The Tech4Good networks in Bristol and Bath, which have been operating since early 2017, are to merge to create a single group bringing together social innovation and tech across the two cities. Tech4Good South-West (T4GSW) will launch next month under the umbrella of the global network and non-profit TechSoup...
A ‘significant and complex’ lease disposal agreement to kick-start a major development opposite a London football ground has been supported by Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT. A multi-disciplined team of real estate experts from the firm worked with Waltham Forest Council in East London on the agreement to dispose...
Four Burmese lawyers have been given advice by counterparts from the Bristol headquarters of national law firm VWV on how to tackle the challenges of legal life in Myanmar, where criminal procedure remains based on an 1898 British colonial act. U Kway Hoe, Daw Thuzar Yin, Daw Aye Mon...
International public relations agency Grayling’s Bristol office has appointed to raise the national profile of the SETsquared Partnership, the global number one business incubator network backed by the University of Bristol. Since its launch in 2002, SETsquared has supported more than 3,500 businesses and helped raise £1.8bn in investment....
Bristol-headquartered property consultancy Alder King has retained its title as the South West’s ‘most active agent’ for the 18th year in succession. As well as winning the overall title, the firm also achieved what organisers of the annual property competition described as ‘unassailable’ leads for its activity in the...
International real estate advisor Savills has promoted Adam Greenhalgh to associate director in its Bristol development team. Adam, pictured, joined Savills in Bristol in October 2017 after spending a year at Market Tech UK and four years at Cushman & Wakefield, where he focussed on retail and leisure developments. ...
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Bristol’s SETsquared technology accelerator has launched a bursary to help entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds access its world-beating business support. The scheme follows a SETsquared Bristol-funded research report last year that showed that while Bristol is a widely diverse city, there is a lack of black, Asian and minority ethnic...
Construction work is under way on a major city centre regeneration scheme that will bring a new type of development to Bristol while also providing much-needed premium office space. The Assembly Bristol site on Temple Way has been vacant since 2008 when the former Clerical Medical HQ was demolished....
Bristol firm Extract Coffee Roasters is appealing to local skaters to donate their spare boards to a charity that empowers young people in Ethiopia through skateboarding. St Werburghs-based Extract launched its ‘Kickflip Deck Amnesty’ today and aims to collect at least 100 boards to send to Ethiopia Skate, which...
More than 2,000 build-to-rent apartments are set to be developed in Bristol over the next two years to help meet spiralling demand for housing in the city, according to property experts. This new model of housing is designed specifically for the rental market and is set to play a...
Bristol-based small business loans firm Alternative Business Funding (ABF) is giving clients greater access to international payment services and a wider range of business funding products after forming a partnership with currency broker TorFX. Under the agreement, TorFX customers will be introduced to ABF’s innovative designated referral platform Funder...
A director in Smith & Williamson’s Bristol office has indulged his out-of-office passion at the city’s cathedral – when he conducted a full symphony orchestra. Tom Gauterin combines his day job in the office’s private client tax services team with being the founder and self-taught conductor of the Bristol Classical Players. Tom conducted Gustav Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’...
