Bristol businesses are being invited to support a transformational skills programme led by UWE that will create opportunities in the green economy for young people from the city. Green Skills for Jobs and Entrepreneurship has been launched against a backdrop of economic recovery following the Covid pandemic and the demand...
A six triumph in as many years in a prestigious healthcare industry awards scheme is on the cards for national law firm Bevan Brittan, with its Bristol office playing a key role in what has been a hugely challenging time for the sector. The firm, which employs nearly 300...
Law firm Foot Anstey’s Bristol-based Islamic finance team has continued its growth in the commercial property sector by advising on another major deal. Its support for Riyad Bank’s London branch on the refinancing of health and beauty retail group Superdrug’s £21.5m corporate headquarters is the second such deal for...
International law firm Osborne Clarke has awarded a multi million-pound contract to workplace design-and-build consultancy Interaction to design its new flagship Bristol office. Bath-based Interaction, which has been behind a number of major office projects in Bristol in recent years, describes itself as on a mission to banish boring...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has continued to strengthen its UK-wide corporate team with the appointment of Philip Barratt as partner. Philip, pictured, joins from Cardiff and London firm Capital Law, where he became partner in 2019, having previously held positions at Eversheds Sutherland and Addleshaw Goddard in London. ...
Bristol’s biggest law firms have again put those from the rest of the country in the shade when it comes to working conditions – this time claiming six of the top 10 places in a survey on work/life balance in the sector. Less than a month after dominating the...
A team from regional law firm Michelmores has helped create an innovative partnership described as a ‘game-changer’ in the way developers can ensure their schemes are sustainable. The link-up between Environment Bank and specialist alternative asset manager Gresham House will introduce the sector’s first compliance solution that drives biodiversity net gain...
Banking and corporate specialists in the Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke have advised fast-growing credit technology platform Fintern on its latest fundraising round, in which it secured £8m of new capital. The investment round, led by international investment firm Hambro Perks, also included an equity investment...
Bristol and London law firm GL Law has appointed three new team members as it continues to develop and grow its services for businesses and individuals. Associate solicitor Ed Jaffa has joined the corporate & commercial team and paralegal Lloyd Perry has become a member of the private client...
Virtual bingo and an online quiz were among the working from home-inspired events staged by Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby raise more than £11,300 for its charity of the year, 1625 Independent People. The firm chose the charity, which supports young people who are homeless, leaving care or at risk...
Ways of making sure the built environment achieves net zero – including lessons learnt from a pioneering Bristol housing scheme – are to be explored at a virtual event staged next week by the city office of national law firm Foot Anstey in partnership with Innovate UK. The event,...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Lara Burch, head of law firm Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Don’t Look Up. Discussing the artistic merits of this one...
The Bristol-based Islamic finance team at national law firm Foot Anstey has advised on another landmark deal – the UK’s first Islamic financed acquisition of a mobile CT scanning unit, which will be used in the city. The transaction comes just two months after the team advised London-based fintech...
