A director in the pensions team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has been named as one of the top 10 environmental, social and governance (ESG) lawyers in the UK, US and Ireland. Kate Granville Smith is among the ‘distinguished advisers’ for ESG in this year’s Financier Worldwide...
Bristol’s Wake The Tiger, the world’s first ‘amazement park’, is to double in size after receiving a £500,000 investment from a specialist creative sector growth fund. The walk-through experience, pictured, opened just over a year ago at a cost of around £2.5m in a former paint factory in the...
Corporate finance specialists at regional accountancy firm PKF Francis Clark and legal experts from the Bristol office of Clarke Willmott have advised on the sale of one of the UK’s leading independent manufacturers of precision plastic components. Nailsea-based Nylaplas, which firms in a wide range of sectors including aerospace,...
Confidence levels among businesses in the South West have bounced back from the gloom of earlier this year – making the region one of only two to register an increase in optimism. Overall confidence rose five points last month to 34%, while companies in the region became far more...
Bristol employers are being invited to take part in a new £2m programme that will support hundreds of individuals across the West of England to learn new skills. The scheme, launched by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), is designed to plug the skills gaps in the region...
Accountancy group EY has appointed two new partners in its Bristol office as it continues to make significant investments in its talent to meet client demand and support growth of the business. Eleri James and Rob Williams’ promotions come after Artyom Shlenkin and Marcus Graham joined the office as partners...
Evelyn Partners, the national integrated wealth management and professional services group, has strengthened its assurance and business services (ABS) team in Bristol with a number of promotions. They include Ben Hamar, who becomes a director in the national assurance technical group, Sarah Fox, who is now an associate director...
South West chartered accountancy firm Albert Goodman has strengthened its tax team in Bristol with the appointment of senior manager Sam Wood. Sam, pictured, joins after four and a half years at Bristol-based ForrestBrown, the UK’s leading specialist research & development (R&D) tax credit consultancy. Prior to that he worked at regional accountants...
A legal director in the Bristol office of national law firm Foot Anstey has helped regional business finance provider FSE Group close two investment funds that will form part of the recently launched South West Investment Fund (SWIF). Karl Bradford, pictured below, with support from colleagues in Foot Anstey’s funds...
Lloyds Banking Group has appointed Nicola Littlejohn as its new group ambassador for the South West. Bristol-based Nicola, pictured, will engage with policymakers, regional business leaders, community networks and charitable organisations to deliver the group’s purpose. She will also bring people together to share insights to address the challenges...
One of the UK’s largest regional fund managers has opened an office in Bristol to provide finance to small and medium-sized business through the British Business Bank’s new £200m South West Investment Fund. FW Capital will manage the debt finance fund for the north of the region, providing commercial...
Two creative entrepreneurs have been awarded £22,500 in start-up loan funding from alternative regional funder SWIG Finance to launch a new branding agency in Bristol. Siena Dexter and Kieran Katwala described themselves as being obsessed with brilliant design, science-led strategy and the human condition. As a result, their new agency Naked...
Accountancy group Deloitte has continued to invest in its Bristol office by making two partner and 16 director promotions, taking to 211 the number of individuals promoted across all grades and businesses in its South West and Wales practice summer. The two new partners are Luke Webber and Giles Houghton,...
