Aerospace giant Rolls-Royce has underlined its commitment to make its Bristol plant one of the world’s first manufacturing sites to achieve net zero carbon operations. The plant, which makes engines for key defence programmes such as the EJ200 that powers the RAF’s Eurofighter Typhoon and the Short-Take Off and...
Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer with a major plant in Bristol, is charting a course for a rapid recovery from the pandemic after clocking up its highest-ever profits last year along with a raft of new orders for its aircraft. In what its chief executive officer Guillaume Faury described...
Children’s Hospice South West’s Business Club, which was launched during the worst of the pandemic, is inviting Bristol firms to join up ahead of its next in-person meeting and help it raise a vital £90,000 this year. The club supports the charity in helping make a difference to young...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised the owners of long-established rugby club Saracens on a complex deal involving a reorganisation of its parent group and a £32m equity investment led by a consortium that includes a number of high-profile business and sporting figures. of the deal,...
Businesses operating in Bristol’s night-time economy are to take part in a high-profile campaign of zero tolerance of harassment of women, including expert training for their staff. The initiative, the largest of its kind in the city, follows shocking results from a recent survey that revealed 100% of women...
The corporate finance, real estate and renewable energy teams at Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon have completed a hat-trick of deals in the power, hotel and pharma sectors. Its renewable energy lawyers advised NextEnergy on a brace of corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) while its corporate finance team has...
Bristol businesses are being invited to support a transformational skills programme led by UWE that will create opportunities in the green economy for young people from the city. Green Skills for Jobs and Entrepreneurship has been launched against a backdrop of economic recovery following the Covid pandemic and the demand...
A six triumph in as many years in a prestigious healthcare industry awards scheme is on the cards for national law firm Bevan Brittan, with its Bristol office playing a key role in what has been a hugely challenging time for the sector. The firm, which employs nearly 300...
Law firm Foot Anstey’s Bristol-based Islamic finance team has continued its growth in the commercial property sector by advising on another major deal. Its support for Riyad Bank’s London branch on the refinancing of health and beauty retail group Superdrug’s £21.5m corporate headquarters is the second such deal for...
International law firm Osborne Clarke has awarded a multi million-pound contract to workplace design-and-build consultancy Interaction to design its new flagship Bristol office. Bath-based Interaction, which has been behind a number of major office projects in Bristol in recent years, describes itself as on a mission to banish boring...
Bristol-based bio-pharmaceutical consultancy eXmoor Pharma, which specialises in world-leading cell and gene therapy, has appointed Dr Lucy Foley as chief technology officer. Lucy, pictured, brings with her more than 10 years’ industry experience focused on technology, process development and delivering large, complex projects. She joins eXmoor after eight years...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has continued to strengthen its UK-wide corporate team with the appointment of Philip Barratt as partner. Philip, pictured, joins from Cardiff and London firm Capital Law, where he became partner in 2019, having previously held positions at Eversheds Sutherland and Addleshaw Goddard in London. ...
Global real estate advice firm Avison Young has promoted three of its Bristol-based staff – Daniel Rich, Matthew Dingle and Nicole Kruger – to associate director. Daniel joined the firm in 2013 as a graduate and gained his RICS chartered status in 2016. A member of Avison Young’s land...
