Innovative businesses based at SETsquared Bristol, the incubator that supports the growth of tech start-ups, attracted investment of £98.8m last year – a 145% increase on 2020’s total. Member companies also created 250 jobs, generated £29m in revenues and achieved best-ever numbers for leadership diversity. More than half of...
Bristol-based customer relationship marketing agency Armadillo has continued to invest in its senior management team by creating the new role of managing director. The promotion of client partner Joanna Penn to the position – along with the arrival of Emma Watson as a new client partner – follows year-on-year revenue growth...
The Bristol-based Islamic finance team at national law firm Foot Anstey has advised on another landmark deal – the UK’s first Islamic financed acquisition of a mobile CT scanning unit, which will be used in the city. The transaction comes just two months after the team advised London-based fintech...
The Bristol office of independent commercial building consultancy Hollis has welcomed two new arrivals – Michael Warren as an associate and Catherine Peters as a building surveyor. Michael has become a member of Hollis’s dispute resolution team, providing expert dilapidations advice to commercial landlords and tenants, while Catherine rejoins the...
Bristol-based Harbourside, the South West’s newest corporate finance boutique, has completed its first significant deal – helping a specialist UK roof tile firm on its sale to a major Belgian supplier. The Harbourside team was brought in by Metrotile (UK), which specialises in distributing lightweight steel roofing, to assist...
Bristol public relations agency Empica has strengthened its team with the appointment of Kathryn Chatfield as PR assistant. Kathryn, pictured, is a Cardiff University psychology graduate with a Masters’ in International Public Relations and Global Communications Management and is a former pupil of King Edward’s School in Bath. She...
A “forward-thinking approach” to supporting mortgage lenders has earned Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT a major award. The firm’s approach, which included supporting the growth and development of the green mortgage market, landed it the title of Best Law Firm at the Mortgage Finance Gazette Awards 2022. The awards,...
Monday January 31 Finals: SThree, Porvair, React Group Trading announcement: Evraz Tuesday February 1 Final: AJ Bell Interim: Joules Group Trading announcements: Barr (A.G.), Gem Diamonds Economic announcements: Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply, Consumer credit, PMI manufacturing Wednesday February 2 Trading announcements: Glencore, Vodafone, Severn Trent Thursday February 3...
Activity in Bristol’s office market is growing faster than any other major UK city, with three large deals completing this month, rents up 11% on last year and a strong pipeline of inquiries for vacant space. With the city’s economy due to grow by 6.2% this year, property agents...
French animation film maker and distributor Cyber Group Studios has acquired a majority stake in Bristol animators A Productions in a deal that will involve them collaborating on new content for a global audience. Paris-based Cyber Group Studios, best known for its award-winning Gigantosaurus series, pictured, and A Productions...
The corporate team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon are celebrating advising on deals totalling more than £2.5bn last year, despite challenges posed by the pandemic. The firm’s corporate deals review for 2021 highlights its success in completing transactions across a wide range of sectors and for businesses...
Bristol-based bio-pharmaceutical consultancy eXmoor Pharma, which specialises in cell and gene therapy, has signed a deal to work with New Zealand’s blood service. eXmoor, which has worked in more than 15 countries worldwide, will be providing the service with valuable quality support as it builds and establishes a new...
A new round of grants for creative freelancers has been launched by the West of England Combined Authority, with Bristol-based cartoonist Camille Aubrey becoming the first recipient. Camille is one of 60 freelancers and workers in creative businesses across the region set to get a cash boost of between...
