Lawyers in the Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke have advised Microsoft in its partnership with the Met Office to develop a £1bn-plus world-leading weather and forecasting and climate modelling supercomputer. The Met office said the supercomputer, which is due to be operational from next summer, will...
One of Bristol’s oldest charities has been advised by the city office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson on the acquisition of a specialist workspace and conference centre. The Vassall Centre, pictured, in Fishponds offers affordable, accessible facilities for charities and not-for-profit organisations. Bristol Charities, which provides opportunities and...
Investment by foreign businesses into the South West rose last year despite the pandemic in contrast to a fall for the UK as a whole. According to a new report by accountancy group EY, the South West achieved a 6.7% increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in 2020...
West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris is calling on employers to help increase the number of apprenticeships in the region. With an estimated £4m to £8m of unused Apprenticeship Levy funds returned to the Treasury each year, Mayor Norris is calling for apprentice levy-paying employers to give their unused funds to a new...
Two sewage and food waste-powered trucks bought by utility group Wessex Water will hit Bristol’s roads this summer, ushering in a transport revolution that could potentially slash greenhouse gas emissions and improve the city’s air quality. The vehicles, pictured, which follow in the tyre tracks of the firm’s pioneering ‘poo...
Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby has advised wealth management and financial planning firm Digby Associates, also based in the city, on three acquisitions so far this year. Digby Associates took over the financial advice businesses and client banks based in Bristol, Gloucestershire and Hertfordshire as part of its ongoing growth...
Payaca, a Bristol software business revolutionising the way home improvement firms manage their workloads, has clinched £400,000 in funding, enabling it to create seven jobs over the next six months. The firm has developed job management software that is successfully being used by more than 260 businesses to manage everything from creating interactive proposals with multiple payment options through to integrations...
Boxpark, the trendy London street food outlet, has selected Bristol for its first venture outside the capital, with a scheme that will regenerate the city’s last remaining undeveloped Harbourside buildings. Called BoxHall, it will open next year in the O&M Sheds on Welsh Back, transforming buildings that at one...
Bristol’s Old Vic theatre has appointed the Mayor of London’s Ambassador for Culture Bernard Donoghue as the new chair of its board of trustees, with Black South West Network director Sado Jirde as vice-chair. They take over this month from out-going chair Dame Liz Forgan, who is to step down from...
The region’s largest business group has urged the Prime Minister to help create a more sustainable future for business at this weekend’s G7 summit in Cornwall. The British Chambers of Commerce South West (BCCSW) – which includes Bristol Chamber of Commerce parent group Business West – has written to...
Global accountancy group Deloitte’s South West operation has made eight key promotions, including a new partner, in a move it says underlines its commitment to promote talent from within. Hamish McFadyen, pictured, is its new consulting partner in Deloitte Digital, where he specialises in the strategy, design, implementation and operation of...
Monday June 7 Final: Sirius Real Estate Interim: Redx Pharma Economic announcement: Halifax house price index Tuesday June 8 Finals: B P Marsh & Partners, Card Factory, Intermediate Capital, Onthemarket, Tinybuild, VP Interims: Driver Group, Paragon Group, RWS Holdings Q3 Result: Ferguson Economic announcement: Retail sales Wednesday June 9 Final: Urban Logistics REIT Thursday...
South West utilities group Pennon has vowed to invest in Bristol Water, which it bought this week for £425m, promising a better service for its 1.2m customers. Exeter-based Pennon, which already owns South West Water, bought Bristol Water from multinational asset management firm iCON Infrastructure and Itochu, one of...
