Professional rugby players hit by sudden redundancy when their clubs collapsed have won compensation, thanks to specialists in the Bristol office of national law firm Clarke Willmott. The Clarke Willmott team worked alongside the Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) to secure payouts for the players following the failure of Worcester...
Bristol-based communications and marketing firm Purplefish has become the city’s first PR agency to be owned by its employees. Director Joanna Randall, who formed the business in 2012, has sold 100% of its shares to a new employee ownership trust (EOT). As part of the transition, a new board...
Law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, has been recognised by the National Farmers Union (NFU) for its “comprehensive advice” and “consistent excellent service” to the agriculture sector. The firm is this year’s winner of the prestigious Tim Sell Excellence Award, which acknowledges the outstanding work of...
National law firm Simpson Millar has expanded its public law division with the appointment of solicitors Bethany Parr and Ffion Davies, based in its Bristol office. Both have joined the firm’s national education law team amid a major increase in its caseload helping children and young people with special...
Bristol green energy champion Andrew Garrad has received one of the world’s top engineering awards for his groundbreaking work on wind turbine design. Andrew, chairman and co-founder of GL Garrad Hassan, the world’s leading renewable energy consultancy, was this week presented with The 2024 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering...
Bristol-based Talklife, the world’s largest peer support network for mental health, has secured investment from a Canadian fund to rapidly grow its pioneering platforms and build its presence in the North American market. Talklife’s founder Jamie Druitt’s personal experiences inspired him to create the app, which tackles issues such...
Three Bristol law firms are celebrating new office moves as the sector continues to look to hybrid working and high-quality sustainable space as key to recruitment and retention. The latest firms to join the long list of relocations in the city are international law firm DAC Beachcroft, national firm...
A specialist Bristol software company working internationally to help detect and prevent corruption, fraud and other crimes has raised £4m to maintain its rapid expansion. Launched more than eight years ago, Clue Software has since grown into a leading provider of software for investigations and intelligence management with a...
Bristol specialist software firm Deazy, named as one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech businesses for the past two years, is poised for more rapid expansion after making a strategic acquisition. The takeover of Geektastic adds technical assessments to its offering, giving it a powerful platform to demonstrate the skills...
Sales of Bristol craft brewery Butcombe’s alcohol-free beer soared by 95% last month as more people took part in dry January or turned to so-called zebra drinking – alternating between alcoholic and non-alcoholic tipples. Butcombe launched Goram IPA Zero nearly three years ago as its first foray into the...
Law firm Michelmores has strengthened its national corporate team with four new appointments. The four, who all previously worked for Cheltenham firm BPE Solicitors, include Partner Adam Kean, associate Ben Adams, solicitor Harry Jones and paralegal Philippa Kean. Their arrival continues the expansion of the firm’s corporate capability across its Bristol...
Monday February 12 Nothing listed Tuesday February 13 Q1 result: TUI AG Economic announcements: Unemployment rate, Claimant count rate Wednesday February 14 Final: Coca-Cola HBC Interims: Dunelm Group, Pan African Resources Trading announcement: Severn Trent Economic announcements: Retail price index, Consumer price index, Producer price index Thursday February 15...
Bristol-based global executive search firm Granger Reis has recruited one of the world’s foremost experts in the digital infrastructure leadership market to lead its new practice covering the fast-growing sector. Steve Dargan, pictured, left, with Granger Reis managing partner Jamie Page, has more than 17 years’ experience and has joined...
