The UK’s first chat-based virtual assistant that can organise the busiest of modern families has won the ‘best elevator pitch’ at incubator SETsquared’s annual Tech-Xpo. The annual event pitches start-ups and scale-ups based at SETsquared’s Bristol hub against each other in a fast-paced battle. Kairo was one of 11...
Regional law firm Foot Anstey has launched its new Bristol office at Temple Quay, enabling it to introduce new ways of working and boost staff wellbeing. The 17,000 sq ft showpiece office at 2 Glass Wharf is only a few minutes’ walk from its previous base in 100 Victoria Street....
National law firm Bond Dickinson has strengthened its planning & infrastructure team with the appointment of Jennifer Holgate, who joins as managing associate in its Bristol office. Jennifer, pictured, qualified as a solicitor in 2010 and joins from London law firm Pinsent Masons. She will work alongside the renewable...
Bristol-based national law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV) has continued its growth in the North London and Hertfordshire areas by teaming up with niche private client law firm Seabourne Lawleys. Northwood-based Seabourne Lawleys specialises in a range of legal work, mostly for private clients including residential property, family and related...
Proctor + Stevenson, the Bristol-based communications and design agency, has been appointed as international legal practice Osborne Clarke’s lead digital agency following a competitive pitch. The 24-month contract with the law firm, which has its roots in Bristol and employs more than 400 people at its Temple Quay office, begins...
International legal practice Osborne Clarke, which has its roots in Bristol, has increased annual revenues by 12% to €245.1m (£190.2m). The firm, which employs more than 400 people at its Temple Quay base, increased UK revenues by 7% from £112.9m in 2015/16 to £121m in 2016/17 while cash resources rose...
Bond Dickinson, the national law firm with a large office in Bristol, has combined with US-based Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice to create a major transatlantic legal player with operations in 23 cities. The merger, which takes effect from October, will create one the world’s 100 largest law firms...
Bristol bosses have swept the board at this year’s South West IoD Awards, which celebrate outstanding talent in the region’s boardrooms. Directors from city firms won four of the five main awards at the ceremony, which took place at Ashton Gate last night. The winners were: Director of the Year:...
The next government must strengthen the UK’s ability to help businesses start up and grow – including ditching the view that all immigration is bad – according to the director-general of the Institute of Directors. Speaking on his first visit to Bristol in the role yesterday, Stephen Martin, pictured,...
More than 150 employees from regional law firm Foot Anstey went the extra mile for charity and raised more than £14,000 by walking between its five South West offices. The 208-mile trek – which started in Truro and ended in Bristol – smashed their fundraising target by 40%. It...
Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby marked Dementia Awareness Week last week by taking the number of ‘dementia friends’ it has created in the city to an incredible 245. The milestone was reached when the firm’s dementia friends champion, senior associate Anna Molter, visited Bromley Heath Junior School to hold information...
Bristol business leaders have been warned that they are failing to optimise the talents of their people if women are not fairly represented at senior levels in their organisations. The message came from Sir Philip Hampton, chair of the independent Hampton-Alexander Review, which aims to ensure talented women succeed...
Private practice lawyer vacancies in the South West have fallen by 11% over the past year as the sector starts to suffer from uncertainty, according to a new survey. However, the decline is less than the national picture – the data from specialist recruiter Clayton Legal shows vacancies across...
