Regional law firm Michelmores is to relocate its Bristol base after securing new grade A space in a redeveloped city centre office scheme. The firm, currently based in Broad Quay House on The Centre, will move into the 11,000 sq ft office in 10 Victoria Street, pictured, later this...
Regional accountancy group PKF Francis Clark has promoted Sam Phillips, the head of its transaction services team in Bristol, to partner. The move, along with nine other newly promoted partners, takes the number of partners in the firm to 60, the most in its 104-year history. Sam, pictured, joined the...
Full-service national law firm Shakespeare Martineau has made two promotions in Bristol and confirmed the office head and deputy. The firm, which expanded into the South West for the first time last year when it completed its merger with historic Bristol firm GL Law, said the moves were part of its...
The private wealth sector team at Foot Anstey has advised long-standing international wealth management client The Fry Group on its sale to a major UK-based group. The deal expands new owner Progeny’s reach into Europe, Middle East and Asia and also increases its total assets under management to more...
Ten promotions have been made in the Bristol office of national law firm Bevan Brittan to recognise what it called the “significant contribution” made by the individuals during a challenging time. The promotions include two new partners, two legal directors, three senior associates and three associates from the firm’s...
Bristol product development consultancy Kinneir Dufort’s pioneering ethnic diversity excellence programme is returning for a third year. Introduced to tackle the visible lack of diversity within the UK design industry, the scheme offers an opportunity for three students from minority ethnic and heritage communities entering their third year of...
National law firm Ashfords has appointed Tom Llewellyn as a partner in the firm’s commercial disputes team in Bristol. Tom, pictured, joins from Bath-headquartered regional law firm RWK Goodman, where he was a partner in its dispute resolution team for nearly three years. Prior to that he worked at...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has appointed two of its partners as departments heads. Rick Read has become its new head of real estate while Jim Aveline now heads private client services. A partner in the firm’s real estate investment and asset management team, Rick, pictured, acts for...
International engineering consultancy Cundall has opened an office in Bristol to support its projects in the South West. The base, in flexible workspace operator Clockwise’s Generator Building at Finzels Reach, is the multidisciplinary consultancy’s ninth in the UK and 27th across the globe. It opens three years after office...
Regional alternative finance lender South West Investment Group (SWIG) has appointed former mergers & acquisitions partner at global accountancy firm PwC Chris Butters as its first group CEO. Chris, pictured, who has been a non-executive director of SWIG for more than two years, will lead on the organisation’s growth...
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Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week David Arscott, CEO of Bristol decarbonisation and renewable energy firm PyTerra, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Ex Machina – an AI-centric story. Re-watched this with...
A Bristol tech firm specialising in electronic self-service point-of-sale systems for restaurants is aiming for growth of 500% over the next four years after securing investment of £250,000. Kurve expects to profit from the surge in demand for self-service kiosks in quick service and casual dining restaurants across the UK. ...
