With the Big Tent Ideas Festival taking place in Bristol tomorrow – when politicians, campaign groups and businesses will debate key issues such as net zero, the drive for better public services and achieving a more equitable society – Mayor Marvin Rees here outlines why the city is ideally...
A senior knowledge lawyer at Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT with a long-standing commitment to using the law to achieve net zero has been invited to sit on an international advisory committee promoting climate-aligned contracts. TLT said Alexandra Holsgrove Jones’ appointment to The Chancery Lane Project’s (TCLP’s) advisory committee...
Experienced commercial property lawyer Amanda French has joined the Bristol office of national law firm Clarke Willmott as a partner. Amanda, pictured, specialises in portfolio management and store development programmes for multi-national retail businesses. Prior to joining Clarke Willmott, Amanda was an associate director at Davitt Jones Bould, one...
Bristol community engagement and investment platform Neighbourly is moving to a new base in the city’s Engine Shed innovation hub following another successful funding round that will further accelerate its growth. Now employing 80 people, Neighbourly was set up in 2014 at Engine Shed as part of its SETsquared...
Bristol-based kitchen firm HUSK has quadrupled the size of its workshop space by expanding into a new site. The 9,500 sq ft unit off the Feeder Road in St Phillips will enable the firm to meet growing demand from homeowners keen to find cost-effective and sustainable ways to update...
National law firm Ashfords, which has an office in Bristol, has elected the head of its real estate services division Tim Heal as its new chair. Tim, pictured, who is also a member of the firm’s executive board, has taken up the role for a two-year term with immediate effect....
The commercial property team in national law firm Clarke Willmott’s Bristol office has appointed Sarah Mogford as a partner. Sarah, pictured, has joined from the Cardiff office of top 100 international commercial law firm Lewis Silkin, where she spent nearly eight years, including the past two years as managing...
A packed programme for Bristol’s Big Tent Ideas Festival has been unveiled, including political debates, arts, a Speaker’s Corner, community fayre and a Dragon’s Den-style pitching competition. Taking part will be government ministers, members of the shadow cabinet and three former Cabinet members, as well the head of the...
The South West’s first manufacturing plant for sustainable green hydrogen is to be opened on the outskirts of Bristol, underlining the city’s position as a leader in the low carbon sector. The plant is to be sited at the new £70m Institute of Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS) pictured, on...
Rapidly expanding Bristol cybersecurity firm Immersive Labs has unveiled its playful new headquarters in Bristol – complete with scooters, games room and wellness suite. The 16,000 sq ft workspace, pictured, which takes up the entire sixth floor of The Programme, the refurbished curved office building on All Saints Street, is...
One of the UK’s leading property development and regeneration firms has reappointed national law firm Bevan Brittan to its legal services panel – its third major appointment of recent months. Bevan Brittan, which has an office in Bristol, is one of 17 firms to gain a place on the...
The Bristol office of independent building and project consultancy Paragon is to close and its 11 staff transferred to property agents Colliers following the completion this week of a strategic partnership between the businesses. The deal, under which Colliers has acquired a majority interest in Paragon, brings Colliers’ combined...
Bristol-based outsourcing giant Mitie has extended its relationship with Bristol Airport for a further three years with a new £3m baggage screening services contract. The deal, worth £1m a year and with an option to extend it for a further two years, builds on Mitie’s 20-year partnership with the...
