Legal experts from regional law firm Ashfords’ Bristol office have worked with colleagues from across the firm to advise on the $51m (£34.8m) sale of a Cornish global leader in IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) to a US medical giant. Research Instruments, based in Falmouth, has specialised in cutting-edge IVF technology,...
Banking and renewables sector experts from Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon have advised investors in a major onshore wind farm which will produce enough energy to power more than 37,000 homes. The 52MW Blackcraig wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, is being funded by Temporis Capital, a London-based...
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Law firm Michelmores has appointed Emma Rudge as a senior associate in its Bristol office. Emma, pictured, joins from Veale Wasbrough Vizards, where she worked for just over 11 years as a member of the family business team, acting for owner-managed businesses, family businesses and corporates on a wide...
Bristol Business News is to launch GAMECHANGERS – a unique and highly innovative project to identify the 50 individuals shaping the future of Bristol’s economy. These inspirational people are helping make Bristol the UK’s most exciting city through their innovation, enterprise and creativity. Some will be well known, others...
Regional law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, has bolstered its commercial property offering with the appointment of Richard Pike as associate solicitor. A highly-experienced commercial property specialist, Richard, pictured, joins from Swindon law firm Clark Holt, where he worked for just over two years. He previously...
National law firm Bond Dickinson, which has an office in Bristol, has been named as a Best Legal Adviser in Legal Week magazine’s Best Legal Adviser Report 2015. The report sought the opinions of in-house counsel on the top UK and global firms based on satisfaction, importance and innovation...
Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub celebrates its two-year anniversary by inviting guests to the launch of Boxworks, a custom-designed workspace in 20 re-imagined shipping containers for the creative, digital and hi-tech industries. Boxworks expands the Engine Shed by 30% – enough space for around 120 entrepreneurs – and will provide much-needed...
Nuclear sector expert Michael Bray, a senior associate with Bristol-based national law firm Burges Salmon, has been appointed as vice chair of The Young Generation Network (YGN). Michael, pictured, will take up the two-year role on January 1. The YGN is one of the UK’s leading nuclear organisations and...
Some of Bristol’s top employers have taken part in a day-long ‘Seeing is Believing’ visit designed to show them first-hand the key role businesses in the city can play to support people who face barriers into employment. Creating meaningful employment is one of the most significant ways that businesses contribute...
Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT has advised Canadian investment management company Fengate Capital on the acquisition of two UK solar parks. The sites – a 7.1MW park at Roanhead, Cumbria, and a 38MW park at Raventhorpe, Scunthorpe – are the first UK projects in Fengate Capital’s renewable energy portfolio. Together...
National law firm Clarke Willmott, which has its main office in Bristol, is predicting further growth next year after achieving a 10% increase in turnover in 2015. Turnover at the firm, which took on an additional 50 staff this year and opened an office in Cardiff, came in at...
Bristol tech businesses are to have access to a £10m specialist investment fund launched in the city this week. Great Western Ventures will back small, fast-growth tech firms with seed funding – so plugging a widely acknowledged gap in the city’s otherwise high-quality business support ‘eco-system’. The fund, backed...
