Law firm Ashfords’ Bristol corporate team has advised London-based global expansion specialist Fitzgerald & Law on its takeover by an international provider of corporate, fund and active wealth services. ZEDRA’s acquisition of Fitzgerald & Law (F&L) will boost the fast-growing firm’s offering to its international corporate clients as well...
Opportunities for Bristol firms in the world’s largest economic zone – China’s Greater Bay Area – have been highlighted at an online gathering led by West of England experts. Invest Bristol & Bath (IBB), the inward investment arm of the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) teamed up with...
Bristol-based alternative law firm Stephenson Law has advised on a £5.7m investment deal for a firm aiming to harness the power of 5G to revolutionise gaming, the Internet of Things and virtual reality. The Series A investment round for AccelerComm was led by Cambridge-based IQ Capital alongside existing investors...
Bristol-based e-commerce fulfilment and storage company Huboo has secured a further £14m investment to meet the rapidly growing demand for online shopping triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. The deal, which takes the total raised by Huboo to more than £18m, was handled by Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT. The Series...
Leonard Curtis, the national business solutions group that advises small and medium-sized firms, has recruited Sean Ward as a manager in its Bristol office. The group, whose core offering spans legal advice to debt finance, said Sean’s appointment followed a period of strong growth and high levels of demand...
International legal practice Osborne Clarke, which has a major office in Bristol, has partnered with the University of Bristol for its legal and emerging tech vacation scheme. As part of the project, six students took part in a virtual two-week work placement at the firm. The students – half...
National law firm Clarke Willmott has appointed a new senior associate to the contentious construction team in its Bristol office. Rebecca Harries-Williams, pictured, has joined from regional law firm Foot Anstey’s Bristol office, where she spent just over five years as an associate (disputes resolution) in its projects, infrastructure...
An £8m skills programme to help Bristol businesses plan and respond to their workforce needs – particularly those triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic – is being launched by the West of England Combined Authority. Called Workforce for the Future, the free service will help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has strengthened its Bristol office with the appointment of James Radcliffe, who has joined as a partner in its private wealth team. James, pictured, specialises in tax, succession and estate planning issues for UK resident and domiciled families interested in the long-term preservation...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised on the second phase of a project by long-standing client Ambulatory Surgery International (ASI) to convert offices in London’s Marylebone into a high-end healthcare day surgery and outpatient diagnostics facility. Welbeck Health, ASI’s trading name, is a day surgery start-up...
Measures in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Winter Economic Plan have been welcomed as “bold steps” and “a shot in the arm” for industry by the UK’s leading business groups. The CBI said it would save hundreds of thousands of viable jobs while the British Chambers of Commerce said it would...
The Winter Economic Plan announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak today may help stave off mass unemployment, but it failed to target support to those sectors that need it most, according to the West of England’s largest business organisation. Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, along with other...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled his Winter Economy Plan to help businesses and their employees as Covid-19 continues to have a devastating impact. The key points are: A Jobs Support Scheme for employees will replace the furlough scheme, which effectively paid people not to work. Under this new scheme,...
