Fast-growing Bristol law firm Temple Bright has added property specialist Richard Spencer to its practice – the 15th partner to join the firm since its 2010 launch. Richard, who specialises in commercial and residential property investment and development work, was previously a partner and head of department at Cheltenham...
Bristol law firm Bond Pearce has confirmed it is in merger talks with Dickinson Dees, based in Newcastle. A tie-up between the two would create a UK top 30 law firm with combined revenue of around £94m. Bond Pearce has grown its Bristol office over the past decade to...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol has been selected as one of four UK cities to test superfast 4G mobile internet ahead of a national roll-out. Mobile network Everything Everywhere, which includes Bristol-based mobile brand Orange and T-Mobile, said the service had been switched on for live testing in Bristol,...
Micrima, the Bristol-based company behind a safe, low-cost system to improve breast cancer detection, has secured further investment of £1.5m to take its pioneering technology to the next level. The business, originally a spin-out from the University of Bristol, has secured the investment in its latest funding round, which...
Vacant land in Bristol’s new enterprise zone is being brought back to life this week by a community-based scheme to grow organic food. The Severn Project has begun preparations to set up a temporary urban farm on the former Bath Road diesel depot site near Bristol Temple Meads railway...
The residential team at property agents Jones Lang LaSalle’s Bristol Office has been appointed by the developers of the Finzels Reach scheme to market luxury apartments alongside the city’s Floating Harbour. One and two-bedroom apartments ranging in price from £139,000 to £485,000 are being built as part of the...
Filmmaking students from UWE Bristol have worked alongside professional film makers VS1 Productions to make a half-hour drama commissioned by British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust. The drama Life Out There was broadcast on Film4 yesterday and will be repeated on The Community Channel at 2pm today, on Thursday at...
Alderley, the South Gloucestershire engineering group specialising in liquid and gas metering, water treatment packages and hydraulic control systems, has promoted Nick Hull to chief operating officer. In his new role he will focus on providing strategic direction and operational support to Alderley’s successful and growing metering business. Nick,...
National health, safety and environmental consultancy The Building Safety Group has appointed Neil Sherreard, the former managing director of Bristol-based Cowlin Construction, as a director. Neil, pictured, was previously on the board of the consultancy, based near Thornbury, between 1998 and 2008. Having left Cowlin a year ago, he...
Optimism among UK businesses has fallen to a 20-year low, hitting depths not seen since comparable data began in 1992, according to the latest Business Trends report from accountants and business advisers BDO. BDO’s Optimism Index, which predicts business performance two quarters ahead, suggests the economy will continue to...
International executive search company Dangerfield Executive has bought the freehold of an office building at Emersons Green, near Bristol, to use as its new headquarters – a sign, say property agents, of market recovery. Brook House is a 3,307 sq ft (307.2 sq m) self-contained two storey building at...
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Pieminister, the fast-growing Bristol-based pie producer, has secured a substantial four-acre site in Westbury on Trym from the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. The north Bristol site is already home to Pieminister's kitchens, where it has been producing its widely-popular products since 2007. The deal paves the way...
