Accountancy firm Grant Thornton retained its position as the leading financial adviser to UK companies by deal volume with reported deals advised on rising to 121 last year – 12 of them in the West. It is the second year the firm has topped the annual Experian Corpfin ranking...
Bristol law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV) is positioning itself as one of the UK’s leading local government practices, helped by the appointment of former head of legal services at Bristol City Council, Stephen McNamara. Stephen, one of the UK’s highest-profile local authority lawyers, joined just under two months...
TLT, the Bristol-based law firm, has advised fashion chain Bonmarché on a strategically important deal with designer David Emanuel, best known for designing Princess Diana’s wedding dress. TLT drafted the new agreement between Bonmarché and Mr Emanuel for the designer to sell a range of clothing across the retailer’s...
West law firm Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, has been appointed to provide specialist advice to Sutton Harbour Holdings on its ambitious masterplan to transform Sutton Harbour in Plymouth into a national destination. The plan, announced in November, will include restaurants, cafés, shops, offices and apartments...
There may still be just under 300 days until Christmas but Bristol-based event Hype Agency is already working on its plans for its annual festive party – one of the largest and best-attended in the region. Every year Hype transforms Brunel’s Passenger Shed at Temple Meads into a magical...
Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT has appointed Jon Gill as an associate in its 14-strong corporate team. Jon, pictured, who joins from Eversheds where he was a senior associate in the corporate team, specialises in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity, with a particular interest in venture capital and...
The West’s small to medium-sized manufacturers are encouragingly positive in their outlook with nearly two thirds (64%) expecting to increase turnover over the next six months, according to the latest Barometer survey by the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS). This confidence – a rise of 23% from the same quarter...
The Institute of Directors has moved its South West regional headquarters to the Bristol & Bath Science Park. IoD director general Simon Walker visited the new offices where he met regional IoD representatives including South West chairman Richard Ayre, South West director Simon Face and regional staff, along with...
Fairtrade Fortnight has been launched in Bristol with Mayor George Ferguson signing one of the UK's first International Fair Trade Post-2015 Declarations. The move supports the inclusion of fair trade in the next UN development goals to end extreme poverty when the Millennium Development Goals expire in 2015. The...
Lloyds Bank’s regional head of commercial banking head Clive Hetherington has been appointed to the board of trustees at Bristol’s Royal West of England Academy (RWA), one of the most well-respected arts venues in the region. Mr Hetherington, pictured, who has headed the bank’s operation supporting South West mid-market...
Vistair, the Bristol-based firm providing web-based safety and maintenance services to the global airline industry, has increased staffing by 80% over the past 12 months and opened satellite offices in Dubai and California. The firm, which supplies airlines such as Emirates, BA, Ryanair and easyJet, has also increased its...
Bristol Business News is to launch the city’s first Innovation Awards to showcase the creativity and enterprise in its fast-growth sectors. The Bristol Innovation Awards will be a far cry from the traditional business awards in the city as they will truly reflect its dynamism and pioneering spirit. Categories...
Work has started on the latest – and largest – ‘big shed’ food warehouse at Avonmouth as the transformation of the area from a major industrial site into a prime location for supermarket distribution centres gathers pace. The 616,000 sq ft building for Asda is on the 40-acre site...
