Small business support group Enterprise Nation is to head to Bristol again to stage its flagship female-focused event, the Festival of Female Entrepreneurs. The event, the largest of its kind in the UK, has been held in the city since it was launched six years ago. Taking place this year on...
Bristol-based lawyers at international legal practice Osborne Clarke have advised outsourcing group Mitie, also based in the city, on the disposal of ITS UK social care division. The division, consisting of domiciliary care and homecare businesses Enara Group and Complete Care Holdings, was sold to specialist healthcare investor Apposite Capital for just...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Bevan Brittan has been shortlisted for a major title in the 2017 Partnerships Awards, which recognise and reward the best organisations involved in public-private partnerships (PPPs). Now in their 19th year, the Partnerships Awards are the largest of their kind and attract more than 100...
A cross-sector firm team from Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon has been appointed to advise the Cayman Islands government on a long-term public–private partnership waste management contract. The team is partnering with Maples and Calder, the largest firm on the islands, on the procurement and financing of a 25-year...
Tickets for Friday’s South West Fairtrade Business Awards ceremony are now on sale as the full line-up of speakers is announced for the high-profile event. The prestigious awards – now in their fifth year – showcase organisations across the region for their commitment to using and promoting fairly traded...
Philip Thompson, a former in-house legal director for national housebuilder Bovis, has joined the Bristol office of national law firm Clarke Willmott as a partner in its commercial property team. Philip joins from the Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke where he was divisional legal director. He...
National law firm Bond Dickinson, which has its second largest office in Bristol, has been re-appointed to The Crown Estate’s two-firm energy, minerals and infrastructure legal panel to advise on its minerals and infrastructure portfolio. The firm, which also advises on The Crown Estate’s rural and coastal portfolio, will continue...
Major European patent and trade mark attorney firm Haseltine Lake has appointed Alastair Lowe as an associate based in the firm’s Bristol office. Alastair, pictured, is a European patent attorney specialising in electronics and communications with extensive experience in all aspects of telecommunications, software, electronics and computer architectures. He...
Deborah Carrivick, a Bristol-based partner in regional law firm Foot Anstey’s international private wealth team, has won Gold in an awards scheme that recognises the individuals who maximise the potential of women in the private wealth sector. Deborah, pictured, came top in the Woman of the Year: Business Growth...
The highly experienced judging panel for one of this year’s prestigious PwC West of England Business of the Year Awards has been announced. Among the judges are former winners of the award – widely regarded as the region’s top business accolade – as well as respected figures from the...
Accountancy group Smith & Williamson and law firm Ashfords are to jointly sponsor this year’s Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival – one of the city’s largest music events. The highly-acclaimed festival, now in its fifth year, has a packed and diverse programme of concerts and workshops between March 16...
Employment lawyer Chris Seaton, who joined Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon 26 years ago, is to become its next senior partner. Chris, pictured, is the long-standing head of the firm’s employment team. He will take up the role on May 1. He joined Burges Salmon in 1991 after an...
National law firm Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office has played a key role in advising Chrysaor, the UK oil and gas independent, on its multi-billion dollar deal to acquire a package of UK North Sea assets from oil giant Shell. Working alongside US law firm Dechert, the Bond Dickinson team looked after...
