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...
Bristol-based Empica, one of the South West’s longest established public relations agencies, has appointed a new managing director. Natalie Birrell, pictured, who has been working with the agency as client services director since 2019 takes up the role from its founder Martin Powell, who moves to the newly-created role...
Lawyers from the Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke have advised on the introduction of a $250m (£189m) fund aimed at backing purpose-driven technology founders. Some $100m of the total will act as a seed fund to back 25 early-stage companies while $150m will be a climate-focused...
An associate with legal firm Thrings is helping to shape the future of junior practitioners in the family law sector following her election as co-chair of the national committee of Young Resolution (YRes). Zhenja Cann, pictured, who works in Thrings’ Bristol office, has taken up the role at the...
Waste management firm Grundon is growing its presence in Bristol with the appointment of an award-winning sales lead and two new apprentices. Nick Malvern, who was the firm’s Salesperson of the Year in 2023, has transferred to Bristol to lead the team after spending the past two years based...
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The world’s first ‘amazement park’, Bristol’s Wake The Tiger, today opened its long-awaited second phase to the public, promising a unique addition to the city’s creative and tourism offerings. The extension, described as mind-bending, adds an extra 1,000 sq m of walk-through fantasy to its existing experience, which has attracted...
Take-up in Bristol’s industrial and logistics property market slumped by 36% last year due to a lack of space combined with the impact of macro-economic factors, according to new research. And while demand remains strong, the market will remain constrained by a lack of buildings that are immediately available....
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...
