Coach tour operator Bakers Dolphin and Empica, its PR agency for the past 20 years, have teamed up to support the creation of a new studio theatre at Bristol’s Tobacco Factory. The two firms are sponsoring seats at the multi-purpose, 86-seat performance space, which was launched this week and...
Increasing competition, rather than Brexit, is the biggest challenge facing the West’s law firms, according to new research by accountancy group Smith & Williamson. Its 2018 Law Firm Survey, developed in association with The Lawyer, reveals that negotiating the competitive landscape remains the top priority as opposed to the UK’s impending exit from the EU. Some...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT is ramping up its transformation agenda with a Future Law initiative designed to drive change more rapidly in the way it delivers legal services and products to clients. The initiative will focus on developing new solutions to client challenges in areas such as...
Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby has strengthened its team with the appointment of two trainee solicitors. Helen Young and Holly Mehigan are both taking their first seats at the firm in the litigation and conveyancing departments respectively. Helen is new to the firm and joins with a first-class degree from...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has received a flood of instructions on construction projects for existing and new schools clients across the UK. Bristol-based construction partner Julia Davenport-Cooper, pictured, who joined the firm in 2016, described a series of new appointments in the sector as evidence of...
International property agency CBRE has made a series of new appointments in its Bristol office as it celebrates 15 years in the city. James Towersey joins as director, rating, while Ben Johnson is a new associate director in the building consultancy team. Also joining is Kristen Miskella, associate director,...
The Bristol office of accountancy, tax and investment management group Smith & Williamson welcomed hundreds of art lovers to a reception to mark the opening of the Royal West of England Academy’s Annual Open Exhibition. Now in its 166th year, the exhibition takes submissions from artists at any stage of their...
Katherine Bennett OBE, aerospace giant Airbus’s senior vice-president, is the next speaker a series of talks by high-profile business women staged at a series of talks held in conjunction with UWE’s Bristol Business School. Katherine, pictured, who is responsible for leading Airbus’s strategy and external relations in the UK...
Business West, the region’s largest business support group, has launched a free up-to-the minute advice and guidance service to help firms get ready for life after Brexit. Called Trading Through Brexit, it aims to help businesses start planning for the period up to and after the UK leaves the...
Chancellor Philip Hammond has been urged to introduce measures that will boost the West of England’s economy in his Budget on Monday, including accelerating housebuilding and investing in infrastructure. Brexit will loom large over the Chancellor’s presentation. Mr Hammond, pictured, will present the first Budget on a Monday since...
Annual turnover at Bristol recruitment specialist Resource Solutions Group (RSG) has soared by nearly 45% to above £400m for the first time following a spate of client wins and growth in its regional office network. The group, whose brands include Sanderson and Resource Management, chalked up an increase of...
Commercial property consultancy Knight Frank has strengthened its Bristol team with the appointment of Dinah Weissenberger as graduate surveyor. Dinah, pictured, has joined the firm’s graduate scheme having gained a degree in Psychology from the University of Exeter. She is also studying for a masters’ degree in Real Estate...
A trade mark registration gives its proprietor a measure of control over how third parties can describe their wares. In the case of an identical mark used on identical goods and services, it’s a reasonably straightforward proposition. But, as the marks and their respective goods/service begin to differ, you...
