A seasoned financial services regulatory lawyer and compliance specialist has joined Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon as a director. Matthew Hancock-Jones, pictured, has taken up the role in the firm’s financial services and financial regulatory practice groups, having previously worked at US finance giant JPMorgan Chase, where he...
Waste management and recycling specialist Grundon has appointed its first risk and sustainability director in a move it said puts sustainability firmly at the forefront of the business. Toni Robinson, pictured, who joined the company in 1996 as landfill manager, has also become the first female director in its 95-year...
The family team at UK law firm Ashfords has launched a new service to help couples divorce amicably by using the same lawyer. The Resolution Together model follows a ‘one lawyer, two clients’ approach introduced by Resolution, the community of family justice professionals, two years ago. The scheme means...
Bristol specialist food and restaurant group Pieminister has partnered with Ed Sheeran to launch an exclusive pie range – with the singer giving away free samples at his beloved Ipswich Town’s first match back in the Premier League on Saturday. The pies, which include Ed’s Tingly Ted’s brand of...
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Fans of Bristol-made BBC TV comedy-thriller The Outlaws can now follow in the footsteps of its unlikely gang of lawbreakers by using the latest location map produced by the city’s film office. All three series of The Outlaws were filmed in locations across Bristol as well as the Bottle...
Direct financial provider 365 finance has opened a base in Bristol as it looks to grow its share of the small and medium-sized business market in the South West. The firm, which previously covered the region from its London head office, said demand had been rising in the South...
Food poverty charity FareShare South West’s commitment to fighting waste has been welcomed by farming minister Daniel Zeichner on a visit to its warehouse in Bristol. FareShare South West works with the food industry, including retailers, wholesalers and producers, to redistribute good-to-eat surplus food to more than 400 charities and...
Bristol-based impact investment platform Ethical Equity has teamed up with national professional services group Evelyn Partners to boost its support programme for aspiring angel investors. The link-up builds on the initiative launched last year in Bristol for investors who want to drive social change in the city. The new...
Specialist build-to-rent developer Grainger has completed its second scheme in Bristol as it continues with its £257m investment in the city. The business, the UK’s largest listed property firm of its kind, was behind the first build-to-rent development in Bristol in 2019, the 194-apartment, £68m Hawkins & George scheme...
A business started by two childhood friends from their Bristol flat during the Covid-19 pandemic has launched a new product range aimed at making workplace accidents a thing of the past. Schoolfriends-turned-entrepreneurs Harry Kimberley-Bowen and Ronan Finnegan founded Spacebands when the first lockdown hit in April 2020. The firm sold...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon’s corporate and mergers & acquisition team has advised on a major new investment deal aimed at supporting the global expansion of a fast-growing West of England FinTech. The team worked with Bath-based Dancerace, which provides cloud-based software to major banks and lenders worldwide and...
Claire Burden, a partner and head of advisory consulting in national accountancy group Evelyn Partners’ Bristol office, has been elected chair of The Institute For Turnaround (IFT). Claire, pictured, became a Fellow of The IFT this year. The national membership organisation brings together professionals working in turnaround and transformation. ...
