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Burges Salmon and TLT help power-up £25m debt provision for battery storage firm

December 13, 2019
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Burges Salmon and TLT help power-up £25m debt provision for battery storage firm

Bristol-headquartered law firms TLT and Burges Salmon have acted on a multi-million pound debt funding for a London-based battery storage firm. Burges Salmon’s energy team advised Zenobē Energy on the £25m limited recourse debt from Santander UK, while TLT advised the bank, a long-standing client.  Zenobē Energy is one...

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Experts shed light on strategic growth plans at In-house Lawyer and Bristol Business News event

December 13, 2019
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Experts shed light on strategic growth plans at In-house Lawyer and Bristol Business News event

The importance of having a strategic plan for business growth was underpinned at an event hosted by Bristol-based law firm Gregg Latchams’ In-house Lawyer service (IHL) and Bristol Business News. Called ‘Growing your business on solid foundations’, the seminar was aimed at helping the owners of start-up and scale-up...

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Mobile telecoms firm signals new phase of growth following management buy-out

December 13, 2019
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Mobile telecoms firm signals new phase of growth following management buy-out

The new owners of Bristol mobile telecoms equipment manufacturer CL Electrical Controls are planning to grow the business, including moving to a larger site, after buying it in a management buy-out put together with city-based law firm Meade King. The firm, based in Winterbourne, also makes systems that control...

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General Election reaction: Business groups look foward to period of stability

December 13, 2019
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General Election reaction: Business groups look foward to period of stability

Business organisations have welcomed the stability that the resounding Conservative General Election victory will bring – but question marks remain over the kind of Brexit deal a Boris Johnson-led government will strike. Business West, the South West’s largest business group which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol...

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Sale of East European IT developer handled by Smith & Williamson

December 13, 2019
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Sale of East European IT developer handled by Smith & Williamson

The Bristol-based corporate finance team at accountancy group Smith & Williamson has advised a Bulgarian IT software development services business on its disposal. TechHuddle, one of the fastest-growing IT companies in Bulgaria, helps businesses offshore and outsource their IT and provides software development services with a focus on intellectual...

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Record year for UWE innovation hub Future Space after it hits full occupancy

December 13, 2019
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Record year for UWE innovation hub Future Space after it hits full occupancy

Future Space, the science and tech hub on UWE Bristol’s Frenchay Campus, has achieved record results in its third year of operation. During the year the centre, which is managed by Oxford Innovation on behalf of the university, reached full capacity with more than 50 businesses occupying its offices,...

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£11m investment helps build Bristol construction equipment group into international brand

December 11, 2019
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£11m investment helps build Bristol construction equipment group into international brand

Another growth phase is on the cards at Bristol-based Molson Group, the UK’s largest independent distributor of capital equipment to the construction and waste management sectors, after it secured a further £11m investment. In a deal put together in Bristol by city-based advisers, Molson received the funding from the...

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Strength of South West market prompts property investment company to open Bristol office

December 11, 2019
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Strength of South West market prompts property investment company to open Bristol office

Commercial property and investment company LCP has opened a Bristol office as it looks to continue to grow across the South West. The office in Berkeley Square, Clifton, will be led by Adam Martin, pictured, who joins LCP as an associate director from Knight Frank, where he was head...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

December 10, 2019
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Monday December 9 Finals: Blackrock, Hardide, Henderson European Focus, Lowland Investments, Schroder European, Zambeef Productions Interims: Circle Properties, Orient Telecom, The Panoply Holdings, Trakm8 Holdings Trading announcements: Amino Technologies, Frenkel Topping Tuesday December 10 Finals: Driver Group, Nexus Infrastructure, Oxford Biodynamics, RWS Holdings Interims: Begbies, Mind Gym, Photo-Me Economic...

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Prestigious British Chambers Award for Business West’s Trading Through Brexit campaign

December 4, 2019
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Prestigious British Chambers Award for Business West’s Trading Through Brexit campaign

A pioneering campaign to help firms in the South West prepare for life outside the European Union has earned a major national award for Business West, the region’s biggest business support organisation. Recognising that Brexit represents the single most radical transformation in the way that British businesses trade for...

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Strong appetite for growth at Pieminister as it looks to open four more restaurants next year

December 4, 2019
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Strong appetite for growth at Pieminister as it looks to open four more restaurants next year

Pieminister, the iconic Bristol-based specialist pie maker, is to grow its restaurant chain further next year with plans to open four more outlets. The group, launched with a single restaurant in Stokes Croft in 2003, has recently opened its 16th – in Exeter – and has also exchanged contracts...

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TLT boosts specialist team with lateral hire of leading Bristol licensing lawyer

December 4, 2019
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TLT boosts specialist team with lateral hire of leading Bristol licensing lawyer

Leading licensing lawyer Ewen Macgregor has joined TLT’s licensing team, further building on Bristol-headquartered national law firm’s specialisms in the leisure, food & drink and retail & consumer goods sectors, in which it acts for many of the UK’s leading brands. Ewen, pictured, joins from Bristol and London firm...

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Clarke Willmott sponsors brain tumour charity support worker

December 3, 2019
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Clarke Willmott sponsors brain tumour charity support worker

A support worker at a unique charity dedicated to helping people with brain tumours is being sponsored by the Bristol office of national law firm Clarke Willmott. The firm has teamed up with Thornbury-based Brain Tumour Support to help Trish Moroney in her role in the geographical areas where...

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