Bristol craft brewer Butcombe has credited a media campaign built around the city’s legendary crocodile – said to be lurking in the River Avon at Hotwells – for nearly doubling the sales of one of its beers. Aptly named Tall Tales, the pale ale was promoted earlier this year...
Bristol’s role as a leading location for film and TV shows has again been praised by the makers of two very different new productions. Jatt & Juliet 3, the latest movie in Punjabi cinema’s biggest franchise, will premiere next week after filming extensively across Bristol last year, while Malory...
An app that helps fight fast fashion and a business building electric trolleys to reduce car dependency are among the latest winners in an awards scheme that has been responsible for helping launch some of Bristol’s most exciting firms. Other finalists in the University of Bristol’s New Enterprise Competition...
A specialist plastics fabrication business, which started life in a barn more than 30 years ago, has been sold with the help of experts from the Bristol office of accountants Haines Watts. Marcol Fabrications (Plastics), which produces a range of high-quality thermoplastic products, was snapped up by Safety Critical...
Bristol-headquartered tech-focused investment bank ICON Corporate Finance has advised on a major international deal in the fast-moving data privacy sector. ICON partner Eddie Harding and director Florian Depner worked with, a market leader in SaaS (software as a service) on its acquisition by specialist security and compliance automation SaaS...
A major investment company focused on clean energy generation has made a series of solar acquisitions, thanks to advice from a team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon. The firm’s corporate energy team worked with longstanding London Stock Exchange-listed Atrato Onsite Energy on the deal, which included the £9.3m...
Hollis, one of the UK’s largest real estate consultancies, took to the water to celebrate its 30-year anniversary in Bristol and the South West. The firm, which has grown its Bristol office in recent years and now employs 27 staff in the city, staged a party for clients, industry...
UK law firm Ashfords has appointed Rhiannon Morgan-Williams as a partner in its Bristol-based real estate team, specialising in renewable energy. Ashfords said Rhiannon, pictured, would add further weight to its established energy & resource management sector offer, with more than 15 years’ experience working for some of the...
Tech4Good South West, the not-for-profit organisation on a mission to strengthen links between society and technology, is to celebrate the individuals and teams making a positive social impact across the region. The ‘recognition showcase’ will shine a to light on the organisations and individuals utilising digital technology as a...
Organisers of this summer’s Bristol’s International Balloon Fiesta are to champion the city’s ‘unsung heroes’ by inviting them to join hot air balloon rides taking off from their own communities. The team are calling on Bristolians to put forward community-spirited candidates to enjoy the ride-of-a-lifetime, as well as nominating potential...
A Bristol-headquartered national law firm and an energy giant also based in the city have been named among the top UK firms taking action to improve gender equality across all levels of the business. TLT and OVO are listed in the prestigious The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender...
The Bristol office of international professional services firm Aon is celebrating after six of its pensions team were announced as finalists in the prestigious Women in Pensions Awards. The shortlisted individuals have been nominated by peers in the sector in recognition of being a trailblazer, for going above and...
Accountancy group Deloitte has appointed two new partners in its Bristol office as part of its annual round of promotions. Samantha Bates has become an associate partner while Dave Smith is now a partner – both work in Deloitte’s audit & assurance team based in Bristol. Samantha, pictured with...
