Bristol firms are being urged to prepare now for the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1 next year, despite many questions of how it will work in practice remaining unanswered. The government has launched a campaign for businesses with the strapline ‘Time is running out’ as...
Bristol Law Society has secured a deal to use its city centre base as a ‘Nightingale Court’ building to ease pressure on Bristol Crown Court caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The temporary courts will occupy the conference room, boardroom and three mediation rooms in the 1,800 sq ft Colston...
Business West, the group that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, has welcomed the latest government job and self-employment support measures – but warned that many firms, including those in the city’s vital hospitality and events sectors, continue to miss out. The new support package was announced yesterday by Chancellor...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised innovative commercial property developer Sätila Studios on two exciting schemes in the heart of the capital. Clerkenwell-based Sätila Studios, a small privately owned company run by brothers Ted and Oliver Grebelius, originally from Gothenburg, Sweden, has a mission to buy and reinvent buildings and...
The complex legal issues around the use of driverless pods on public roads and pavements have been addressed by a multi-disciplinary team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon. The firm has produced a report on the regulatory environment for the revolutionary vehicles as part of its work with...
The Bristol office of national law firm Clarke Willmott has extended its support for a leading muscular dystrophy charity after fundraising activities were halted by the coronavirus pandemic. Clarke Willmott named Duchenne UK as its official office charity in February last year after partner Oliver Smedley’s son was diagnosed...
A partner in the Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke has been appointed to a high-level government body that helps shape the UK’s future trade policy. Competition and trade partner Marc Shrimpling, pictured, is the only solicitor on the Strategic Trade Advisory Group (STAG), which is chaired...
Firms will ‘despair’ over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s comments today that they should prepare for a no-deal Brexit, the region’s biggest business organisation said. Describing the move as “another period of political theatre”, Business West managing director Phil Smith, pictured, said firms across the West of England were already...
International property consultancy Avison Young has signed up to the Bristol Property Inclusion Charter, which supports and drives diversity and inclusion in the property sector across the city. Founded by Karl Brown, a partner in the commercial property team in Clarke Willmott, the charter is the UK’s first city-wide...
Global law firm Osborne Clarke has appointed Omar Al-Nuaimi, the Bristol-based head of its infrastructure finance group, as its new international CEO. Omar Al-Nuaimi, pictured right, will take up the role next July, replacing Simon Beswick, who became the firm’s first international CEO eight years ago. The creation of the...
Buy-and-build opportunities for tech firms in the post-Covid world are to be explored at a webinar jointly staged by Bristol-based tech-focused investment bank ICON Corporate Finance and city-headquartered national law firm TLT. A panel of leading international acquirers will look at tactics and best practices, as well-capitalised private equity...
New support for firms forced to close by law because of coronavirus restrictions announced this afternoon by Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been welcomed by Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce. The scheme, under which the government will pay two-thirds of the wages of staff working for...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has launched a directory service to help signpost firms to vital advice, opportunities and support services. Back to Business is an evolution of Business West’s highly successful Trading Through Coronavirus platform, which has been visited by more than 100,000 businesses across the...
