The watchwords for businesses involved with the onset of the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ must be trust, culture and diversity, according to a leading Bristol employment lawyer. Greg Chambers, pictured, associate director in the employment team at Osborne Clarke, said the world stood on the brink of another industrial revolution,...
A team from the Bristol office of regional law firm Thrings have advised fibre-optic infrastructure firm TrueSpeed Communications on its £75m investment from insurance giant Aviva’s global asset management arm, which will speed up the roll-out of its network to a further 75,000 homes and businesses in the region. Thrings...
Bristol-based legal experts working at national law firm Bond Dickinson have advised longstanding client global renewable energy company RES on the sale of a major battery storage project. The 35MW Port of Tyne project was acquired by the Foresight Group, the independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager. This...
Lawyers at international legal firm Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office have advised lastminute.com co-founder Brent Hoberman’s new venture capital firm on the £50m fundraising of its first start-up seed fund. Brent Capital’s Firstminute fund will back early-stage European tech entrepreneurs, particularly in the ‘deep tech’ fields of robotics, artificial intelligence...
Bristol-based brick and timber distributor Taylor Maxwell Group has undergone a corporate restructuring with help from experts in the Bristol law firm Burges Salmon and the city office of accountants Grant Thornton. Taylor Maxwell Group is one of the UK’s leading brick and timber distributors with 18 branches nationwide...
International law firm DAC Beachcroft’s Bristol office is exhibiting a series of paintings in its street level windows by LGBT+ student artists as part of the firm’s support of Bristol Pride. The paintings are the work of Alex Wilson-Evans and Elliot Stahlmann, who are members of UWE and the...
Social investment legal expert Richard Hiscoke has been appointed by national law firm Bevan Brittan as a senior associate in its Bristol corporate team. Richard, pictured, joins from Bristol-headquartered rival Veale Wasbrough Vizards where he worked for 11 years. He has also worked for Lyons Davidson. Richard has advised...
A large team from across Bristol-based law firm Burges Salmon and the city office of accountants Smith & Williamson has advised long-standing client Michelmersh Brick Holdings, the UK’s biggest brick manufacturer, on its acquisition of a major regional player in the industry. The Burges Salmon team, led by corporate...
Personal injury solicitor Jonathan Peacock – described in the Chambers directory as ‘a star’ - has been appointed as a partner in the Augustines Injury Law team at Bristol-headquartered law firm VWV as a partner. Jonathan, pictured, who joins after 21 years at of national firm Irwin Mitchell, specialises...
The Bristol office of regional law firm Ashfords has advised cloud-based platform Form3 on its innovative partnership with Starling Bank, the first mobile-only bank to launch a current account in the UK. The tie-up will enable Starling Bank clients to make and receive faster payment cost-effectively, quickly and reliably...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT increased annual fee income by 4% to £74.6m for 2016/17, its fifth consecutive year of revenue growth. The rate of growth has slowed from the previous financial year, when revenues climbed by 15%, partly as a result of the firm securing key mandates on...
Businesses and training providers will come together at an event next month to look at practical ideas to meet some of the skills needs across the West of England. The half-day Future Skills Exchange is being staged by Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the...
If you’ve been anywhere near a school playground recently, you’ll have seen kids playing with what look like mini-propellers. Fidget spinners are the latest, greatest craze and are (a) entertaining and calming or (b) distracting and annoying, depending which side of the teacher’s desk you’re sitting. Plenty of press...
