The people of the UK are making extraordinary efforts to limit the health impact of Covid-19. NHS staff, aided by carers and volunteers, are doing sterling work in the face of unprecedented pressures. Families, friends, and neighbours are rallying round those who are ill or isolating themselves. And thousands...
Bristol firms with staff working from home as a result of the coronavirus outbreak are being urged to help them ‘donate their commute’ to city centre hospitals charity Above & Beyond. They can set up a virtual collection tin via the JustGiving app for their team to give the...
Specialist personal injury law firm Novum Law has extended its offering in Bristol with the appointment of associate legal director Mary Smith. Mary’s arrival means the office now handles complex medical negligence and serious personal injury compensation claims. Previously it had specialised in helping clients affected by asbestos disease. ...
Louise Somerset, partner and head of private client tax services at Smith & Williamson in Bristol, explains the government’s self-employed income support scheme. The Chancellor has announced an income support scheme to help the self-employed through the current financial crisis, designed to be on a par with support for...
National law firm TLT’s Bristol-based clean energy experts have completed on another major renewables asset deal as activity in the market shows no sign of tailing off. In the team’s fourth transaction for Alpha Real Renewables, it advised on the London-based investment group’s acquisition of a portfolio of operational...
Thrings’ commercial property partner Fionnuala Nolan and property litigation partner Michael Tatters consider the impact of the recently introduced Coronavirus Act on commercial property owners, their tenants, funders and investors. The UK government has enacted the Coronavirus Act with the purpose of defending its people and economy against the...
Three-quarters of South West firms were hit by the coronavirus pandemic in the first two weeks of March, according to a new survey which also shows the outbreak has triggered a marked fall in businesses confidence in the region. Lloyds Bank’s Business Barometer – a monthly survey of more...
Warnings about future profits made by South West companies listed on the London Stock Exchange have soared by 75% compared to this time last year – with most of them blaming the coronavirus pandemic. The latest analysis from international accountancy group EY shows there have been 14 profit warnings...
Bristol-based digital marketing and PR agency OggaDoon has appointed experienced comms professional Claire Snook as an associate director. Claire, pictured, began her career as a journalist with Northcliffe newspapers before becoming a copywriter and then a social media/digital professional, both in-house and at leading agencies working across B2C and...
The Centre for Modelling & Simulation (CFMS), the Bristol-based specialist body aiming to transform digital engineering, has made a senior appointment to help it complete its pioneering projects. Dr James Osborne, pictured, joins CFMS, which is based on the Bristol & Bath Science Park, as technology programmes manager. He...
Six new partners have been appointed by Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon across a number of its key teams, including private client, healthcare, real estate, dispute resolution and employment. The firm said the move, which will take its total number of partners to 96 from May 1, reflected...
The latest moves by the government to support businesses, including relaxing the insolvency laws and removing some red tape, have been given the thumbs up by the region’s largest business organisation. Business West described the measures, announced by Business Secretary Alok Sharma on Friday evening, as sensible steps that...
Bristol Airport’s largest operator, low-cost airline easyJet, has grounded its entire fleet of aircraft for at least two months – leaving the airport at a near-standstill. The decision – coming less than two weeks after easyJet announced it was drastically reducing its operations – is the latest in a...
