Virtual bingo and an online quiz were among the working from home-inspired events staged by Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby raise more than £11,300 for its charity of the year, 1625 Independent People. The firm chose the charity, which supports young people who are homeless, leaving care or at risk...
National Friendly, the Bristol-based health and protection insurer, has received a Gold rating in a major assessment of its newly launched full income protection policy. The accolade comes from Protection Review, which offers impartial, expert assessments of the latest products on offer in the UK health insurance and protection market. ...
Specialist surveying and construction consultancy Rund Partnership has appointed Stuart Binnie to its Bristol office as associate director. Rund launched its Bristol office last year in response to increasing client demand for the firm’s multidisciplinary services. The firm provides professional consultancy services across the UK to improve the quality...
Bristol-headquartered property consultancy Alder King has made two new appointments to its planning and energy teams as the firm continues with its structured expansion programme. Simon Metcalf has joined the firm’s planning team as an associate while Alsadeq Safieddine is now a negotiator in its energy team. A chartered town planner...
Ways of making sure the built environment achieves net zero – including lessons learnt from a pioneering Bristol housing scheme – are to be explored at a virtual event staged next week by the city office of national law firm Foot Anstey in partnership with Innovate UK. The event,...
National law firm Ashfords has continued to grow its offer to the energy and waste sectors with the appointment of Carl Thompson as energy and construction partner in its Bristol office. Carl, pictured, joins from Osborne Clarke in Bristol, where he worked for 14-and-a-half years, rising to partner to...
PillTime, the Bristol-based online pharmacy, is poised for a period of rapid expansion this year, including acquiring a new head office and growing its workforce by 20%. The firm is one of the only pharmacies in England to provide medication in daily dose pouches – helping patients more easily...
Communications consultancy Social has made two appointments and two promotions in its Bristol office after a fourth successive year of growth. Tom Jones has joined as a senior account manager and Sam Bessant as a senior graphic designer to its work across public relations, stakeholder engagement and creative design disciplines. ...
Monday February 7 Nothing listed Tuesday February 8 Finals: Ocado, Micro Focus International, BP Interims: Mattioli Woods, Filtronic, Alumasc Group Q1 result: TUI AG Q4 result: BP Trading announcement: Bellway Wednesday February 9 Finals: Lancashire Holdings, Smurfit Kappa Group Interims: PZ Cussons, Barratt Developments, Dunelm Q4 result: Glaxosmithkline Trading announcements: Grainger, Discoverie Group...
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 Lara Burch, head of law firm Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Don’t Look Up. Discussing the artistic merits of this one...
BaseKit, the Bristol-based website and e-commerce platform, has received £1m in funding as it looks to broaden its portfolio and exploit the boom in online trading. The award-winning SaaS (software-as-a-service) business, which was set up in 2008, aims to more than triple its turnover to £10m by 2025. A key...
Rapid-growth Bristol e-commerce fulfilment technology firm Huboo has hit the acquisition trail, snapping up a specialist integration business also based in the city. The takeover of Roseta.io, which works with Notonthehighstreet, Etsy, Shopify and Magento, will enable Huboo to incorporate its innovative e-commerce integration software into its full stack...
Global engineering, technology and consulting group Expleo, which operates from three bases in Bristol, is creating 100 highly skilled jobs in the city as part of a major expansion. Expleo, which is planning to create a total of 500 new jobs in the UK this year, has grown rapidly since...
