The corporate and private client teams at law firm Thrings have been boosted with the appointment of two “outstanding” newly qualified solicitors who have progressed through its trainee scheme. Sam Longmore has joined Thrings’ private client team while Noah Ofulue is now a member of its corporate team. Both...
The UK’s oldest privately owned bank, C. Hoare & Co., has appointed Lucy Porter as its relationship manager for the South West. Lucy has been with C. Hoare & Co. since 2015 in a similar role based in its London head office. She previously worked for HSBC Private Bank. ...
Looking at it rationally, having a Bristol Women in Business Charter is counterintuitive. We should not, rationally, even be discussing the ‘business case’ for women to be an equal and part of a fair and moral functioning economic system. There would, you could argue, be no rational reason to...
Bristol corporate PR and communications agency Ambitious has chalked up another period of strong growth following a number of new business and expansion of its team with several appointments. Its expansion in the first quarter of its financial year means agency remains on track to meet the £1.65m annual...
National law firm Ashfords has made four new partner promotions – two of them in its Bristol office – in a move that raises its total partnership to 74. The firm, which employs more than 500 people, has also more than doubled its promotions at all levels this year...
Monday September 4 Final: Dechra Pharmaceuticals Interims: Belvoir Group, Ashtead Technology Holdings Economic announcements: PMI services, PMI composite Tuesday September 5 Finals: Craneware, Alumasc Group Interims: Getbusy, Johnson Service Group, Tissue Regenix Group, Midwich Group, Eurocell, The Pebble Group, Ecora Resources, Headlam Group, Gamma Communications, Blackbird, Luceco, Sigmaroc, STVG Group Economic announcements: PMI construction,...
Less than a quarter of Bristol’s offices and under a third of its shops would meet tough new environmental regulations expected to come in by the end of the decade, according to a new report. The city’s industrial buildings would fare even worse, the research from global property services...
Five innovative Bristol firms have teamed up with a unique collection of 20th and 21st century applied art to celebrate the city’s pioneering design heritage. The exhibition marks Bristol’s 650th year as a city and county by showcasing the iconic design of Aardman Animations, Amalgam, Kinneir Dufort, Limbs & Things and Xylotek. Hosted by...
A Bristol intellectual property consultancy has been sold as its founder, a key player in the sector, enters retirement. JDIP was launched in 2015 by John Dean, who had previously spent nearly 21 years with Withers & Rogers in Bristol. As a partner of the firm, he worked on...
A sharp rise in the number of firms in the South West becoming insolvent has made the region the worst in the country for increasing business instability. The latest analysis by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 reveals an increase of just under 40% in insolvency-related activities in the...
The boss of Britain’s national tourism agency has visited Bristol to see for herself how some of the city’s attractions will have a significant impact on its visitor economy over the next five years. VisitBritain/VisitEngland CEO Patricia Yates toured Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Brabazon Hangers at Filton and Bristol Zoo...
Law firm Thrings has continued to boost its expertise in property litigation by recruiting a new partner in its Bristol office. Jonathan Bouchta, pictured, right, with new property litigation legal director Simon McIlroy, will work across the firm’s seven offices, representing clients nationwide in resolving complex disputes in a changing...
National wealth management and professional services group Evelyn Partners is to move its Bristol office to a new, highly sustainable flagship development just a stone’s throw away. The firm will transfer its 250-strong Bristol team from Portwall Place, where it has been based for the past 15 years, to...
