Bristol firms are being urged to remain cautious about easing Covid-related measures too quickly as the country prepares for most legal restrictions to be lifted on Monday. With infection rates rising again across the area, the city council is encouraging residents to avoid crowded areas, if possible, and to...
The pandemic has made people much more sensitive to the impact of not being able to work and how it can affect their domestic finances. While previously many might have taken a relaxed approach to income protection insurance and perhaps not seen it as an essential part of their...
The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has appointed civil engineer Richard Bonner as its new chair, replacing Prof Steve West, who has been in the role since 2017. Richard, pictured, joined the LEP board two years ago and also served on the West of England Economic Recovery...
Bristol-based invoice finance provider Optimum Finance is aiming to win more business in the North of England following the appointment of a new regional director. Paul Green, pictured, joins Optimum from RBS Invoice Finance, where he held a number of business development roles. He has also worked for HSBC. Optimum said...
The Bristol-based venture capital team at international legal practice Osborne Clarke has completed two investment deals totalling £15m involving fast-growing brands. Its lawyers advised funders BGF and CPT Capital on an £11m equity round for THIS, a plant-based, meat alternative brand, and handled a £4m growth capital investment from...
Managers of Bristol’s top hotels were this afternoon meeting West of England Mayor Dan Norris for crisis talks over the worst staffing shortage in the sector for decades. As the city’s hotels count down the days to July 19, when they will be able to reopen fully for the...
Lawyers in the Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke have advised broker Liberum Capital on its handling of online-only building materials retailer CMO Group’s London Stock Exchange flotation. Plymouth-based CMO is seeking to capitalise on the construction sector’s comparatively slow move online and Britain’s £27bn addressable building...
Bristol-based ethical lender Triodos Bank UK has been named as Best Savings Provider in a top finance industry award scheme – proving, it said, the growing demand for sustainable banking. Triodos landed the title at the at the British Bank Awards 2021 as well as being highly commended in...
Bristol research and development tax relief consultancy ForrestBrown has shuffled its senior management team – with founder Simon Brown becoming chairman – as it prepares for extensive changes in the sector. The firm has grown rapidly since Simon, pictured, launched it as a disruptor in 2013 after identifying an...
Bristol firms will be guided through the latest changes to the UK’s innovation incentive landscape in an online event staged by accountancy firm Smith & Williamson next week. The Zoom webinar will highlight new rules around the Patent Box regime, which came into force on June30, as well as the recent government consultation on Research And Development (R&D) Tax relief. ...
Tax consultancy Finch & Associates is expanding with the launch of its own accountancy arm having spent the past 16 months helping other firms grow through the pandemic. The new team at the Clevedon-based firm, which specialises in R&D tax credits and US and UK taxation, will be led by...
Invoice financier Advantedge Commercial Finance has appointed Ruth Bethel as its business development manager for the South West. Ruth, pictured, has re-joined the business having previously spent three years with it as regional sales manager before leaving four years ago. In her new role she will be responsible for...
Bristol-based National Friendly, the specialist provider of insurance and care funding to the over-50s, has appointed Graham Singleton as its new CEO. Graham, pictured, is a qualified actuary with more than 35 years’ experience in the UK life & pensions financial services industry. He started his career in life...
