The corporate team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised on an $18m (£14.8m) fundraising for a fast-growing virtual reality (VR) training business used by some of the world’s biggest companies. London-based Gemba helps global enterprises such as Philips, Pfizer, Nike, Coca-Cola, Caterpillar, Johnson & Johnson and...
National law firm Clarke Willmott, which has an office in Bristol, has won a prestigious award from the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) for outstanding work its supporting members in the South West. The firm, which provides legal advice as part of the NFU’s range of member services, has been...
A new associate director and senior surveyor have been appointed to global real estate advisor CBRE’s South West property management team along with a new graduate trainee. Matthew Maxwell joins as associate director after 15 years with property management and building consultancy Workman in Bristol, while Angus McPhail arrives as...
Lawyers from national legal firm Foot Anstey’s Bristol office have advised the management team of a medical courier firm on a merger that creates the UK’s largest provider of specialist transport services to the NHS and local authorities. ERS Medical’s tie up with E-zec Medical Transport Services means the...
Bristol hoteliers are calling on the government to relax some of the post-Brexit regulations that have hindered their ability to recruit staff as they recover from the devastating impact of the pandemic. The Bristol Hoteliers Association (BHA) says the combination of Brexit and Covid-19 lockdowns has caused huge problems...
A group of Bristol investors is backing a firm developing innovative bioplastic food packaging from seaweed in a deal that brings its technology another step closer to everyday use. Sustainable biotech business Kelpi invented the unique compostable material to replace single-use fossil fuel plastics, which take hundreds of years...
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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 Andrew Simmonds, director at estate agents Parker’s and Country Property, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched: The Bank of Dave on Netflix Book you read: The...
Magmatic, the Bristol-based children’s travel products business behind the Trunki kids’ ride-on suitcase, has been sold to an international group of baby, juvenile and maternity brands in a deal handled by city-based national law firm Burges Salmon. Trunki inventor Rob Law was famously rejected by the panel on the...
