A partner with regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has the largest of its eight offices in Bristol, has been elected vice-president of the profession’s leading membership organisation. Caroline Smale, pictured, who leads Bishop Fleming’s risk and compliance team, takes up the role at the Institute of Chartered Accountants...
Long-established Bristol herbs and spices manufacturer Bart Ingredients is to have a new-look senior management team from April when its chief executive officer becomes non-executive chairman. David Collard, who has been CEO for more than 12 years, will be replaced in the role by the firm’s chief commercial officer...
Monday January 8 Nothing listed Tuesday January 9 Trading announcements: B&M European Value Retail, Foresight Group Holdings Economic announcements: Retail sales, BRC sales monitor Wednesday January 10 Trading announcements: Greggs, Persimmon, Sainsbury (J) Thursday January 11 Final: Atrato Onsitr Energy Interim: Knights Group Holdings Trading announcements: Hilton Foods Group,...
Veteran broadcaster, writer and historian Jonathan Dimbleby is to become chair of the board of Bristol Beacon while the concert venue’s chief executive who oversaw its £132m, five-year transformation will leave her role. Louise Mitchell CBE will step down in July, having been at the helm since the charity...
A Bristol tech firm developing highly specialised software that makes renewable energy operations safer and more efficient has been acquired by a major player in the global industry. Sennen, which was launched in 2017 and now has a team of 25 experts, was taken over shortly before Christmas by...
Nine law firms with offices in Bristol have been showcased in the 2024 edition of a ground-breaking legal sector report highlighting the sector’s key contributors to the UK’s green transition. National and international firms TLT, Foot Anstey and Womble Bond Dickinson all featured in the inaugural Legal 500 UK...
Fewer than one in five West of England businesses have confidence in the UK’s economic outlook this year, according to a new survey – yet almost two-thirds are optimistic about their own prospects. Key challenges identified by firms in the region as 2024 gets under way are interest rate...
The strength of Bristol’s pioneering legaltech ecosystem will come under the spotlight at an event later this month aimed at those interested in learning more about the sector, whether they work in law, technology, academia or finance. Organised by Bristol Law Society and LawtechUK, a Ministry of Justice-backed initiative,...
Regional accountancy, tax and business advisory firm Milsted Langdon has received a prestigious accreditation for its commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards. The firm, which has an office in Bristol, said the recognition by ESGmark, an organisation that promotes and rewards responsible business, was testament to its...
National law firm Clarke Willmott, which has an office in Bristol, has appointed its first director of transformation as it seeks to place innovation at the core of its response to an increasingly competitive legal marketplace. Clarke Willmott said Rachel Barnes, pictured, had joined with “a remit to establish...
National law firm Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, has appointed Sam Elworthy as a partner in its commercial team. Sam, pictured, previously worked at Bristol law firm Temple Bright, which he joined in 2013 as a partner to open its London office. Prior to that he...
The top floor of a landmark Bristol commercial building has been transformed into an ultra-flexible office scheme complete with movable features so occupiers can turn up, plug in and get to work straight away. London-based real estate investment firm EPIC commissioned workplace design-and-build company Interaction to turn the space...
Bristol-based specialist communications consultancy Distinctive Communications has grown its presence in the South West with a key appointment in Devon. The agency, which works with place-makers, purposeful businesses and public bodies, has recruited Arianne Smart, pictured, as an account manager to lead on public relations and communications support to...
