DAS UK Holdings, the parent company of the Bristol-based legal expenses insurer, has said swift action to adapt to substantial changes in its markets had paid off, resulting in annual pre-tax profits rising by 9% to £12.1m on record income of £199.6m. DAS was the first insurer to completely...
Bristol-headquartered international law firm Osborne Clarke is quietly celebrating one of its largest and highest-profile deals – Apple’s $3bn (£1.8bn) acquisition of headphone and music streaming company Beats Electronics. Tech specialists at Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office teamed up with colleagues in the firm’s California-based team to advise Beats. The...
Innovative Bristol law firm Temple Bright is continuing its expansion with the addition of two more City lawyers to its team in London. The firm now has a total of 24 partners, eight of them based in the London office. Its partners have worked in a range of leading...
The managing partner of West law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, has urged the region’s business leaders to do more to support young people’s commercial ambitions. In a speech to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) in Bristol, Simon Holdsworth, pictured, called...
Bristol Mayor George Ferguson performed the ribbon cutting to officially open commercial law firm Meade King’s new office – and revealed he had been a client of the firm 45 years ago. The Mayor had engaged the long-established Bristol firm not long after moving to the city to work...
US specialist manufacturer Hill Phoenix has acquired a minority stake in Space Engineering Services, the Bristol specialist refrigeration and ventilation firm. Under the deal, financial details of which remain confidential, Space Engineering will work closely with new sister companies Danish CO2 specialist Advansor and glass door manufacturer Anthony International....
Bristol law firm Burges Salmon has been appointed as the official legal services partner to Bristol 2015 Ltd, the company responsible for the programme of events to be staged next year when Bristol is the European Green Capital. It is the first official sponsorship to be announced by the...
Bristol-based employment law expert Robert Bourns is to be the next deputy vice president of the Law Society following his election by its council. Robert, senior partner at Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT, will take up the role in July. He is expected to become president of the Law Society...
Commercial law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, has recruited three specialist solicitors to advise its fast-growing portfolio of commercial property clients. Partner Edward Jackman, associate Iain Mason and solicitor Natalia Sokolov join the firm to further strengthen its commercial property and construction offering. Edward arrives from...
Bart Ingredients, the Bristol-based well-known manufacturer of herbs and spices, is to expand into the pastes and sauces market after acquiring the assets of Berkshire-based OTP Foods Limited in a multi-million pound deal. Bart sees these wet ingredients as a high-growth area, confirmed by market statistics which show that...
Specialist commercial and chancery barrister Hugh Sims, from Bristol’s Guildhall Chambers, has been named as Queen’s Counsel in this year’s appointments. His appointment brings the number of silks at Guildhall Chambers to seven. He was sworn in at Westminster Hall earlier this week. Hugh, pictured, is a ranked...
TDC Systems, the Weston-super-Mare-based specialist in advanced transport systems, has been acquired by Norwegian electronic toll collection business Q-Free. The deal, overseen by Bristol law firm Temple Bright, is expected to be worth £10m, if performance targets for 2014 and 2015 are hit. The initial consideration is £5m –...
Bristol-based Future Drinks Co has secured follow-on funding from the Government-backed Angel CoFund and its other investors to drive the next phase of growth of its Koji range of soft drinks. The funding means the firm can continue to scale up its operations and take the Koji brand into...
