Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon has become the first law firm to claim legal website RollOnFriday’s prestigious accolade of best place to work for three years in a row. The survey, which has been running for two decades, is widely viewed as the definitive guide to the firms that are happy...
Two Bristol firms have joined forces to help break menstrual and menopause stereotypes in the workplace. The link-up between Independent Health and Wellbeing Group (IHWG), which provides businesses with women’s healthcare services, and sustainable period product company Grace & Green puts them on a mission to dismantle the taboo...
The South West’s small firms are the least confident in the UK about their prospects for this year as they continue to struggle against the state of the economy, high labour costs and the lack of available staff. Worryingly, one in five say they may have to cut their...
Plans to electrify Bristol’s mainline rail services have been revived following a move to lower the price of the scheme, which was scrapped on cost grounds eight years ago. The project, which would have cut journey times to London by up to 20 minutes, hit the buffers in 2016...
National law firm Excello has made its first move into the Bristol legal market with the appointment of an experienced property dispute resolution specialist based in the city. Sarah Taylor, pictured, has joined the firm from the Bristol head office of Burges Salmon, where she was a senior associate...
Acquisition-hungry Bristol financial services provider Clifton Asset Management has notched up another takeover as it aims to further disrupt the market. The firm, which has £1.5bn in assets under influence, has snapped up Portishead-based Pure Advanced Financial Planning – its seventh acquisition in recent years. Clifton bosses have said...
Passenger numbers at Bristol Airport soared to their highest ever last year as it confirmed its status as the UK airport with the fastest recovery from the pandemic. Some 9.8m people passed through the terminal in 2023 – a 10% increase compared to pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels in 2019. The...
Bristol-based all-day café/bar group Loungers has repeated its ambition to open a record 34 new venues in its current financial year in the week it achieved the landmark of launching its 250th outlet. The group, which opened its first Lounge on North Street in Bedminster nearly 22 years ago,...
Businesses working in the development sector in and around Bristol must learn how to overcome a range of obstacles if they want their schemes to go ahead, an event staged by law firm Thrings’ city office has heard. These include understanding the influence of local and national policies as...
Highly experienced venture capital and innovation specialist Kevin Simmons has been appointed to the entrepreneur in residence team at acclaimed tech incubator SETsquared Bristol. A general partner of a $50m (£39.4m) early-stage pan-African venture capital technology fund, Kevin, pictured, has helped launch several successful angel networks and has invested...
National Apprenticeship Week, which takes place early each February, is a great opportunity to celebrate apprenticeships as a means of getting young people into the workforce. For Haines Watts, apprenticeships have become a key strategy for recruitment and business development. In our Bristol office alone we have taken on...
VWV, the Bristol-headquartered national law firm, has continued its growth with the appointment of two new directors. Emma Herbert has joined as director of business development and marketing while Dave Bloor is the firm’s new director of digital, data and technology. VWV, which has 90 partners and employs 500-plus...
Monday January 29 Interim: Games Workshop Group Tuesday January 30 Final: SThree Interims: Diageo, Oxford Cannabinoid Tech Holdings, Kromek Group, Scancell Holdings, Accrol Group Holdings Q4 result: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Trading announcements: Luceco, Pets At Home Group, Diaceutics Economic announcements: Nationwide house price index, Mortgage approvals, M4 money...
