National law firm Foot Anstey has strengthened its energy and infrastructure sector team in Bristol by appointing new legal directors Laura Rajanah and Adam Weatherley. Laura Rajanah has dedicated 15 years of her career to the energy sector, focusing on the real estate elements associated with projects. She has...
Accountancy group Deloitte has continued to invest in its Bristol office by making two partner and 16 director promotions, taking to 211 the number of individuals promoted across all grades and businesses in its South West and Wales practice summer. The two new partners are Luke Webber and Giles Houghton,...
Monday July 24 Interim: Science Group Tuesday July 25 Finals: Games Workshop, Altitude Group Interims: Unilever, Bridgepoint, Unite, Tyman, Croda International, Sthree, Reach, Hummingbird Trading announcements: Compass Group, Sage Group Wednesday July 26 Finals: Hargreaves Services, Van Elle Interims: Rio Tinto, RHI Magnesita, Rathbone, Lloyds, Breedon, Restore, Primary Health, Conduit Holdings, Banco Santander Q2...
A former University of Bristol student-turned-entrepreneur has donated £50,000 to help fund its next generation of start-up businesses. The donation from Rupert Baker has kick-started a new ‘founders’ pledge’ project through which entrepreneurs given funding by the university promise to donate some of their future earnings to student start-ups. ...
Wealth management firm Investec Wealth & Investment has agreed a three-year partnership with iconic Bristol live music venue St George’s Bristol. The sponsorship deal, the first of its kind for St George’s, launches this year, the 200th anniversary of the former church on Park Street, as well as the 650th year...
Bristol’s status as a global centre for innovation in telecoms hardware has been boosted by plans to open a £2.5m research centre in the city. The Future Telecoms Hub, which will launch this autumn on the Bristol & Bath Science Park at Emersons Green, will lead pioneering development work...
Bristol and the West of England will become the UK’s centre for electric vehicle technology when the long-expected green light is finally given for a battery gigafactory in Somerset, according to business leaders and politicians in the region. The government this week agreed a deal with Tata Group, which owns...
Bristol-based specialist corporate finance advisory firm Shaw & Co has helped seal a major deal that will boost the South West’s lead in advanced optical technology. The firm advised thin-film coating company Artemis Optical on its £8.9m sale to long-established Somerset specialist manufacturer of optical components and systems Gooch...
Digital marketing agency Noble Performs is celebrating five years in Bristol by achieving an annual turnover of £1m for the first time. Noble Performs was launched in the city by US West Coast creative firm Noble Studios and Bristol-based branding agency Mr B & Friends. At the time it...
