within a few years

September 29, 2022
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Cheltenham move for Bishop Fleming as it pursues its plan to double in size within a few years

Regional accountancy and advisory firm Bishop Fleming is to bring a specialist Gloucestershire practice into its business as part of its ambitious strategy aimed at doubling its size over the next few years. Integrating the business of Bespoke Tax Accountants will adding a base in Cheltenham to its existing...

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DAC Beachcroft lawyers get on their eBikes to help the Big Issue support homeless people in the city

September 29, 2022
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DAC Beachcroft lawyers get on their eBikes to help the Big Issue support homeless people in the city

The Bristol office of international law firm DAC Beachcroft has formed a partnership with Big Issue eBikes to sponsor electric bicycles for exclusive use by its staff. The firm, which has its largest UK office in Bristol, is sponsoring 20 eBikes under a scheme run by ShareBike UK in...

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Butcombe toasts Bristol’s mythical crocodile by unleashing a beer “with a real bite”

September 29, 2022
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Butcombe toasts Bristol’s mythical crocodile by unleashing a beer “with a real bite”

Bristol’s legendary crocodile – said to be lurking in the River Avon at Hotwells – has been immortalised in the latest beer from craft brewery Butcombe. The firm claims it was inspired by the story of the illusive reptile when it was creating Tall Tales, promoted by the firm...

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New head of marketing taken on to support further growth at ICON Corporate Finance

September 28, 2022
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New head of marketing taken on to support further growth at ICON Corporate Finance

Bristol-based tech-focused investment bank ICON Corporate Finance has appointed Alice Bradshaw-Smith as its new head of marketing. Alice brings wealth of in-house and agency experience across sectors including tech, private equity, property and law to the role and a broad mix of complementary marketing skills to the role, developed...

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Milsted Langdon continues to look to the future with latest intake of new trainees

September 28, 2022
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Milsted Langdon continues to look to the future with latest intake of new trainees

Regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon has welcomed 16 new starters as it continues a history of supporting trainee accountants that stretches back more than three decades. The latest recruits join the firm’s expanding team of professionals across the South West who are supporting the practice’s growing client base. The largest...

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Clarke Willmott recruits property lawyer with wide experience in development as new partner

September 27, 2022
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Clarke Willmott recruits property lawyer with wide experience in development as new partner

Experienced commercial property lawyer Robert Hill has joined national law firm Clarke Willmott as a partner. Robert, pictured, who will work across the firm’s Bristol, Southampton and Cardiff offices, has a particular specialism in development and development finance, providing high-quality, commercial advice to corporate occupiers and investors in relation...

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Firm building South West green hydrogen network plugs into Foot Anstey’s sector expertise

September 27, 2022
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Firm building South West green hydrogen network plugs into Foot Anstey’s sector expertise

The Bristol-based energy team at law firm Foot Anstey has been appointed as legal adviser to the firm behind a new green hydrogen ecosystem for the South West. Cornwall-based construction firm Tower Group has been building the network by acquiring and operating its own renewable energy sites across the...

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Nine promotions at Thrings as it maintains its commitment to nurturing talent

September 26, 2022
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Nine promotions at Thrings as it maintains its commitment to nurturing talent

Law firm Thrings has appointed four new partners and promoted five other lawyers as it continues its commitment to nurturing talent across the firm. Three senior associates are among those promoted to partner – Fred Quartermain, a member of the planning team in its Bristol office, and Kathryn Bew and Charlotte...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

September 25, 2022
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Monday September 26 Final: Finsbury Food Group Interims: Likewise Group, CPP Group, Devolver Digital, Immotion Group, Lunglife, Concurrent Technologies, Microlise Group, Next Fifteen Communications, Xpediator, Spaceandpeople Tuesday September 27 Final: Transense Technologies Interims: Tinybuild, The Mission Group, Personal Group Holdings, Diaceutics, Animalcare Group, Mortgage Advice Bureau, Nahl Group, Digitalbox, ECSC...

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The LAST WORD: Urfan Ali, strategic consultant, and senior associate at Babbasa

September 23, 2022
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The LAST WORD: Urfan Ali, strategic consultant, and senior associate at Babbasa

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 Urfan Ali, senior associate for Bristol-based youth empowerment social enterprise Babbasa, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST:  Film you watched? Not quite a film, but just finished...

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Cautious welcome for Chancellor’s ‘economy-boosting’ investment zone plan for West of England

September 23, 2022
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Cautious welcome for Chancellor’s ‘economy-boosting’ investment zone plan for West of England

Areas in the West of England could become investment zones aimed at driving economic growth and unlocking land for housing under a scheme announced today by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in his mini-Budget. Businesses in the zones would benefit from lowering taxes and ‘liberalised’ planning frameworks, according to the Treasury. Mr...

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