Bristol law firm Meade King has promoted associate Simon East to partner as it continues to put its expansion plans into practice. Simon, pictured, who joined Meade King just over six years ago, has established himself as an expert in commercial property law, representing landlords, tenants and investors. He...
Bristol-based law firm TLT has appointed David Isaacson as a corporate partner in its social housing team. David, pictured, joins from Bevan Brittan in Birmingham, where he was a partner in its commercial and infrastructure team. He has also worked for Cobbetts and Pinsent Masons. For the past 10...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon has been accredited with the prestigious Investors in People (IiP) Gold Standard in recognition of its commitment to supporting and developing its employees. IiP is a management framework for high performance through people and its accreditation is recognised as a mark of excellence. IiP...
Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT has advised Smart Transactions Group, the UK leader in contactless payments and ticketing, on the multi-million pound sale of its West of England subsidiary to Japanese IT giant Fujitsu. The acquisition of ACT (Applied Card Technologies), based near Chippenham, paves the way for Fujitsu and...
The fifth annual Bristol Legal Sector Conference is to take place in October, giving the region’s law firms expert insight into the latest changes in the fast-moving sector. Staged by NatWest alongside new partner mmadigital, the free event is on Wednesday October 21 at Temple Quay, 3 Temple Back...
National law firm Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office has advised Countrywide Farmers, the UK’s leading supplier of products, services and advice to the rural community, on a £6m-plus acquisition that gives it a bigger presence in the South West. Under the deal, Countrywide Farmers takes on the operation of all...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon has become the sixth major employer in the city to join Business Class, a Government-backed education programme led by Business in the Community (BITC), the responsible business network. Business Class aims to create effective and mutually beneficial partnerships between businesses and secondary schools facing...
Rudrum, the long-standing Bristol-based fuel group, has sold its retail solid fuel distribution division in a move that will allow it to concentrate on its industrial coal, biomass and property businesses. The Shirehampton-based group, at one time Bristol’s best-known coal merchant and the core of an international fuel importer,...
Burges Salmon, the Bristol-headquartered law firm, has advised Bristol City Council on the transfer of its waste collection and street cleaning to a new, wholly owned business. Bristol City Council and contractor Kier (formerly May Gurney) mutually agreed to end their existing £96m contract in June less than half...
Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT has advised Somerset mineral resources company Francis Flower on its acquisition of a plant making Scunthorpe Ground Granulated Blastfurnace Slag (GGBS) – an environmentally friendly product used in cement. Francis Flower bought the business, based at the Tata steel works in Scunthorpe, from Hanson Cement...
More than half the businesses in the South West fear they will not be able to recruit enough high-skilled workers for their future success, according to an alarming new report. The annual CBI/Pearson Education and Skills Survey – which gauged the views of 101 firms across the region –...
Experts from Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon have worked with US office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller on its new state-of-the-art £14m plant in Wiltshire. The 170,000 sq ft (15,794 sq m) development, which is now finished and ready for fit-out on a brownfield site in Melksham, will combine Herman...
Commercial law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, is advising the trade association for bookshops in its legal battle against what it sees as market abuse by online retail giant Amazon. The EU’s Competition Directorate (DGC) has launched a competition law investigation into Amazon’s e-book distribution arrangements....
