Three more lateral hires from rival Bristol firms have joined regional law firm Ashfords’ office in the city as it continues its strong growth. Derek Moore joins the social housing team as a legal director from TLT, while Michael Duncan arrives from Womble Bond Dickinson to become a member...
The Bristol office of South West law firm Foot Anstey has appointed Mark Li as a legal director in its commercial property team – its second lateral hire from rival Womble Bond Dickinson in a month. Mark, pictured, spent more than 15 years at Womble Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office,...
Twelve young people are the latest to graduate from Bristol’s Future Brunels programme, which offers students real-world experiences in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) during their five years at secondary school. Launched by the SS Great Britain Trust in 2011, the programme is made possible with the support...
Cleantech experts at Bristol-based national law firm Burges Salmon’s have strengthened their lead role in Northern Ireland’s green energy market by advising on a facility for the team designing the world’s first zero-emissions automated catamaran. The site in Belfast Harbour will provide a base for engineers at Artemis...
Bristol highways maintenance and recycling company ETM is due to report record financial results while also preparing for further growth with a new plant that will double the amount of waste it can recycle. The group, based at Ashton Vale, South Bristol, is set to announce annual turnover of...
Channel 4 has selected Bristol as the base for one of its two new creative hubs, delivering a huge boost to the city’s creative sector and offering a new route into the industry for its young people. The broadcaster will relocate around 50 jobs to Bristol from its London...
Bristol commercial law firm Meade King has appointed experienced solicitor and former journalist Sharron Athay as its new compliance and risk manager. Sharron, pictured, joins Meade King from the Bristol office of Cardiff-based personal injury firm NewLaw Solicitors, where she was a technical development advisor and compliance auditor responsible...
Bristol’s financial services sector was on the whole encouraged by the Budget – but with some reservations. Karen Kirkwood, regional head of tax for accountants EY, pictured, described it as a ‘tales of the unexpected’ speech but said Philip Hammond had been careful to make sure he had enough...
2018 growth forecast upgraded from 1.3% to 1.6% Budget deficit forecast for 2018/19 fiscal year cut to £25.5bn from £37.1bn forecast in March A ‘tech tax’ on revenues of tech giants from 2020, subject to further international discussions Annual Investment Allowance increased from £200,000 to £1m for two years...
The Chancellor’s attempts to help the high street and the solve the housing crisis were welcomed by Bristol property market leaders – but they agreed that he needed to do more. Tim Davis, head of global property services firm Cushman & Wakefield’s Bristol office, pictured, was pleased with the...
Business West director of policy Matt Griffith described the Budget as pro-business in which the Chancellor “reaffirmed his commitment to providing stimuli in the right places”. “Businesses will welcome the Chancellor’s commitment to housing, particularly with the Housing Infrastructure Fund,” said Mr Griffith, pictured. “The spiralling cost of housing...
CBI director-general Carolyn Fairbairn looked to Halloween for inspiration for her reaction, saying Philip Hammond brought “more treats than tricks for business” in today’s Budget. “It recognises the enormous contribution enterprise has made to balancing the UK’s books through jobs, pay and tax and responds to many of the...
Chancellor Philip Hammond started his speech at 3.33pm and finished at 4.43pm. He open by saying he will deliver a Budget for “hard-working families … who live their lives far from this place … and care little for the twists and turns of Westminster politics”. Chancellor says the era...
