South West utilities group Pennon has vowed to invest in Bristol Water, which it bought this week for £425m, promising a better service for its 1.2m customers. Exeter-based Pennon, which already owns South West Water, bought Bristol Water from multinational asset management firm iCON Infrastructure and Itochu, one of...
Bristol-based timber supplier Taylor Maxwell Group, which started life in 1959 as a brick and timber merchant operating from one showroom in the city, has been acquired by a smaller rival in a deal worth up to £63m. Key senior management and around 190 staff will transfer to new...
The role of the financial services sector in the drive towards a low carbon economy will be explored at an event to be staged next week by Bristol-based green investment firm Rathbone Greenbank. Its 24th annual Investor Day – which this year takes place virtually – will look at...
Corporate and tax experts from the Bristol office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson have advised broking group Howden on its acquisition of Thornbury-based Medical Professional Risk Solutions, a specialist insurance broker for the primary care sector. The acquisition expands London-based Howden’s health & care division as it...
Bristol’s small and medium-sized businesses are being urged to take advantage of grants which can make them greener while also saving them money. But they need to hurry as applications for the grants close on June 25. The Green Business Grant scheme is run by the West of England...
The majority of the senior leadership roles at Bristol-based invoice finance provider Optimum Finance are now held by women following the appointment of Vicky Williams as chief financial officer. Vicky’s arrival from Newport-based Propel Finance, where she was group finance controller, means that three of the five-strong team at Optimum are...
The Wealth at Work group, a provider of workplace financial wellbeing programmes and retirement services with an office in Bristol, has secured further investment to maintain its strong growth. The group, which has its headquarters in Liverpool, works with more than 450 private and public sector employers including Marks...
Bristol has again been hailed as one of the UK’s top tech hotspots – this time in a report by electronics retailer Carphone Warehouse. The city, which often heads national rankings for its tech strength, particularly in areas such as virtual reality, joins London and Edinburgh in Carphone Warehouse’s...
A pioneering Bristol medical firm working at the leading edge of gene therapy to combat a range of illnesses has secured funding of more than £1.4m. Clifton-based Argonaute RNA aims to use the power of RNA interference (RNAi) to create ground-breaking medicines that harness the body’s natural cell mechanisms...
A business support programme showing how small and medium-sized Bristol firms can benefit from sustainable innovation has been launched by world-leading business incubator SETsquared and the University of Bath. The three-year programme, which has been funded by the European Regional Development and available for firms based in the West...
Law firm Foot Anstey’s Bristol-based Islamic finance team has advised a Saudi-based management firm on its acquisition of an office block worth £19m. The 39,000 sq ft Grade A building in Brentwood, Essex, was bought by Sidra Capital, with Foot Anstey working on the deal from inception to completion. ...
A new partnership that includes national law firm TLT and ethical bank Triodos’s UK business – both based Bristol – is seeking to support growth of employee ownership. Backed by the Employee Ownership Association, the partnership will share its members’ collective insight and expertise on the benefits of staff...
Bristol Law Society has appointed specialist insurance broker Howden as its new, long-term professional indemnity insurance (PII) sponsor. The move will allow Bristol Law Society 4,500 members access to resources and exclusive facilities only available through Howden. London-based Howden will also provide regular guidance on risk management and other...
