Bristol law firm Burges Salmon has continued to expand its pensions team with four new appointments. Crispin Freeman, Charlotte Osmond, Amy Davies and Stacey Yon have joined following sustained growth across the firm’s pension client base. Crispin joins as a senior associate from Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co while...
Personal injury and private client law firm NewLaw Solicitors has acquired the entire second floor of Bristol’s Tower Wharf office building. The firm has taken a five-year lease on 13,545 sq ft of open-plan, high-quality space, which will act as the Cardiff-headquartered firm’s Bristol office. NewLaw Solicitors was established...
The annual search for the region’s best companies has started with the launch of accountants PwC’s widely-respected West of England Business of the Year Awards 2015. Now in their 27th year, the eagerly-contested awards are the most prestigious in the region by far – previous winners read like a...
The Chancellor produced a balanced Autumn Statement that addressed business concerns around rates reform and finance, according to Bristol business leaders. James Durie, executive director of Bristol Chamber of Commerce at Business West, described it as a “crowd-pleasing” set of proposals for business, particularly its pledge for a major...
Bristol is to be a test-bed for driverless cars after funding was secured by a consortium made up of the city council, universities and businesses. The Bristol trial, which will start next January, will look at how the public reacts to so-called autonomous vehicles along with the legal and...
Real estate lawyer Nicholas Lykke Dahn has joined West of England law firm Ashfords’ Bristol office as a property partner, bringing with him a clutch of blue-chip corporate clients. Nicholas, pictured, joins after 11 years with Oxfordshire based commercial law firm BrookStreet des Roches where he specialised in commercial...
Energy sector experts from Bristol-based law firm Burges Salmon have advised project company Mersey Bioenergy on a new £110m project to construct a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant on Merseyside. The project in Widnes will be the largest waste wood renewable energy plant in the North West and...
Stands for The Business Showcase South West – the major business event which celebrates the best of the region’s innovation, creativity and enterprise – are now on sale and pre-registration for delegates has also gone live. Following the huge success of the inaugural event in April this year, The...
Law firm Temple Bright has advised data-mining business eRevalue on a round of Series B equity fundraising, which will enable eRevalue to implement an ambitious growth strategy out of its London and New York offices. It is the latest in a series of high-profile tech-related deals handed by Temple...
Energy sector experts from Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon have advised retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) on a rooftop solar panel array for its state-of-the-art distribution centre – the largest commercial system of its kind in the UK. The Burges Salmon team, led by partner Nick Churchward...
Bristol law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards’ (VWV) education team has scooped a prestigious national award in recognition of its transactional prowess in in the sector. The firm won the Deal Makers category at the annual EducationInvestor Awards, which celebrate innovation and excellence among businesses and organisations in the sector....
Legal experts from Bristol-headquartered UK law firm Burges Salmon have helped the Department for Education create the country’s first independent not-for-profit company focused entirely on improving social care services for children, young people and their families. The Doncaster Children’s Services Trust was created following sharp criticism a year ago...
Bristol-headquartered international legal practice Osborne Clarke has appointed Ray Berg as its next UK managing partner. He will succeed long-standing managing partner Simon Beswick, whose term will end on January 1 after 12 years. Simon Beswick will continue in his role as CEO of Osborne Clarke International (OCI), which has...
