Bristol’s future economic growth faces huge challenges because it is being held back by complacency combined with massive inequality, low productivity and poor infrastructure. The stark warning emerged from Mayor Marvin Rees’ first State of the City lecture, when he vowed to stop Bristol being a “city fractured by...
The corporate team from Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised asset management company Premier Asset Management Group on its listing on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market. The Burges Salmon team, led by partner Chris Godfrey, pictured, and assisted by senior associate Emma Sorrell and associate Mark...
The president of the CBI has urged West business leaders to press for a ‘soft’ Brexit with full access to the European Single Market and to also counter the view that immigration is bad for the UK. Paul Drechsler CBE told the South West CBI annual dinner that he...
Three Bristol-based lawyers have set up a new specialist dispute resolution boutique practice after leaving one of the city’s largest full-service legal firms. Partners Richard Loney, Alistair Stewart and Sarah Holland – who previously worked at Lyons Davidson – have launched Loney Steward Holland to specialise in the full...
South West law firm Foot Anstey has retained all six of the latest trainee solicitors to have completed their two-year training contract with the firm. The achievement comes at the same time as the quality of its solicitor training has been confirmed to be of the highest standard by...
Regional law firm Michelmores has bolstered the real estate team in its Bristol office with the appointment of Stephen McColgan as a partner. Stephen, pictured, has nearly 30 years’ experience in various aspects of property and development related work. He joins Michelmores’ expanding Bristol team after 12 years at...
International legal practice Osborne Clarke, which has a large office in Bristol, has advised XC Trains on its £1.5bn extended franchise agreement with the Department for Transport. XC Trains, a subsidiary of Arriva, will manage the new three-year franchise agreement under the CrossCountry brand. The franchise, which stretches from Aberdeen...
A new regional Prince’s Trust development committee has been set up by a group of leading business figures to help the organisation raise vital funds to support young people. The committee aims is to raise more than £1m during 2016-17 to go directly towards The Prince’s Trust in the...
Business leaders from Bristol and across the West of England will get their first chance to hear the views of the CBI’s recently appointed president and its incoming regional chair at the organisation’s annual dinner next week. The event is traditionally a high point of the region’s business calendar,...
National law firm Clarke Willmott has appointed Victoria Howlett as a manager in its Bristol-based agriculture sector team. Victoria, pictured, trained and qualified as an agricultural litigator at Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon in 2002 and worked with the firm until 2009. She joins Clarke Willmott after two years in the...
Burges Salmon, the Bristol-headquartered national law firm, has taken on five legal apprentices, making it one of the first law firms in the UK to do so under the national Trailblazer scheme. Burges Salmon has been involved in the Trailblazers initiative since March 2014 and is part of the...
Bristol-based specialist law firm Jordans Corporate Law has appointed Anthony Young as head of corporate law. Jordans said attracting such a highly experienced corporate lawyer was a clear indication of continued growth at the firm. Jordans Corporate Law was launched in 2013 under the Alternative Business Structure arrangements, introduced...
Corporate finance experts from Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon have advised the shareholders of leading design and innovation consultancy Kinneir Dufort on its management buy-out. As reported by Bristol Business News last week, the deal to acquire Bristol-based Kinneir Dufort was backed by equity investor Mobeus. The Burges Salmon...
