By Donna Kehoe, Bank of England agent for the South West of England UK temperatures reached record highs last month, but the UK economy has not been heating up this summer. Instead, as world trade tensions and worries about a no-deal Brexit have risen, the economy has been slowing...
Global real estate advisory firm CBRE has appointed Nathaniel Heavens as senior director of its building consultancy team covering the South West and South Wales. Based at CBRE’s Bristol office, Nathaniel, pictured, will help drive business development and grow the team, which provides commercial property consultancy services such as...
Lawyers at Bristol commercial law firm Meade King have advised on the formation of the South West’s first GP super-partnership. The firm worked with Stafford Medical Group, which runs the Locking Castle Medical Centre in Weston-super-Mare and is one of seven GP practices in the area that have merged...
Bristol companies that export to Europe are being urged to register for non-EU trade ahead of a possible no-deal Brexit or face potential problems once the UK has left the European Union. The warning has come from Business West, the South West’s largest business organisation, which points out that...
National legal firm Clarke Willmott’s sports law team – which advises many high-profile organisations and individuals – has taken to the water for its latest appointment. The team, which includes lawyers based in the firm’s Bristol office, is to provide legal support to Surfing England, the not-for-profit national governing...
Monday August 12 Interims: Cablevision Ho, Grupo, Valeura Energy Tuesday August 13 Interims: Caledonia Min., CLS Holdings, H&t Group, Ifg, Marshall Motor, Mears, Menzies, Plus 500 Trading announcement: AA, Ethernity Net, Volution Group Economic announcement: Claimant Count Rate Wednesday August 14 Interims: Admiral, Apax Glb, Avast, Balfour Beatty, Bank...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Gregg Latchams has promoted two of its lawyers in recognition of their achievements and commitment to its continued success. Head of residential property Lesley Warren is now a director while family and relationships specialist Sarah Comley has been a made a senior associate. Lesley, who has...
Mid-market private equity investor LDC has strengthened its Bristol-based South West & Wales team with the appointment of Stefan Gunn as investment director. Stefan, pictured, joins from NatWest, where he was a director in its Bristol-based structured finance operation with responsibility for originating and executing transactions across the South. ...
Award-winning Bristol lawyer Polly Sweeney, who specialises in public law and human rights issues, has been appointed co-chair of The Law Society’s mental health and disability committee. Polly, pictured, a partner in the Bristol office of national law firm Irwin Mitchell, will officially take up the role on September...
Three new legal directors have joined the Bristol office of South West law firm Foot Anstey as part of its growth strategy. Christian Silk, Zahir Nayani and Joanne Boyle have arrived following the firm’s announcement last month of a new strategy to expand its core sectors from four to...
Mandie Sewa has been appointed as head of business immigration at national law firm Clarke Willmott, joining as a partner working across its seven offices, including Bristol. Mandie, pictured, has more than 19 years’ experience in UK immigration and nationality law and in her new role she will head...
Monday August 5 Interims: BBA, Dialight, Senior Economic announcement: PMI Services Tuesday August 6 Interims: Genel Energy, HSBC Holdings, InterContinental Hotels, IWG, Meggitt, Pisc Polyus S, Rolls-Royce Holdings, Rotork, Synthomer, TP ICAP, Zotefoams Economic announcement: Retail Sales Wednesday August 7 Interims: BPKD, Glencore, Hill & Smith, Legal & General,...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Simon Face, IoD South West regional director, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Arrival, which made it onto TV recently. It’s about...
