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Going green pays off for accountants Bishop Fleming with lower mileage and utility bills

March 4, 2020
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Going green pays off for accountants Bishop Fleming with lower mileage and utility bills

Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming has again achieved sizeable reductions in its use of paper, energy and company cars despite the business’s continued growth. The firm, which also gained ‘plastic-free champion’ status last year, has now saved the annual equivalent of 155 trees by cutting the use of paper...

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Happy returns as Meade King strengthens tax and estate planning team with former ex-paralegal

March 4, 2020
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Happy returns as Meade King strengthens tax and estate planning team with former ex-paralegal

A former paralegal who began her career with Bristol law firm Meade King has returned to it as a qualified lawyer. Lily Delaney, pictured, joins Meade King’s tax and estate planning team from national law firm VWV’s Bristol head office, where she qualified as a chartered legal executive.  She...

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Trio of legal director appointments at Davies & Partners Solicitors

March 3, 2020
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Law firm Davies & Partners Solicitors has promoted three senior solicitors in its Bristol office – Caroline Davies, Kerry Raymond and Kirsten Compton – to the position of legal director. Caroline, pictured right, has worked for the firm since 2017 in both the land acquisition and disposal and planning...

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Bristol PR agency snaps up award-winning young filmmaker

March 3, 2020
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Bristol PR agency snaps up award-winning young filmmaker

A talented young Bristol filmmaker, whose award-winning productions have made it onto the international movie circuit, has joined PR and communications agency Empica as a videographer. Grace Fox, pictured, graduated from University Centre Weston in Weston-super-Mare with a first-class honours degree in Lens-Based Media and a raft of short...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

March 2, 2020
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Monday March 2 Finals: Greencoat Rene., Hiscox, Johnson Service, Lukoil Adr, Senior                     Interim: PCI-Pal Economic announcements: PMI construction, PMI services, PMI manufacturing, Mortgage approvals, Consumer credit, M4 money supply Tuesday March 3 Finals: 4Imprint, Apax Glb, Cairn Homes, Direct Line, Getbury, Greggs, Hutchison China, Ibstock, Intertek Group, Legal &...

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Coronavirus fears throw question mark over Western Gateway’s debut at global property showcase

February 28, 2020
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Coronavirus fears throw question mark over Western Gateway’s debut at global property showcase

Plans to promote Bristol’s new Western Gateway regional powerhouse link-up with South Wales at the world’s leading international property market showcase could be scuppered by the rapid spread of coronavirus. A growing number of major businesses have pulled out of MIPIM, the global property gathering due to take place...

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Temple Quarter retail, office and homes schemes become latest to transform area

February 28, 2020
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Temple Quarter retail, office and homes schemes become latest to transform area

Two major new property schemes are under construction in one of Bristol’s key development areas as the city centre undergoes further transformation. Legal & General’s Box Makers Yard, pictured top, retail and accommodation scheme and The Distillery, part of Royal London Asset Management’s Glassfields scheme, pictured below, form part...

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More funding for Bristol microchip innovator powering global artificial intelligence revolution

February 28, 2020
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More funding for Bristol microchip innovator powering global artificial intelligence revolution

Bristol semiconductor firm Graphcore, whose products are driving the machine-learning and artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, is predicting more global growth after banking another multi-million dollar investment. The latest $150m – from a group of major finance firms – takes the total invested in Graphcore since its launch in 2016...

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Bristol to stay near top of UK economic growth league table despite slight slowdown

February 28, 2020
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Bristol to stay near top of UK economic growth league table despite slight slowdown

Bristol is set to continue as one of the UK’s fastest-growing regional cities over the next four years as job creation in the country’s major urban areas gathers pace at the expense of smaller towns. According to a new report by accountants EY, Bristol’s economy will grow by an...

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Virtual reality gamers to get their hands on Bristol-designed touch technology in first commercial deal

February 28, 2020
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Virtual reality gamers to get their hands on Bristol-designed touch technology in first commercial deal

Pioneering mid-air touch technology developed in Bristol is to be available for the first time commercially in a virtual reality (VR) headset for gamers. Ultraleap, the Bristol-based firm behind the world-leading technology, has signed an agreement with innovative immersive VR hardware firm Pimax, based in Shanghai and Silicon Valley. ...

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Bristol’s diversity on the menu at International Women’s Day Big Breakfast

February 28, 2020
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Bristol’s diversity on the menu at International Women’s Day Big Breakfast

Bristol’s International Women’s Day Big Breakfast celebration returns next Thursday, bringing women together from across the city and beyond. With 91 languages spoken in Bristol, the event will also celebrate the diversity of the city’s communities and the role women play in them with a host of speakers sharing...

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Temple Bright and Vickery Holman taken on to advise expanding traffic equipment firm

February 28, 2020
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Temple Bright and Vickery Holman taken on to advise expanding traffic equipment firm

Fast-growing portable traffic equipment firm SRL Traffic Systems has appointed two Bristol-based professional advisory firms as its national expansion drive continues. The appointment of multi-disciplinary surveying firm Vickery Holman and law firm Temple Bright follows SRL’s management buyout last year, which was backed by £24m from private equity firm...

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Name change for pioneering Happy City as wellbeing economics takes centre stage

February 28, 2020
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Name change for pioneering Happy City as wellbeing economics takes centre stage

Bristol’s wellbeing economics organisation Happy City has changed its name to the Centre for Thriving Places to reflect the fact that its innovative approach to helping transform society is now becoming increasingly mainstream. Happy City was launched in Bristol 10 years ago with the pioneering aim of demonstrating that...

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