Lawyers from the Bristol office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) have advised North Somerset Council in its successful legal battle to acquire Weston-super-Mare’s historic Birnbeck Pier. The council is working with the Royal National Lifeboats Institution (RNLI) and Historic England to secure the preservation of the Grade...
Two creative entrepreneurs have been awarded £22,500 in start-up loan funding from alternative regional funder SWIG Finance to launch a new branding agency in Bristol. Siena Dexter and Kieran Katwala described themselves as being obsessed with brilliant design, science-led strategy and the human condition. As a result, their new agency Naked...
National law firm Ashfords, which has an office in Bristol, has broken the £50m annual revenue barrier after growing by 3% over the past year. The £50.2m achieved in the 2022/23 financial year triggered a 7% firm-wide bonus at the firm, which employs more than 500 people. Profits increased...
Fast-growing Cornish digital agency Thought Quarter has expanded its operations by opening a base in Bristol. Co-founded by people & culture director Allanah Armondi and managing director Samuele Armondi and now employing 14 people, the majority female-owned agency’s services range from e-commerce management to customer experience optimisation systems. It works...
The team at Bristol craft brewery Butcombe are toasting victory in another awards scheme, this time for their gluten-free beer. Having twice tasted success with its Goram IPA Zero in the World Alcohol-Free Awards, the brewery’s Stateside Session IPA has landed silver in the recent year’s Free From Awards. ...
National law firm Foot Anstey has strengthened its energy and infrastructure sector team in Bristol by appointing new legal directors Laura Rajanah and Adam Weatherley. Laura Rajanah has dedicated 15 years of her career to the energy sector, focusing on the real estate elements associated with projects. She has...
Accountancy group Deloitte has continued to invest in its Bristol office by making two partner and 16 director promotions, taking to 211 the number of individuals promoted across all grades and businesses in its South West and Wales practice summer. The two new partners are Luke Webber and Giles Houghton,...
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A former University of Bristol student-turned-entrepreneur has donated £50,000 to help fund its next generation of start-up businesses. The donation from Rupert Baker has kick-started a new ‘founders’ pledge’ project through which entrepreneurs given funding by the university promise to donate some of their future earnings to student start-ups. ...
Wealth management firm Investec Wealth & Investment has agreed a three-year partnership with iconic Bristol live music venue St George’s Bristol. The sponsorship deal, the first of its kind for St George’s, launches this year, the 200th anniversary of the former church on Park Street, as well as the 650th year...
Bristol’s status as a global centre for innovation in telecoms hardware has been boosted by plans to open a £2.5m research centre in the city. The Future Telecoms Hub, which will launch this autumn on the Bristol & Bath Science Park at Emersons Green, will lead pioneering development work...
Bristol and the West of England will become the UK’s centre for electric vehicle technology when the long-expected green light is finally given for a battery gigafactory in Somerset, according to business leaders and politicians in the region. The government this week agreed a deal with Tata Group, which owns...
Bristol-based specialist corporate finance advisory firm Shaw & Co has helped seal a major deal that will boost the South West’s lead in advanced optical technology. The firm advised thin-film coating company Artemis Optical on its £8.9m sale to long-established Somerset specialist manufacturer of optical components and systems Gooch...
