Jordans, the Bristol-based corporate information group, has launched a corporate law business to offer legal support services to companies across the UK. The group has set up Jordans Corporate Law under the Alternative Business Structure arrangements, which encourage new entrants into the legal market. However, it stressed it would...
Turnover at law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, rose by 4% to £21.5m in the year to last April, it has revealed. Profits increased by 12% to £4.9m. The firm, which also has offices in Bath, Swindon and London, has 51 members and employs 305 people,...
Firms with a conscience are being urged to enter the South West Fairtrade Business Awards 2014 before this Friday’s deadline. Now in their second year, the awards recognise and showcase the efforts of businesses across the region which use Fairtrade products and support fair and ethical business practices. Each...
Most law firms in Bristol have increased their profits over the past year – but they need to refocus on ensuring their long-term financial stability, new research shows. Fee income for legal firms in the city increased by an average of 4.1% last year, according to the research by...
Accountants PwC have launched their annual search for the region’s best companies with the 2014 West of England Business of the Year Awards – the region’s most prestigious business accolades. Previous winners of the awards, now in their 26th year, read like a who’s who of the West’s most-respected...
Innovative Bristol law firm Temple Bright has rounded off a period of strong growth by delivering another significant tech sector deal in the same quarter that its partner numbers topped 20 for the first time. The firm opened in Bristol in 2010 and launched an office in London’s Tech...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has received the coveted Investors in People Bronze standard in recognition of its continuous improvement across four business areas. The standard, awarded to just 5% of Investors in People-accredited organisations in the UK, acknowledges the firm's commitment and focussed strategy for growth based on...
Real estate experts from Bristol-based law firm Burges Salmon have acted for The Crown Estate on its £31m sale to the BlackRock UK Property Fund and Canmoor of Honda’s biggest storage depot in Cabot Park, Avonmouth. Led by senior associate Matthew Sims, , the real estate team previously acted...
Bristol’s family and divorce lawyers are bracing themselves for another hectic month as the New Year period is traditionally one of the busiest for inquiries. The first full week of the New Year is particularly busy as couples who have spent time together over Christmas decide to split or...
Bristol-based advisers and funders from law firm Burges Salmon, accountants Deloitte and PwC and banking group HSBC are behind a major dairy industry deal that completed this week. The deal gives farmer-owned Milk Partnership Limited (MPL) accession to corporate membership of Europe’s leading dairy cooperative Arla Foods amba and...
Solicitors at law firm Clarke Willmott’s Bristol office have helped bring Rod Stewart to the West Country for a major open-air charity concert next summer. The veteran singer will appear at Somerset Cricket Club’s Taunton ground as part of his five-night UK tour. The concert has been organised by...
Bond Dickinson, the national law firm with an office in Bristol, has been appointed by international insurance company AIG to handle its high-volume contract work. The appointment follows Bond Dickinson’s re-appointment to AIG’s legal panel earlier this year. Bond Dickinson was awarded the contract after a competitive tender process...
West law firm Foot Anstey’s Islamic finance team have ended 2013 by advising on another multi-million property deal, taking the value of transactions arranged this year to more than £200m. The latest is the £40m acquisition of 10 care homes backed by shari’ah-compliant investment advisory firm 90 North Real...
