Bristol businesses are being urged to join hundreds of employers from across the UK by taking part in the country’s largest survey of race in the workplace. City-based DAS Group, Loungers, Osborne Clarke, OVO Energy and Unite Students are already signed up to complete the survey, which is being...
The Bristol office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has worked with South Gloucestershire Council on two land acquisitions that have helped secure nearly 400 jobs in Yate. The council – a long-standing client of the firm – bought the sites occupied by the town’s Whirlpool tumble dryer...
Regional law firm Wards Solicitors has appointed solicitor associate Georgia Wookey to its highly acclaimed disputes team as it continues to expand its presence across the South West. Georgia, pictured, has specialised in inheritance and trust disputes since qualifying in May 2016. She joins Wards from Devon firm Stephens...
Two Bristol lawyers have been made up to partner in TLT’s annual firm-wide promotions, bringing the total number of partners at the Bristol-headquartered national law firm to 147. Litigation lawyer Emma Cork and technology & IP lawyer Ed Hayes were among five lawyers promoted to partner at the firm, alongside...
Regional law firm Michelmores has exceeded its aim of having women make up 30% of its partnership by next year following its latest round of promotions. Four of its six new partners are women, meaning the firm’s proportion of female partners is now 35% out of a total of 62. It...
Seven lawyers in the Bristol office of Bevan Brittan have promoted as the national firm celebrates another strong year. Four of the Bristol lawyers have become senior associates and three associates. They form part of a 15-strong promotions round for the firm. The new Bristol office senior associates are...
Organic growth in the Bristol office of law firm Foot Anstey has continued with the appointment of two new partners. The firm, which also has offices in Exeter, London, Plymouth, Southampton, Taunton and Truro, said the promotions of Zahir Nayani and Alexandra Hammond were the result of investment in...
The Western Gateway, the cross-border economic partnership of eight cities either side of the River Severn including Bristol, has appointed former Institute of Directors Bristol chair Lhosa Daly to its board. Lhosa, pictured, who has also been chair of Bristol art gallery Arnolfini, is one of three new board...
Burges Salmon, the Bristol-headquartered national law firm, has appointed Guy Bastable to lead its corporate crime team. Guy, pictured, also becomes the firm’s 100th partner. In his new role at Burges Salmon, he will lead the firm’s head of corporate crime, which sits within its wider business crime and regulatory investigations...
Business in the Community, the business-led membership organisation dedicated to responsible business, has recognised Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon for its efforts in working towards gender equality. The firm has been included in the latest Times Top 50 Employers for Women, the UK’s most highly profiled and well-established...
Two Bristol law firms are among eight to be awarded roles on a national legal framework used by all police forces and local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Bristol-headquartered national firm TLT has expanded its role on the four-lot National Legal Services Framework while Michelmores, which has...
International legal practice Osborne Clarke is promoting two of its Bristol-based lawyers to partner and appointed a new legal director in the office. The new partners will be Chris Yeo and Craig McCarthy while Victoria Gwynedd-Jones will become the new legal director. Chris Yeo is a specialist in advising institutional...
Small business confidence has staged a dramatic recovery in the South West, according to the results of a new survey, as firms look head to life after lockdown. The latest quarterly survey by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), conducted among its members last month, reveals levels of optimism...
