Salma Maqsood, a senior associate at Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby Solicitors, has been selected for a Law Society scheme that encourages and supports young people from non-traditional backgrounds to enter the profession. Salma, pictured, is one of 12 new social mobility ambassadors appointed this year by the Law Society...
Specialist employment lawyer Angela West has joined Davies & Partners Solicitors as a senior associate to head the employment law team in its Bristol office. Angela, pictured, who has more than 20 years’ experience in employment law, joins from Goughs Solicitors in Wiltshire, where she worked for five years...
Monday February 8 Final: Inland Trading announcement: Electrocomponents Tuesday February 9 Finals: Amino Technologies, Micro Focus, Ocado, RM, St Modwen Properties Interims: Mattioli Trading announcement: Bellway Economic announcement: Retail sales Wednesday February 10 Final: Smurfit Kappa Interims: Ashmore, Avingtrans, Dunelm Q4 result: Lancashire Holdings Economic announcement: GDP (preliminary) Thursday February 11 Finals: AstraZeneca, Coca-Cola, Relx, Yamana Gold Interim: MJ Gleeson Economic...
Turning a huge site at Avonmouth and Severnside into one of a new generation of ‘freeports’ could give Bristol’s economy a massive post-pandemic boost and create up to 50,000 jobs, it was claimed today. The West of England Combined Authority (WECA), which includes Bristol City Council, today officially submitted...
The BBC is set to give Bristol’s commercial property market a timely boost as it continues to show resilience in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. According to property agents in the city, BBC Studios is poised to strike a deal to take 50,000 to 60,000 sq ft of...
Bristol is to appoint its first night time economy czar to champion its clubs, pubs, restaurants and events venues as they look to recover from the devastating effects of Covid-19 pandemic. The night-time economy (NTE) advisor will sit in the Bristol City Council’s City Office and work closely with...
The Bristol offices of national accountancy firm RSM and global law firm Osborne Clarke have acted for the shareholders of specialist online publisher SelectScience on a major private equity investment in the business. Bath-based SelectScience was formed in 1998 by Arif and Louise Butt with a mission to introduce...
The property development firm behind the final phase of Bristol’s Paintworks creative quarter has secured a £40m finance agreement to fund a new raft of developments across the South West. Rengen, a Bath-based subsidiary of Bristol group Iesis, has arranged the debt funding with the real estate division of Intermediate Capital...
Businesses based at SETsquared Bristol, the city’s acclaimed incubator, last year attracted investments worth a total of £40.2m – equivalent to more than 10% of the total raised by the South West region for the third year in a row. The achievement came despite the region’s investment market slowing...
Bristol-based Latcham Direct, one of the UK’s leading print and communications firms, has rebranded as Latcham with a new look and website after celebrating its 10th anniversary last year. The firm, which operates from an 82,000 sq ft purpose-built head office in Hengrove with a satellite base in Crawley,...
Bristol’s promotion as a prime location for international conferences and business events is to be stepped up with the launch of a new regional convention bureau. Instead of marketing the city as a standalone location to the global meetings industry, it will be promoted alongside Bath and the wider...
Bristol-based specialist software firm Invatech Health has received another financial shot in the arm as it looks to revolutionise the pharmacy sector with its pioneering technology. The firm has been awarded £900,000 award from the government-backed Innovate UK agency under a competitive programme to support game-changing tech innovations in small...
Graduates from the University of Bristol are among the most sought after by top employers, a major new report has found – and in some cases can command starting salaries of more than £45,000. The ‘Graduate Market in 2021’ survey asked the Britain’s top 100 employers which graduates they...
