Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has boosted the way it uses the latest legal sector technology to improve its service to clients with the appointment of two innovation specialists. It has also subscribed to two leading document analytic providers – joining an ever-growing number of law firms to...
Bristol commercial property agency Williams Gunter Hardwick has been retained by specialist retailer Calendar Club to help it find more than 100 temporary outlets across the country in run-up to Christmas. The Calendar Club celebrates 20 years on the high street this year during which it has grown into...
The specialist trust management and charities teams at Bristol-headquartered law firm VWV have helped to facilitate a £1m donation to the appeal to restore Bristol Cathedral’s historic organ. The donation – the largest ever received by the cathedral – was made by the Harry Crook Foundation, which was created...
Bristol-based human resources outsourcing specialist The HR Dept has made a major appointment to strength its newly restructured health and safety offering The HS Dept. The firm has offered health and safety advice and support for several years using experts based in its Emersons Green office and via a...
Bristol-based vehicle leasing firm ALD Automotive has become the first business to partner with the city’s Women’s Tech Hub and Women’s Tech Jobs. The hub’s mission is to create a support system for women in technology, focusing on practical strategies such as mentoring and confidence boosting. It launched Women’s...
Bristol businesses are being urged to take part in a major survey on skills and training, the results of which will help shape future investment and plug the skills gap now hitting firms across the West of England. The survey, now in its third year, is staged by Business...
Forward-thinking Bristol firms that put their staff’s wellbeing front and centre now have more time to enter the South West’s only awards that champion workplace happiness. The deadline for the competition, now in its fourth year, has been extended into next month due to an unprecedented number of entrants. ...
Regional law firm Ashfords has been named as one of the most active across the world for venture capital and private equity-backed deals. The firm, which has an office in Bristol, appears fourth in Europe and 24th worldwide in the global league tables for the second quarter of 2018...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has warned that the record fall in EU nationals working in the UK is already hitting British companies. Some 86,000 fewer people from European Union countries are now employed by UK firms compared to the same period last year, according to the...
Bristol’s iconic Avon Gorge Hotel is to re-open later this month after a multi-million pound refurbishment by owners the Hotel du Vin group. All 78 bedrooms and suites have been transformed along with a new restaurant and meeting rooms at the venue, which has been renamed the Avon Gorge...
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Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Greg Aston, partner at property and construction consultancy Ridge & Partners, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Pitch Perfect 3 Book...
Bristol’s business leaders believe artificial intelligence (AI) will be more of a blessing than a curse, according to attendees at this morning’s International Balloon Fiesta Business Breakfast. A show of hands among the audience at the end of a lively debate on AI’s impact on society, business and the...
