Four new members have been appointed to the advisory board of Bristol City Centre Business Improvement District (BID), along with a new chair. The new members will represent the night-time economy, hospitality, retail and leisure sectors and are drawn from city centre businesses, including The Bristol Hotel, No 1...
A long-serving Bristol hotel manager and hospitality industry representative has taken his first step into ownership by snapping up an historic hotel and restaurant in Somerset. Imran Ali, pictured, who has more than 25 years’ experience in the hospitality sector, has acquired the 17th century Well Inn on the...
Law firm Thrings has reached gender parity at partner level following the appointment of experienced commercial property lawyer Salma Maqsood. Salma’s arrival means the firm’s 52 partners are now evenly split between men and women. This reflects a 20% shift over the past six years in a move the...
A Bristol software development firm named as one of the best places to work in the UK has expanded into new offices designed to promote staff wellbeing. Ghyston, which was founded in 2012 by husband-and-wife team Emily and Ric Hill, is seeking to build a happy workplace community with...
A major investment company focused on clean energy generation has made a series of solar acquisitions, thanks to advice from a team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon. The firm’s corporate energy team worked with longstanding London Stock Exchange-listed Atrato Onsite Energy on the deal, which included the £9.3m...
Hollis, one of the UK’s largest real estate consultancies, took to the water to celebrate its 30-year anniversary in Bristol and the South West. The firm, which has grown its Bristol office in recent years and now employs 27 staff in the city, staged a party for clients, industry...
UK law firm Ashfords has appointed Rhiannon Morgan-Williams as a partner in its Bristol-based real estate team, specialising in renewable energy. Ashfords said Rhiannon, pictured, would add further weight to its established energy & resource management sector offer, with more than 15 years’ experience working for some of the...
Bristol-based independent café and events business Double Puc Café has become the designated caterer for the city’s science centre and educational charity We The Curious ahead of its relaunch next month. Under the multi-year contract, Double Puc Café will operate the Harbourside attraction’s café and kiosk as well as also being...
Fast-growing renewable energy specialist Solarsense has secured B Corp status, joining an expanding global community of companies using business as a force for good. The Clevedon-based firm, which was established nearly 30 years ago with a mission that was way ahead of its time – to support a clean energy...
Top 50 law firm Birketts is to open an office in Bristol later this year, its seventh in the South of England, as it becomes the latest in the sector to expand into the South West. The firm has operated a hub in Bristol since January 2021, running it...
A nature-based charity is urging businesses from Bristol and Bath to step forward and help it raise essential funds for the cities’ vital parks and green spaces. The appeal by Your Park Bristol & Bath follows the release last month of figures showing a third of the population in Bristol...
A Bristol removals firm has won a prestigious Which? award after little more than four years in business. Move On Removals and Storage was one of four businesses nominated in the Trusted Trader category of the acclaimed awards scheme, which champions businesses that consumers can rely on. Its success...
Seven Bristol law firms have secured places on the legal panel of a major housing services organisation. The 24-strong panel making up the Communities and Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC) legal services framework will share work with an estimated value of £50m over four years. CHIC supports housing providers and local...
