South West chartered accountancy firm Albert Goodman is to open a new office in Bristol city centre, more than doubling the size of its current suburban base. The firm, which also has offices in Taunton, Yeovil, Weymouth and Weston-super-Mare, has signed a lease on 3,000 sq ft of newly...
Business confidence in the South West has bounced back this month, rising for the first time this year – but the region still remains one of the least optimistic parts of the UK. The latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking shows confidence levels among firms in the...
Ambitious small to medium-sized businesses in Bristol and across the West of England are being offered support to buy new products and equipment to increase production and help them grow. The funding is from a new round of Business Growth and Adaptations Grants launched by West of England Combined...
ICON Corporate Finance, the Bristol-headquartered tech-focused investment bank, has appointed Will Cave as its new associate director. With experience in buy-side, sell-side and fundraising due diligence, Will began his career with London-based accountants SRLV before qualifying as a chartered accountant in BDO’s international team. Having worked across deals in...
It’s been about a year since the City Council started bringing in new rules around bin collections, under its stated aim to create more pleasant spaces which are easier to access and less likely to attract vermin. Essentially, there’s now a ban in affected areas on leaving bins out...
Law firm Thrings has appointed three newly qualified solicitors in a move it says reflects the way it continues to retain talent nurtured through its trainee scheme. Georgina James, pictured, joins the firm’s corporate and commercial department, working out of its Bristol base, while Rhiannon Forbes is now a member of...
Bristol firms need more help from the government in the face of stubbornly high inflation, including transitioning to more energy efficient sources and easing supply chain difficulties, the region’s biggest business organisation has said. With annual inflation unexpectedly jumping from 10.1% in January to 10.4% last month, Business West...
Bristol-based invoice finance provider Optimum Finance has appointed David Tugwell as an account executive to support its lead generation and new business team. David, pictured, has worked in the client services and banking industries for 18 years, spending his entire career at Barclays, where he was a branch manager...
The Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke is strengthening its private wealth team with the appointment of Patrick Wooddisse as partner. Patrick, pictured, joins Osborne Clarke from Bristol-headquartered TLT, where he held the position of partner and head of private business group since 2008. Prior to this,...
Major projects in Bristol aimed at growing the city’s economy by harnessing its strengths in key sectors such as net zero, creativity and advanced manufacturing re to be fast-tracked after receiving a multi-million boost. The city will get the lion’s share of government funding worth around £18m earmarked for...
Pre-tax profits at Bristol-headquartered ethical bank Triodos UK shot up by 18% last year despite what it described as “tumultuous times”. The lender, the UK arm of Dutch sustainable banking group Triodos, also increased customer numbers by 3.5% to 87,896 during the year while customer deposits increased by 2.1%...
The Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke has helped a pioneering medical device company focusing on the emerging field of surgical endoscopy raise more than £33m to fill a funding gap and speed up its expansion. Creo Medical Group develops and commercialises minimally invasive electrosurgical devices from...
The corporate and pension teams at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon have been shortlisted in four categories of two different award schemes. The pensions team hope to win a hattrick at the Professional Pensions’ UK Pensions Awards while the corporate team is in the running for the Legal...
