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...
Four of the six floors of Bristol’s newest office building have already been pre-let – with the architecture firm that designed it among the first occupiers. Construction work recently finished on One Portwall Square, pictured, with developer Nord saying it sets a new standard for the city’s office market...
Bristol-based start-up Duel has received investment of $3m ($2.59m) to scale its pioneering brand advocacy technology and so help more brands drive revenue through social commerce. The firm, which secured the seed funding from specialist early stage investor SuperSeed, already works with brands such as ASOS, Dove and Charlotte Tilbury...
Bristol-based wealth management boutique Whitechurch Financial Consultants has completed its third acquisition in as many years, taking over the clients of retiring West of England adviser Derrick Coade. The move, which adds more than 180 clients to the Whitechurch’s 4,000-strong client bank, is in line with its growth strategy. ...
Lawyers from Burges Salmon have worked on a £3m funding deal to hugely expand production at an English whisky and gin producer as it looks to double its export sales. The Bristol-headquartered law firm’s banking and finance team advised Santander UK on its finance package for Cotswolds Distillery. The drinks...
The Bristol office of mid-market private equity firm LDC has made an £18m minority investment in global pharmaceutical development organisation TMC Pharma Services. Hampshire-based TMC’s products specialise in innovative treatments for rare diseases and oncology. It has successfully supported more than 150 ‘orphan’ drug designations in the past 10 years...
