National law firm Bond Dickinson, which has its second largest office in Bristol, has struck an exclusive transatlantic strategic alliance with a top 100 US law firm. The formal tie-up with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, the 88th largest firm in the US by lawyer numbers, was described by...
Bosses running West of England firms are almost three times more likely to vote in favour of remaining in the EU than leave – with the gap between the two views widening over the past three months. The latest snap survey by Business West – the region’s largest business...
Law firm Bond Dickinson’s Bristol-based recruitment team is celebrating after climbing two national employment rankings and being shortlisted for two awards. Bond Dickinson, which has offices in seven cities across the UK including London, has been lept 103 places to rank at 126 in the top 300 graduate employers...
The views of employers in Bristol and across the West of England are being sought on recruitment experiences, skills gaps and more to influence the area’s future skills strategy. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) Annual Employer Skills Survey, is aligned to its vision to develop a...
Bristol has emerged as one of the UK’s skills hotspots in new research, with more than half its entire workforce classified as highly skilled. The city ranks 11th in a national table compiled from Office for National Statistics data, with 51.7% of employees in highly skilled roles such as...
A specialist conveyancing, wills and probate law firm with an office in Bristol has changed its name. Hoffman Male, which has its headquarters in Swindon, has become Hoffman Briggs to reflect the names of its partners Mary Hoffman and Yvette Briggs. The firm was set up in 1979 by...
Less than one in eight of the UK’s top 100 UK retailers have plans in place should there be a ‘leave’ vote in the EU referendum, according to a survey by Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT. This is despite the store groups themselves rating Brexit as one of the top...
Bristol Junior Chamber recently held its Spring Drinks at the Royal West of England Academy. Among the guests was recently elected Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees. Pictured below, from left: Charles Chami, Vice President of the BJC; Oliver Brown, President of the BJC; Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol; and...
TEDxUniversityofBristol has secured sponsorship from Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon to bring inspirational speakers from around the world to the city. The TEDx event, entitled The Complexity of Simple Things, takes place on Saturday June 4 at the University of Bristol. Bristol has become one of the UK’s leading...
Defence sector experts from Bristol-headquarter national law firm Burges Salmon have advised defence training firm Ascent on its £1.1bn helicopter training deal with the MoD. Ascent – a 50:50 joint venture between UK support services group Babcock and US defence giant Lockheed Martin – secured the contract under the...
National law firm Bond Dickinson, which has an office in Bristol, has become the latest member of the SS Great Britain Trust’s Being Brunel Corporate Club. Bond Dickinson, whose Bristol office employs 240 people, has joined at the highest ‘founder’ level. The Being Brunel project will open a new...
Lawyers from national firm Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office have advised on the merger of two leading independent girls’ day schools in the city. The firm worked with Redland High School for Girls in its merger with The Red Maids’ School to form Redmaids’ High School. The Bond Dickinson team...
Annual turnover at TLT, the Bristol headquartered national law firm, has increased by 15% to £71.6m as it prepares for its next ambitious three-year strategy. Over the past three years the firm has grown revenue by 45% and its headcount by 60% to reach 1,000 people. Partner numbers have...
