Two Bristol businesses have taken central roles in helping the Government-backed Digital Business Academy launch courses aimed at enabling UK SMEs improve their profile and trade online. The courses are now live on the Digital Business Academy website – www.digitalbusinessacademyuk.com – designed by Bristol-based digital marketing consultancy Valuable Content....
Bristol-based specialist commercial law firm Roxburgh Milkins has appointed Harriet Webb as a solicitor. Harriet, pictured, who recently completed her training with Clarke Willmott in Bristol, will work on Roxburgh Milkins’ extensive range of clients in the South West and across the UK in her new role. Somerset-born Harriet...
Two new recruits have boosted specialist property lawyers Hoffman Male’s office in Bristol as it prepares to move into larger offices to accommodate its expansion. Joining the firm, which specialises in property, and wills and probate, are Katherine Vargas and Danielle Mellor, It opened its Bristol office at Aztec...
The Bristol office of national law firm Bond Dickinson has hosted a charity art exhibition to raise further funds for the Grand Appeal campaign, following on from the Shaun in the City sculpture trail of which it was a sponsor. Artists who styled some of the 70 Shauns that...
Law firm Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office has advised longstanding client and specialist consumer investor Piper on its £6m deal with Forthglade Foods, the Devon-based natural pet food company. Forthglade products have been manufactured on the edge of Dartmoor National Park for more than 40 years. The independently owned firm...
Law firm Clarke Willmott, which has a major office in Bristol, has been awarded the latest version of the Law Society’s legal practice quality mark – making it the 15th consecutive year it has received the accolade. Clarke Willmott is one of the first law firms to have received...
The Bristol Law Society has announced the shortlisted individuals and firms for its coveted annual awards, which will be presented at its annual dinner next month. The event is regarded as the highlight of the Bristol legal year, with the awards recognising the brightest and best of those working...
Foot Anstey, the regional law firm with an office in Bristol, has continued to invest in talent to support its future growth strategy, including introducing a pioneering legal apprenticeship scheme and increasing its number of trainee solicitors. In offering two different routes into the legal profession, the firm is supporting...
Energy sector experts from Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon have advised the developers of a major new biomass Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant in the North East with the capacity to supply 50,000 homes. The 30MW plant at Cramlington, Northumberland, will supply heat and electricity to the Aesica...
Lawyers from Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon have worked on the complex, cross-border acquisition of a majority holding in historic UK metals firm Henry Bath by a Chinese logistics group. Beijing-based CMST Development Co paid $60m (£38.5m) for a 51% stake in Henry Bath, one of the world’s oldest metals storage...
Legal 500’s regional heavyweights table reads like a who’s who of Bristol’s top law firms. First tier Burges Salmon Bristol Osborne Clarke Bristol ……………………………. Second tier TLT Bristol ……………………………. Third tier Ashfords Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Taunton, Tiverton Bevan Brittan Bristol Bond Dickinson Bristol, Plymouth DAC Beachcroft Bristol Foot Anstey...
Bristol’s law firms are growing steadily as the regional economy continues its recovery, particularly in areas such as property, energy and private wealth, according to the 2015 edition of Legal 500, the sector’s respected research-based publication. Most firms had benefited from a general increase in activity and market confidence...
Bristol lawyers dominate the regional table of leading individuals named by Legal 500, the respected annual guide to the UK’s legal firms and individuals. In the list are: Corporate and commercial Chris Godfrey Burges Salmon Simon Hewes Bond Dickinson Alisdair Livingstone Osborne Clarke John Wood TLT David Pester TLT...
