Lloyds Banking Group has appointed long-standing Bristol-based director Jeremy Hayward as its ambassador for the South West to help support social and economic prosperity across the region. Jeremy, pictured, will take the lead on delivering the group’s Helping Britain Prosper plan in the region. The plan, launched in 2014,...
International accountancy group KPMG has promoted Andrew Morgan to chair of its South region, a role that gives him responsibility for strategy in an area that includes its offices in Bristol, Reading, Southampton, Plymouth and Cardiff. Andrew, pictured, succeeds Karen Witton, who has stepped down after four years to...
Corporate advisory group GS Verde has expanded its Bristol office with 10 senior appointments following a significant six-figure funding package from HSBC. The Cardiff-headquartered group, which includes law firm Greenaway Scott, corporate finance boutique Verde Corporate Finance and patent attorney business Alchemie IP, specialises in mergers and acquisition advice,...
A majority stake in Bristol-based pensions software firm Procentia has been acquired by the executive arm of the UK’s largest private sector pension schemes. Procentia was launched in 2002 by a group of self-confessed pension software geeks and has grown into a major player in the fast-growing specialist financial...
Bristol financial planning firm Paradigm Norton has launched an academy in partnership with UWE to invest in its next generation of leaders Participants from the firm will study modules in self-leadership, personal vision, succession, sustainability and legacy and conflict and confrontation. With a maximum of eight Paradigm Norton employees...
Dozens of Bristol businesses are backing the UK’s first contactless donation system that supports homeless people, making it the country’s fastest-growing project of its kind. TAP for Bristol now has 20 donation points around the city centre raising £150 a day. The money raised goes towards homelessness prevention services as...
One of the UK’s oldest family-run regional breweries called on Bristol-based corporate finance experts to help it with its latest acquisition – despite being based 135 miles away. Stockport-based Robinsons, a 181-year-old, sixth-generation family business, turned to the Bristol corporate finance team of national accountancy group Smith & Williamson to work on...
Bristol-headquartered law firms TLT and Burges Salmon have acted on a multi-million pound debt funding for a London-based battery storage firm. Burges Salmon’s energy team advised Zenobē Energy on the £25m limited recourse debt from Santander UK, while TLT advised the bank, a long-standing client. Zenobē Energy is one...
The importance of having a strategic plan for business growth was underpinned at an event hosted by Bristol-based law firm Gregg Latchams’ In-house Lawyer service (IHL) and Bristol Business News. Called ‘Growing your business on solid foundations’, the seminar was aimed at helping the owners of start-up and scale-up...
Business organisations have welcomed the stability that the resounding Conservative General Election victory will bring – but question marks remain over the kind of Brexit deal a Boris Johnson-led government will strike. Business West, the South West’s largest business group which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol...
The Bristol-based corporate finance team at accountancy group Smith & Williamson has advised a Bulgarian IT software development services business on its disposal. TechHuddle, one of the fastest-growing IT companies in Bulgaria, helps businesses offshore and outsource their IT and provides software development services with a focus on intellectual...
Another growth phase is on the cards at Bristol-based Molson Group, the UK’s largest independent distributor of capital equipment to the construction and waste management sectors, after it secured a further £11m investment. In a deal put together in Bristol by city-based advisers, Molson received the funding from the...
A pioneering campaign to help firms in the South West prepare for life outside the European Union has earned a major national award for Business West, the region’s biggest business support organisation. Recognising that Brexit represents the single most radical transformation in the way that British businesses trade for...
