A family-run Bristol upholstery business has expanded its operations by 70% and its manufacturing capacity by 40% with a £862,000 funding package from a Lloyds Bank. Bedminster-based Southwest Upholstery, which repairs, recovers and manufactures seating, has benefited from a 30% increase in demand as summer trading picks up among...
Success in a landmark court case featuring characters from TV comedy classic Only Fools and Horses has earned national law firm Ashfords’ intellectual property disputes team a major award. The team represented Shazam Productions, which owns the copyright in the scripts for the much-loved sitcom, in legal proceedings brought...
Bristol-based international healthcare infrastructure specialist Archus is aiming for further overseas expansion after securing £9m funding from BGF, the growth capital investor. Archus, which was launched in 2017 with a mission to shape the future of healthcare, also plans to use the investment to recruit more senior staff to...
Businesses will get the chance to join forces with researchers and academics from the University of Bristol at an event in the city next month. The Festival of Enterprise will bring together the city’s industry and academia to discuss how they can collaborate to meet business challenges and achieve...
Lawyers from the Bristol office of international legal firm Osborne Clarke have advised on a major investment deal that will help one of the UK’s fastest-growing FinTech firms expand further into overseas markets. The team worked with London-based Freemarket, a leading FinTech platform for regulated B2B cross-border payments and...
The government and the Bank of England must do more to curb interest rates and lower inflation to avoid firms in Bristol being “pushed to the brink”, the area’s largest business organisation has said. Following the Bank’s decision yesterday to hike the base rate from 4.5% to 5% –...
The corporate and mergers & acquisitions team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised on more than 110 deals with a combined value of £4.5bn-plus over the past year. While the market has continued to be volatile, the team benefited from strong levels of investment and merger...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has achieved 33% female partner representation two years ahead of its 2025 target – confirming its position as a leader for women’s representation in senior positions. The firm, which employs around 1,400 people – 70% of them women – said a third of its...
South West accountancy firm Milsted Langdon has marked its 35th anniversary with a party for staff from across its five offices. The independent firm was founded in 1988 by University of Bath graduates Simon Milsted and Jonathan Langdon. Since then it has specialised in trusted accountancy advice for businesses and...
