Global accountancy group PwC has continued to strengthen its financial services and deals teams in the West with three senior appointments. The firm said the arrival of Sam Flitman, Andrew Keenan and Camille Sixsmith would make it even better placed to support financial services clients and businesses through debt...
Bristol Media – the membership organisation that has supported the city’s creative businesses and individuals for the past 15 years – has rebranded to better reflect the breadth and depth of the city’s creative community. Now operating as Bristol Creative Industries, it aims to expand on its services to...
The Chancellor’s Summer Statement introduced measures aimed at supercharging the ailing UK economy and soon all eyes will be on Rishi Sunak’s Autumn Budget. Considering certain areas before taxes start to rise could bring real benefits to business owners in the long term. Zoe Thomas, tax partner at professional...
First West of England managing director James Freeman, whose 46-year career on the buses has taken him from conductor to leading an organisation with 1,800 people and 600 vehicles, has announced he is to retire next May. James, pictured, a self-confessed bus enthusiast who often spends his holidays travelling...
Bishop Fleming, the regional accountancy firm with the largest of its seven offices in Bristol, has appointed Angela Appiah Shippey as its new corporate and business services director. Angela joins from Bristol-based accountants FD Works, where she was client director for 18 months. She has more than 22 years’...
Monday September 7 Finals: SRT Marine Systems, Tungsten Corp Interims: Belvoir, Blackbird, Diaceutics, Sigmaroc Trading announcement: AB Foods Economic announcement: Halifax house price index Tuesday September 8 Finals: Alumasc Group, CPL Resources Interims: Arix Bioscience, Digitalbox, DP Eurasia, Fevertree Drinks, Flowtech Fluid, Gaming Realms, International Personal Finance, Luceco, Michelmersh Brick Holdings, Midwich Group,...
An all-Bristol advisory team of lawyers and financial advisers has completed one of the biggest deals of recent years in the UK’s fast-growing pet food industry, despite the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The sale of Forthglade, the fast-growing ‘posh’ dog food brand, to IK Investment Partners (IK)...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has advised specialist asset-based lender Ultimate Finance Group, which has a base in the city, on a £20m loan-on-loan facility. The capital from OakNorth Bank will help Ultimate grow its bridging loan book, providing essential short-term funding to enable property developers and investors to complete...
The owner of one of the UK’s largest solar power plant portfolios has expanded further with the help of Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon’s energy sector practice. A cross-firm team advised long-standing client Bluefield Solar on the acquisition and financing of 15 ground-mounted operational solar photovoltaic (PV) plants with...
Bristol ‘intelligent video’ pioneer One Big Circle is helping to develop a safety system to help prevent anti-social behaviour or emergencies on railway station platforms. Working in partnership with the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), fast-growing One Big Circle (OBC) has been awarded funding for the initiative – named Project...
Ultraleap, the Bristol firm behind the world’s most advanced hand tracking technology, has signed a multi-year agreement to integrate it into US tech giant Qualcomm’s latest virtual reality system. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 5G platform is the first in the world to bring together 5G and AI (artificial intelligence). It...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has advised on a major battery storage project at Avonmouth which has given an international renewable energy group its first venture in the UK. TLT secured a 25-year lease on the site for Hallen Energy, part of the French-owned Voltalia Group. The site, which...
Bristol’s two biggest law firms have maintained their near 100% trainee retention rate despite the challenges caused this year by the coronavirus pandemic. Burges Salmon, which employs more than 800 people in its Bristol headquarters and London and Edinburgh offices, said 97% of its trainees had accepted positions at...
