The Welcome Party will celebrate inclusivity and success by highlighting refugees’ contributions to Bristol. The gala dinner on 7 November will give businesses a chance to hear, see and literally taste the positive impact refugees, people seeking asylum and vulnerable migrants have on the city. It is being organised by...
Small business confidence in the South West has dropped again after surge of positivity earlier in the year, according to new research. The latest regional quarterly survey by the Britain’s biggest business group, the Federation of Small Businesses, reveals a sharp decline in optimism – by 30 percentage points...
Lawyers from RWK Goodman’s Bristol office have advised the shareholders of a specialist UK chemical company on its acquisition by the market’s global leader. The team worked with Monarch Group, a leading distributor of commodity and agricultural chemicals, on the sale to German-based international player Brenntag. Kent-headquartered Monarch, which...
Experts from law firm Thrings’ Bristol office have helped one of the UK’s leading water pump suppliers complete the takeover of a specialist in wastewater pumping stations. Pump Supplies, which has its headquarters in Gloucester and a string of five regional depots, provides a range of electric submersible water...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has worked with the owners of UK insurance broker Bretton Woods International (BWI) on its sale to a major US wholesale insurance brokerage. London-based BWI is a specialised insurance broker, focusing on open market and program placements, covering complex contingency, accident &...
International law firm Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office has expanded its participation in a number of programmes aimed at improving diversity across the legal sector. The office, along with the firm’s London base, has this summer hosted 17 legal and business services interns from the 10,000 Interns Foundation programmes, as...
A seasoned financial services regulatory lawyer and compliance specialist has joined Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon as a director. Matthew Hancock-Jones, pictured, has taken up the role in the firm’s financial services and financial regulatory practice groups, having previously worked at US finance giant JPMorgan Chase, where he...
The family team at UK law firm Ashfords has launched a new service to help couples divorce amicably by using the same lawyer. The Resolution Together model follows a ‘one lawyer, two clients’ approach introduced by Resolution, the community of family justice professionals, two years ago. The scheme means...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon’s corporate and mergers & acquisition team has advised on a major new investment deal aimed at supporting the global expansion of a fast-growing West of England FinTech. The team worked with Bath-based Dancerace, which provides cloud-based software to major banks and lenders worldwide and...
A major investment deal aimed at bringing about a step change in quantum computing has been completed with help from an expert lawyer in the Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke. Working with colleagues from the firm’s Reading office, partner Marc Shrimpling advised Riverlane, the global leader...
Walker Family Law, one of the South West’s largest law firms of its kind, is growing its presence in Bristol after recruiting an experienced lawyer in the city. Kimberley Bailey, pictured, has joined the Exeter-headquartered firm’s divorce and relationships team from national specialists Woolley & Co, where she worked...
A major financial deal to scale-up clean energy projects across the UK has been completed with help from legal experts in the Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke. The team advised purpose-led investment manager Triple Point on its £5.1m debt to Balance Power, a leading independent energy...
Bristol Technology Festival, the UK’s largest and most-connected regional event of its kind, returns later this year with five days of cutting-edge events at venues across the city. Tech practitioners, experts and enthusiasts from Bristol and beyond will gather in the city from 7 to 11 of October as...
