Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

April 30, 2023
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Monday May 1 Bank holiday: Nothing listed Tuesday May 2 Final: Facilities By ADF Interim: Carr’s Group Q1 results: BP, Gran Tierra Energy Economic announcement: PMI Manufacturing Wednesday May 3 Finals: Inspiration Healthcare Group, Cambridge Cognition Holdings, Ashtead Technology Holdings, Light Science Technologies Holdings Interims: Ten Lifestyle Group, Smiths News Trading announcements: OneSavings Bank, Flutter Entertainment,...

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The LAST WORD: Claire Menzies, chairwoman, Istoria Group

April 28, 2023
The LAST WORD: Claire Menzies, chairwoman, Istoria Group

Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Claire Menzies, chairwoman of Bristol creative business collective Istoria Group, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST:  Film you watched? The Wisdom of Trauma – a documentary. The film...

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Loungers hails the ‘relevance and resilience’ of its brands as it toasts another record year

April 28, 2023
Loungers hails the ‘relevance and resilience’ of its brands as it toasts another record year

The CEO of Loungers, the fast-growing Bristol-based café-bar chain, has said its trading over the past year was a “truly stand-out performance”. During the 52 weeks to 16 April the group opened 29 new sites, taking its portfolio to a total of 222. The openings included 24 Lounges and...

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Flexible bank holidays for Ovo workers as energy firm powers up its ‘people offer’

April 28, 2023
Flexible bank holidays for Ovo workers as energy firm powers up its ‘people offer’

Bristol-headquartered energy group Ovo is to offer its staff the chance to work on most bank holidays and take another day off instead. The firm, which employs around 4,500 in offices across the UK, said the scheme would boost its approach to flexible working and create a place “where...

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Encourage diversity of thought to be successful, former MI5 head tells West of England bosses

April 28, 2023
Encourage diversity of thought to be successful, former MI5 head tells West of England bosses

Organisations need a diversity of views to be relevant and effective, the former Director General of MI5 Eliza Manningham-Buller told West of England business leaders last night. Speaking at the ICAEW regional annual business dinner, Baroness Manningham-Buller, pictured, drew on her experiences leading the service through significant change, expansion and...

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Temple Bright builds on its schools construction expertise with major Marlborough College project

April 28, 2023
Temple Bright builds on its schools construction expertise with major Marlborough College project

Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has been appointed by prestigious Marlborough College to advise on a large construction project. The development at the Wiltshire independent school will include five science labs alongside a physics preparation room as well as the widening of the building’s main corridor.  Swindon-headquartered...

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Ten new partners for TLT following record revenues and introduction of a ‘people-first’ culture

April 27, 2023
Ten new partners for TLT following record revenues and introduction of a ‘people-first’ culture

Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has made 10 partner promotions in a move it says reflects its commitment to progressing female talent – with women accounting for two-thirds of its partner promotions over the past three years. Six of the new partners, pictured below, work in the firm’s commercial...

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Thrings and Bishop Fleming corporate teams advise on sale of data specialist to major player

April 27, 2023
Thrings and Bishop Fleming corporate teams advise on sale of data specialist to major player

Advisers from regional law firm Thrings and accountants Bishop Fleming have helped secure a major national deal in the fast-growing data and artificial intelligence sector. The acquisition of DataShapa by market-leading Microsoft pure play technology partner Transparity will create a major specialist data practice.  London-based DataShapa, a Microsoft Gold...

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Innovative software firm expands and transforms its Bristol HQ into ‘drop-dead beautiful space’

April 27, 2023
Innovative software firm expands and transforms its Bristol HQ into ‘drop-dead beautiful space’

Amdaris, the fast-growing Bristol digital transformation and software specialist, has unveiled its redesigned and enlarged head office – calling it an oasis of creativity and collaboration. The firm, widely recognised as one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech companies, called in Bath-based workspace design company Interaction to shape its new headquarters in the...

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