TLT, the Bristol-headquartered law firm, has advised venture capital firm Sussex Place Ventures on its investment in expanding UK firm Kimble Applications, one of Europe’s leading professional services automation (PSA) providers. The investment, part of a $1.8m (£1.2m) equity fundraising, will allow Kimble Applications to further expand its international...
South West tech firms are poised to grow at four times the rate of the economy this year, according to new research. Some 58% of the firms quizzed as part of Barclays’ Fast Growth Tech survey said they expect their business to grow by up to 10%, with 19%...
Some of Bristol’s biggest businesses have joined forces with seven Rotary Clubs across the city to support a campaign to immunise 125,000 children against polio. The 11 firms are backing Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign, part of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) which is looking to eradicate polio...
Burges Salmon, the Bristol-headquartered law firm, has been appointed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) to its newly-created legal panel. The firm will provide the FSCS with a range of legal services as one of eight firms appointed to the panel to manage the majority of its legal...
Firms in the Bristol area are being urged to enter one of the region’s top award schemes showcasing excellence and enterprise in business. The prestigious Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards 2015 seek to recognise outstanding business people and focus UK-wide attention on success in...
Nearly £300m was wiped off the value of Bristol-based fund manager Hargreaves Lansdown after it revealed a slight fall in pre-tax profits. The firm, one of lynchpin of the city’s financial services sector, is traditionally a stellar performer on the London Stock Exchange. But its shares came under pressure...
Food and agriculture sector specialists at the Bristol office of Smith & Williamson have acted as financial advisers to Openfield, the UK’s leading farmer-owned grain marketing co-operative, on its acquisition of Countrywide Farmers’ grain business. Openfield collects, stores, distributes and markets more than 4.5m tonnes of grain every year...
Ultimate Finance Group, which provides funding to small and medium-sized firms, has welcomed back Mark Bennett to its Bristol head office. Mark, pictured, returns as a regional director having left the company in January 2010 to join a rival. With almost 20 years’ experience within the industry he specialises...
Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT has advised BGL Group, one of the UK’s largest consumer insurance groups, on the sale of the country’s number one specialist motorbike insurer Bennetts. Saga is paying £26.6m to acquire Bennetts, which covers more than 200,000 motorbike enthusiasts – almost half over the age of...
Bristol digital entrepreneur Mark Mason has joined the leadership team of city-based research and development tax credit consultancy ForrestBrown to help it continue to grow. He will also seek to improve access for tech firms to the high levels of tax relief they may be eligible to claim against...
The Bristol office of accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson has made two senior promotions. Rebecca Tippet, who works in the assurance and business services team, and John Davies, a private client and charities investment specialist, have been promoted to associate director. Rebecca has been with Smith...
Bristol’s standing as one of the UK’s most innovative cities has been recognised in a major new report which also highlights the strength of its economy. The latest report from respected urban think tank Centre for Cities places Bristol ninth in the table of the leading UK cities for...
Innovative Bristol microfinance charity Deki is calling on businesses in the city to help it fight poverty in Africa by joining it in a unique partnership. Deki’s crowdfunding website deki.org.uk offers long-term solutions to poverty by giving entrepreneurs in the developing world access to small loans and business training....
