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Festival of Sustainable Business Exhibition returns to guide firms on their environmental journey

June 8, 2023
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Festival of Sustainable Business Exhibition returns to guide firms on their environmental journey

Firms will be able to access the latest advice and guidance to enable them to become sustainable when the region’s largest annual environmental exhibition returns next week. Staged by Bristol specialist business hub Future Leap at Paintworks on Bath Road, the Festival of Sustainable Business Exhibition next Thursday, 15...

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Four-star London hotel acquisition completed by Osborne Clarke Bristol team

June 7, 2023
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Four-star London hotel acquisition completed by Osborne Clarke Bristol team

Lawyers from international legal firm Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office have advised on the multi-million pound acquisition of a four-star London hotel. The team worked with Dalata Hotel Group on its £53.4m purchase of the Apex Hotel London Wall, pictured, from Apex Hotels.  The 89-bedroom hotel, with a gym, ground...

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Restructuring & insolvency partner joins Ashfords as it expands its Bristol banking and finance team

June 7, 2023
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Restructuring & insolvency partner joins Ashfords as it expands its Bristol banking and finance team

National law firm Ashfords has continued to grow the banking and finance expertise in its Bristol office with the appointment of Melissa George as a restructuring & insolvency partner. Melissa joins after more than 21 years at Thrings, where for the past 10 years she was a partner specialising...

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Cricket club is bowled over by sponsorship deal with Manning Gee Investments

June 5, 2023
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Cricket club is bowled over by sponsorship deal with Manning Gee Investments

More than 200 youth and women cricketers are now playing in new maroon-coloured shirts after the founder of Bristol financial planning and mortgage advisers Manning Gee Investments answered an appeal for help on social media. Bradley Stoke Cricket Club needed funds to change from traditional cricket whites to a...

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Bristol Business Blog: Matthew Oldfield, tax manager, Haines Watts Bristol. Coming soon – Basis Period Reform

June 5, 2023
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Bristol Business Blog: Matthew Oldfield, tax manager, Haines Watts Bristol. Coming soon – Basis Period Reform

For many, managing your tax responsibilities is going to require more forethought over the next 12 months, as plans to change the tax period go ahead this year. Until now, sole traders and partnerships have been able to choose the dates on which their Income Tax year begins and...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

June 4, 2023
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Monday June 5 Finals: Sirius Real Estate, Itaconix, Celadon Pharmaceuticals, Valirx, Verici, Mobile Tornado Group Interim: Hercules Site Services Economic announcements: PMI composite, PMI services Tuesday June 6 Finals: Speedy Hire, Warehouse REIT, Brown (N) Group, NewRiver REIT Interims: Paragon Banking Group, Gooch & Housego, Oxford Metrics Q1 result: Argo Blockchain Trading announcement: Hunting...

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LDC’s Bristol office takes stake in legaltech firm making the case for shaking up the Bar

June 2, 2023
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LDC’s Bristol office takes stake in legaltech firm making the case for shaking up the Bar

Mid-market private equity firm LDC’s Bristol-based South West team has made a minority investment in tech-enabled legal services company revolutionising the way barristers work. The Barrister Group (TBG), an umbrella group for legal brands such as Clerksroom Chambers and Clerksroom Direct, uses its innovative proprietary Chambers365 management software to give barristers choice over...

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Top franchise award for Bristol mums on a mission to help tired parents get their babies to sleep

June 2, 2023
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Top franchise award for Bristol mums on a mission to help tired parents get their babies to sleep

A former Bristol solicitor and an ex-mental health social worker have been named as the UK’s top female franchisors seven years after drawing on their own experiences as mums to launch a baby and child sleep consultancy. Jenna Wilson founded Little Dreams Consulting in 2016 while pregnant with her...

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Surveys point to weak business confidence as South West firms remain gloomiest in the UK

June 2, 2023
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Surveys point to weak business confidence as South West firms remain gloomiest in the UK

Confidence among South West firms remains the most fragile of any UK region, according to two new surveys, with weak economic growth and skills shortages among the biggest challenges. Business optimism in the region fell six percentage points during May according to the latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank...

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Intellectual property group HLK recruits its first business development director

June 2, 2023
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Intellectual property group HLK recruits its first business development director

HLK, the Bristol-based global intellectual property (IP) services group, has appointed Matthew Evans as its first business development director. The group, which combines Haseltine Lake Kempner and Munich-headquartered HL Kempner Partnerschaft mbB, said the newly created position reinforced its strong ethos of quality and outstanding client service.  The group...

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New Bristol office for Cazenove Capital to cater for demand for a personalised, local service

June 2, 2023
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New Bristol office for Cazenove Capital to cater for demand for a personalised, local service

Wealth management firm Cazenove Capital has opened an office in Bristol to serve its growing client base in the city and across the South West. The move is part of a regional growth strategy at the firm, which has also included launching bases in Birmingham and Manchester and making...

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Senior team at Istoria Group strengthened with two director-level appointments

June 1, 2023
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Istoria Group, the Bristol-based collective of creative agencies, has made two new group-level appointments, with Silka Mitchell joining as creative director and Bryn Isaac as financial director. Silka, pictured, who is German-born and has lived and worked in both Germany and in the UK, brings top London agency experience...

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Internship scheme aimed at addressing the creative industry’s lack of diversity gets under way

June 1, 2023
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Internship scheme aimed at addressing the creative industry’s lack of diversity gets under way

The first cohort of young talent has been selected for a new internship programme aimed at tackling the key issues of a long-term skills shortage and a lack of workforce diversity in Bristol creative sector. Fourteen young people, pictured, from across the city will now experience working life in...

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