Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has advised long-standing city-based client Oscar-winning animation studio Aardman on the effective sale of the business to its workforce. Aardman founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton, pictured below, have transferred the majority of the company’s shares into an employee ownership trust which will hold...
By Ollie James, corporate sustainability expert and business development director at Bristol marketing communications agency Proctor + Stevenson If you’re looking for something more confusing to solve than a Rubik’s cube, just look at the kerfuffle surrounding the recent Christmas advert by UK frozen foods supermarket Iceland. The tear-jerking...
Real estate adviser GVA has marked 50 years of helping shape Bristol, having worked on some the city’s largest property developments over the past half a century. The group opened its first office in the city in Queen Square city in 1968, before moving to Park Row. Its most...
The ‘staff-first’ policy at Bristol-based ethical waste management company Waste Source has paid off with it achieving the prestigious Investors in People (IIP) Accreditation. Waste Source, which has 12 staff, was launched in 2010 to make waste disposal a simpler, cheaper and more effective process for clients. It has...
Pioneering Bristol cancer charity Penny Brohn has unveiled an ambitious plan to set up a chain of centres in and around the city that combine charity shopping with treatment. The charity, which has been supporting those in the Bristol area living with cancer for almost 40 years, already provides...
A former advisor to Google and Amazon has joined Bristol specialist customer CRM (customer relationship marketing) agency Armadillo as a non-executive director. Ann Hiatt, pictured, a Silicon Valley veteran of 15 years, previously worked directly alongside Eric Schmidt and Jeff Bezos – the founders and CEOs of Google and Amazon respectively. ...
A graduate from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has been named Human Rights Lawyer of the Year by the Law Society. Ravi Naik was awarded the accolade by the representative body for solicitors in England and Wales for his role in the high-profile Cambridge Analytica...
Experts from accountancy group Smith & Williamson’s Bristol office have helped the firm win a place on the body that protects employees’ pensions if their companies go bust. The firm’s pensions assurance team is now advising the Pension Protection Fund’s (PPF) updated Audit Services Panel. The PPF protects millions of...
The Bristol office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has helped leading school uniform supplier Banner snap up another smaller rival in its second deal in less than five months. Trowbridge-based Banner, which has also operated the Blue Max Banner and BMB brands, bought Stockport-based F.R. Monkhouse...
The West of England’s largest business organisation has urged “calm compromise” from politicians over Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan to avoid what it said would be the “tremendously damaging” impact of the UK crashing out of the EU with no deal. Business West – which runs Bristol Chamber...
The Bristol-based corporate finance team at South West law firm Ashfords has advised on a £5m US investment into a company harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to help small and medium-sized businesses with their cashflow. London-based Fluidly received the funding from New York-based venture capital firm Nyca Partners in a...
Monday November 12 Nothing listed Tuesday November 13 Final: McCarthy & Stone Interims: Firstgroup, Land Securities, Vodafone, Experian, Premier Foods Trading updates: Taylor Wimpey Economic announcement: Employment data (claimant count, unemployment rate, average earnings) Wednesday November 14 Final: Grainger Interims: SSE, British Land, Cisco Trading updates: Smiths Group Economic...
Bristol’s highly talented workforce and its unparalleled collaborative approach mean it is well positioned to become one of the world’s leading centres for innovation, according to a major study published this week. The Bristol city-region, which includes Bath, is already among the UK’s most exciting innovation clusters based on...
