A major new event series for employers on how to improve recruitment and retention across gender-equal talent pools is being launched next week. Staged by Bristol Women in Business Charter (BWIBC) on Wednesday, 20 September, the inaugural event will feature two panels – one made up of employment experts and another hearing from people with lived experience. ‘Recruiting for...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised on the purchase of Kents Cavern, a system of caves near Torquay claimed to be “the oldest residence in Britain” owing to the evidence for human habitation extending back to the Stone Age. The World Heritage Site has been acquired...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon’s renewable energy team has advised a longstanding client on a £30m revolving credit facility that will fund its further growth. Atrato Onsite Energy, an investment company focused on onsite clean energy generation, secured the £30m deal with NatWest Bank. The London-based firm will...
The corporate group at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised on a £4m investment in Legatics, a legal project management platform that simplifies and automates legal processes. The funding from FINTOP Capital and Gresham House Ventures will support London-based Legatics as it targets further growth and expansion into the...
The corporate and private client teams at law firm Thrings have been boosted with the appointment of two “outstanding” newly qualified solicitors who have progressed through its trainee scheme. Sam Longmore has joined Thrings’ private client team while Noah Ofulue is now a member of its corporate team. Both...
Looking at it rationally, having a Bristol Women in Business Charter is counterintuitive. We should not, rationally, even be discussing the ‘business case’ for women to be an equal and part of a fair and moral functioning economic system. There would, you could argue, be no rational reason to...
National law firm Ashfords has made four new partner promotions – two of them in its Bristol office – in a move that raises its total partnership to 74. The firm, which employs more than 500 people, has also more than doubled its promotions at all levels this year...
A Bristol intellectual property consultancy has been sold as its founder, a key player in the sector, enters retirement. JDIP was launched in 2015 by John Dean, who had previously spent nearly 21 years with Withers & Rogers in Bristol. As a partner of the firm, he worked on...
Law firm Thrings has continued to boost its expertise in property litigation by recruiting a new partner in its Bristol office. Jonathan Bouchta, pictured, right, with new property litigation legal director Simon McIlroy, will work across the firm’s seven offices, representing clients nationwide in resolving complex disputes in a changing...
The Bristol office of national law firm Ashfords has appointed senior associate Hannah Brittain to its wills & inheritance disputes team. Hannah, pictured, has joined from specialist contentious probate firm IDR Law’s Bristol office, where she spent 18 months heading its charity legacy disputes team. Hannah, who has also...
The Bristol corporate team at law firm Thrings has advised UK interior fit-out and refurbishment specialist Bulb on its sale to a major global workplace design group. Founded in 2005 in Reading, Bulb has become a leader in research, innovation and manufacturing facility planning and construction across the UK....
Bristol software development and digital services specialist Amdaris, one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech companies, has been acquired by a major global digital transformation group. Arizona-headquartered Insight Enterprises, a Fortune 500 company employing more than 13,000 people worldwide, will add Amdaris’ innovative services to its portfolio as it looks...
A Californian fund specialising in climate-related investments has acquired a majority stake in Bristol’s pioneering global refrigerant management company A-Gas, with lawyers from the city office of Osborne Clarke advising on the deal. Established in 1993, A-Gas has grown rapidly and is now at the forefront of capturing refrigerant...
