South West law firm Ashfords has renewed its commitment to partner the Lord Mayor of Bristol’s Children Appeal, with UWE signing up as a supporter for the first time. The appeal raises £66,000 every year to provide vouchers at Christmas for 1,650 of the city’s most disadvantaged children and...
The merger between mid-tier accountancy firms BDO and Moore Stephens has been completed – creating a 200-strong team in Bristol operating under the BDO brand. Staff from Moore Stephens’ Bristol base are to relocate to BDO’s existing office at Bridgewater House over the coming months from their base at...
Two former shipping containers have been transformed into homes for rough sleepers by staff in the Bristol office of real estate services company Colliers International. The donated metal containers have been converted into modern dwellings with a lounge/kitchen, fully fitted bathroom and separate bedroom. Each will be used by...
A major national travel and tourism industry conference is to be held in Bristol next year – boosting to the city’s growing reputation as prime visitor destination. Bristol 2020 will be staged by UKinbound, a leading travel association that represents nearly 400 tourism businesses across the UK. Expected to...
Innovative biometric tracking service Forth, which helps people navigate their way to better health using simply at-home finger-prick blood tests, has secured investment from its first institutional investor. Forth, originally part of Bristol’s world-beating SETsquared technology accelerator, has received the funding from The Development Bank of Wales, together with...
The Arcade, the historic covered shopping mall in Bristol’s Broadmead, is bucking the gloom in the retail sector by being fully let for the first time in nearly two decades. Occupiers of the 25 store units are predominantly independent and niche operators, continuing in the same vein as generations...
Bristol law firm Gregg Latchams has enabled London’s Black Rock Whisky Bar to go ahead with its plans to open in Bristol city centre despite its building not having an existing alcohol licence. Gregg Latchams head of regulatory & licensing Ewen Macgregor was instructed by Tom Aske and Tristan...
International legal practice Osborne Clarke, which has a large office in Bristol, has selected food poverty charity FareShare South West as its local partner. Bristol-based FareShare South West’s mission is to fight food poverty while providing a solution to food waste. It works with businesses to take in-date,...
Bristol law firm Meade King has appointed experienced property solicitor Leanne Donoghue to its commercial property team. Leanne, pictured, who specialises in leasehold enfranchisement, joins Meade King having previously worked for SLC Solicitors in Shrewsbury, where she was a solicitor in its property department. Leanne advises leaseholders and landlords...
More than 300 guests gathered at Bristol’s Museum & Art Gallery this week for as a private view of a unique exhibition of work by Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci. Accountancy, tax and investment management firm Smith & Williamson, which has an office in Bristol, is one of the...
Competition on two popular city break routes from Bristol Airport has increased with the latest announcement of new flights from budget airline Ryanair. The Irish no-frills carrier is to introduce a twice-weekly service to Milan’s Malpensa airport, starting on May 26, as part of its summer 2019 schedule from...
Bristol-based Tileflair, southern England’s largest privately-owned wall and floor tile retailer, has opened its 10th store and plans an 11th later this year as it steps up its expansion. The new store, a 4,000 sq ft outlet in Oxford, is the first Tileflair has opened since 2015. The firm,...
Firms across the West of England will be left on the wrong side of the ‘digital divide’ unless the government takes action to improve connectivity and pave the way for powerful 5G networks. The warning came this week from the CBI, which fears that, with Brexit dominating the political...
