Commercial disputes paralegal Florence Lungu, who works in the Bristol office of national law firm Bond Dickinson, has won a major apprentice award for making a ‘substantial contribution’ to her employer. Florence, 20, pictured, who has been with Bond Dickinson for two years, won the Advanced Apprentice of the...
Bristol businesses that care about their city are being urged to step up their philanthropy and offer support for organisations that prevent local people suffering mental health crises. The plea comes from the Quartet Community Foundation, the independent charity that works across the West of England to support local...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has hired four new legal apprentices – the second year running it has taken on students looking for an alternative route into the legal profession. The firm has been involved in the Trailblazers initiative since March 2014. Trailblazers is a cross-party initiative to...
Bristol Business News and law firm Thrings have teamed up to launch Bristol Property Pop-ups, a series of events celebrating and showcasing some of the city’s ground-breaking property developments. The inaugural event took place with guests drawn from among the city’s property professionals at CARGO, the innovative retail scheme...
Further speakers for this year’s TEDxBristol – the UK’s largest event of its kind – were last night announced at its official launch party. Among the largest TEDxs in Europe, TEDxBristol will take place over two days in November following the success of the inaugural one-day event in 2015. ...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has won a major award for its private client work for the second time in three years. The firm landed the title of Legal Team of the Year – Large Firm at the STEP Private Client Awards 2017/18, reflecting market recognition of its...
Bristol’s burgeoning tech and digital sector is being held back by a lack of ethnic and gender diversity among its workforce, a panel event staged in the city has heard. While the sector is creating jobs and wealth, it could do even better if it harnessed the talent that...
Osborne Clarke, the international legal practice with its roots in Bristol, has continued its expansion with the opening of its first office in Sweden. The team in Stockholm aims to be the go-to law firm for assisting Nordic and international businesses in fast-growth sectors. The launch forms a key...
Regional law firm Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, has continued its investment in developing lawyers of the future by appointing 12 new trainee solicitors. The move takes the number on its training programme to 24. The new joiners each commence a two-year training contract with the...
Small and medium-sized enterprises from across the South West are being invited to the preview of a unique programme aimed at supporting and investing in the business leaders of the future. Productivity through People is a collaboration between four world-class organisations with the University of Bath School of Management,...
Growth in its London and Watford offices has enabled Bristol-based law firm VWV to take on more trainees this year. It has recruited nine trainees who have now started their training contracts in a range of seats including commercial property, construction, property litigation, private client, employment and corporate. ...
The search is on to find Britain’s female start-up of the Year – with the winner following in the footsteps of two Bristol-based businesswomen. The successful entrant will be crowned in Bristol next month following a live pitching session on stage at the annual Festival of Female Entrepreneurs, which...
While plenty of Bristol commuters pedalled to their jobs for Cycle To Work Day this week, it’s safe to say none were on a bike quite like that ridden by law firm Osborne Clarke boss Peter Clough. Peter completed the journey from his home in Stoke Bishop to the...
