Pioneering Bristol financial planning firm Paradigm Norton founder Barry Horner is to step down as CEO next April, 24 years after founding the multi award-winning business. Barry, pictured, who has long championed a responsible approach to business, will be replaced in the role by Philippa Hann, a lawyer who...
National law firm Irwin Mitchell has continued to grow the will, trust and estate disputes team in its Bristol office with the appointment of partner and specialist litigator Cara Hough. Cara, pictured, is a highly experienced solicitor specialising in contentious probate. She has joined from IDR Law, where she...
Law firm Thrings has been praised for its “unwavering support” by the founder of a West of England specialist drilling firm for its role in selling a division of the business to a recognised leader in its industry. ADP Group’s geothermal business was sold to Rendesco in a move...
The Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke has completed three transactions in sectors spanning specialist retail, artificial intelligence (AI) and anaerobic digestion as continues to rack up a raft of deals. Over the past month its teams have advised retailer Tiles4Less on its acquisition of CTD Tiles...
National law firm Clarke Willmott, which has an office in Bristol, has expanded its support for a large social housing provider following a change to its legal framework. The firm secured a place on a new panel of leading housing specialist law firms run by The Regenda Group, which...
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...
