Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub has celebrated its third anniversary by looking back at its success and ahead to its next phase of growth. Engine Shed houses the world-leading SETsquared business incubator, the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Invest Bristol & Bath and a number of other...
Drew Nesbitt, a senior associate with Bristol-based law firm Burges Salmon, has been named Rising Star of the South West at the British Council for Offices (BCO) NextGen Awards. The inaugural awards are part of BCO’s NextGen programme, which mentors and encourages the next generation of professionals to become...
The Bristol head office of law firm Burges Salmon was transformed into a colourful ballroom last night as it staged its flagship charity fundraising event Strictly Legal. The dazzling display of lawyers and staff jiving, tangoing and rhumba-ing in the atrium and restaurant/café areas raised around £40,000 for the...
National law firm Bond Dickinson, which has a large office in Bristol, has been named as one of the UK’s best legal advisers for the sixth year running. The firm appears in the Best Legal Adviser Report 2016 published this week by Legal Week magazine. It asked in-house counsel...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Chris Miller, managing partner at Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Nocturnal Animals with Amy Adams and...
Ashfords has become the first major law firm in the West of England to be awarded an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) licence in a move it said paved the way for it to introduce more non-legal business services. The firm, which has offices in Bristol, London, Exeter, Taunton, Plymouth...
Anna Parker, a senior associate in regional law firm Foot Anstey’s Bristol office, has been has been named regional lawyer of the year in an award scheme that champions young professionals in the wealth sector. Anna, pictured, is a member of Foot Anstey’s international private wealth team within the...
The family law and divorce team at Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon has been bolstered with the arrival of senior family lawyers Alison Hawes and Nicky Howarth. Alison Hawes, pictured, will join Burges Salmon as a consultant next February, having previously been a partner in the family law team...
Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bristol, described Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement as a clarion call to industry to be more productive and to make the UK ‘match fit’ for a bumpy Brexit ride ahead. It said the Chancellor’s first fiscal statement promised billions of government...
Bristol businesses will welcome Chancellor Philip Hammond’s focus on investment in the Autumn Statement, particularly in areas where growth pressures are highest, according to Business West. Phil Smith, pictured, managing director of the region’s largest business organisation, described the statement as “a sombre, not flashy, affair” which reflected the...
Business organisation the CBI “warmly welcomed” Chancellor Philip Hammond’s commitments to boost research and development, housing and infrastructure. But it said these must be acted on. Director-general Carolyn Fairbairn, pictured below, said: “The Chancellor has prioritised a pragmatic down payment on future productivity growth. “His emphasis on R&D, housing...
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s housing market measures in the Autumn Statement have been welcomed – but were seen as not going far enough to ease the homes crisis in cities like Bristol. Martin Blake, pictured right, director of Keynsham-based estate agency Andrews’ land & new homes division, approved of the commitment to release £1.4bn...
Chancellor Philip Hammond presented his first Autumn Statement this afternoon. Here are the main points, as announced: Office for Budget Responsibility says growth this year will be 2.1%, 1.4% next year (down from 2.2%), 1.7% in 2018 (down from 2.1%), 2.1% in 2019/20 (down from 2.1%) and 2% in 2020/21,...
