Lawyers from TLT had to overcome the twin impacts of Brexit and the coronavirus outbreak to complete a significant cross-border deal for leading renewables investment firm – and longstanding client – Blackfinch Energy. The Bristol-headquartered national law firm initially advised Blackfinch Energy on the land acquisition for the Llwyndyrus...
Government figures showing another monthly fall in corporate insolvencies are hiding the true picture of the damaging effect of the coronavirus pandemic on businesses, according to the South West branch of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3. Insolvency Service statistics for June show 732 company insolvencies in England and...
Practical ideas on how businesses can continue to support charities during the coronavirus pandemic are to be aired at a webinar hosted by Quartet, the community foundation for the West of England. The third sector is facing its toughest time for a generation with hundreds of thousands of people...
National law firm Freeths has marked the first anniversary of its Bristol office by appointing a new director. Simon Hough, pictured, is an experienced commercial litigation and insolvency lawyer and has joined the office from London firm Blake Morgan, where he worked from nearly two years as legal director. ...
Empica, one of the Bristol area’s longest-established public relations agencies, has been nominated for an industry award for its campaign to raise awareness of the mis-selling of pensions to thousands of steelworkers. The work carried out alongside its client, Bristol-headquartered national law firm Clarke Willmott, has earned it a...
One of the UK’s leading private equity firms has been advised by lawyers from Bristol-headquartered national firm TLT on its £2m investment in a fast-growing data analytics company. Maven Capital Partners UK’s growth capital deal with Hublsoft Group forms part of that firm’s first-round funding, which it will use...
Bristol law firm Gregg Latchams and regional chartered accountants Milsted Langdon have teamed up to launch a ‘Bristol Bounce Back’ initiative to help firms recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. The project is supported by an expert panel made up of individuals some of the city’s leading businesses including the Bank of England’s South...
An associate in Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon’s private client services team, has achieved one of the highest scores in exams staged by her professional association. Helen MacLeod, pictured, has been named as a winner in this year’s STEP Excellence Awards, recognising her high achievement in the STEP...
Business confidence has bounced back stronger in the South West than any other part of the UK, according to a new survey – but many firms remain gloomy and one in 10 expects to stay closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The monthly Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial...
Regional law firm Thrings has appointed two senior associates – commercial property specialist Natalie Day and succession and tax expert Gavin Smith – to advise the firm’s fast-growing portfolio of land development and private wealth clients. Natalie arrives at Thrings’ Bristol office from the city office of national law...
Bristol’s small businesses are being offered the chance to get free help to manage their finances in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic thanks to a new programme launched by West of England Mayor Tim Bowles. The accountancy support programme is being delivered in partnership with the Institute of...
TLT, the Bristol-headquartered national law firm, has agreed its first alliance with an overseas practice as part of its strategy to strengthen the international offer for clients. TLT said the link-up with Dutch firm Holla Advocaten, which it already has already worked with in a number of legal areas,...
The UK’s first consumer-owned onshore wind farm project has been launched with support from renewable energy experts at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon. Ripple Energy has been giving individual households the power to combat climate change and to make living a low-carbon lifestyle easier through clean energy ownership...
