Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised residential developer Crossman Homes on a deal with Yarlington Housing Association to provide social housing in Bristol. Bath-headquartered Crossman Homes will redevelop the Speedwell Swimming Baths site on Whitefield Road, creating 31 affordable homes for local people, pictured in a...
International legal practice Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office has hosted a visit by the Lord Mayor of London as part of a nationwide fact-finding tour. Peter Estlin, who was recently elected Lord Mayor of the City of London, met several Osborne Clarke partners and heard about the firm’s three key focusing on...
The Bristol offices of law firms TLT and Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) have advised on a multi-million pound deal that will drive innovation and create jobs at a West of England car and motorbike wheel manufacturer. London-based Puma Investments is injecting £3.6m of private equity into Dymag, a pioneering...
A team from the Bristol head office of national law firm TLT has acted for Britain’s largest independent manufacturer of concrete facing bricks on its sale to listed landscape products manufacturer Marshalls. The strategic acquisition of Newport-based Edenhall will boost Marshalls’ growth the new-build housing market. TLT has worked...
Charity Finance magazine has named Bristol-headquartered VWV among its top three law firms for the sector for the fourth year running. The firm, which acts for some of Bristol’s best-known charities including Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Foundation and The Soil Association, appears at number three in the annual ranking...
Company bosses from Bristol and across the West of England are “intensely frustrated” with the latest delay affecting Brexit, according to the region’s largest business organisation. Business West – which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative – said time was now running out for a managed...
Experienced employment lawyer Linda Wylie has joined Bristol-based commercial law firm Meade King employment and dispute resolution team. Canadian-born Linda, pictured, who specialises in workplace disputes, was previously a lawyer at Ratcliffe Duce & Gammer in Reading (now Clifton Ingram). Prior to this she was a solicitor at the...
A series of challenges around Bristol city centre, including making masks out of household material, raised nearly £3,500 for Bristol-based anti-modern slavery charity Unseen during an event organised by the city office of national law firm Clarke Willmott. Fourteen teams from a range of Bristol firms took part in...
BrandSoup was flicking through the internet recently, wondering what to cover in our next blog – whether to write about Turkish celebrity chef Nusret Gökçe, who is seeking to register his trade mark gestures? Or the controversy over video game Fortnite ‘stealing’ other people’s dance moves? Imagine our joy...
National law firm Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth has appointed solicitor Laura Podger to its Bristol family law team. Laura joins from regional firm Royds Withy King’s Bath head office, having qualified as a solicitor this year. She has previous experience working in corporate and medical negligence law and now...
South West law firm Ashfords, which has one of its six offices in Bristol, is to merge with single-location Thames Valley firm Boyes Turner next year. The result of the link-up, which is likely to take place on May 1, will be a combined firm with 100 partners, around...
A remarkable number of retail businesses don’t plan for a crisis – a big concern given the reputational consequences of mishandling a potential drama, says Foot Anstey partner Nathan Peacey. Most days in the office are a bit like the one which went before. A micro-drama here or there,...
Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby has introduced mental health first aid training as part of a commitment to put it on an equal footing to the physical wellbeing of its staff. Twelve individuals at the firm are undertaking a mental health champion course to develop an understanding of common mental...
