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Kingfisher legal panel success for Foot Anstey following strategic review

April 27, 2018
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Kingfisher legal panel success for Foot Anstey following strategic review

West of England law firm Foot Anstey been appointed to the official legal panel of international home improvement group Kingfisher following a detailed, nine-month strategic review of its legal requirements. Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, appears on the panel with eight other major UK law firms...

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Bristol PR firm Empica wins UK marketing account for global bathroom brand

April 27, 2018
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Bristol PR firm Empica wins UK marketing account for global bathroom brand

Jaquar, one of the world’s fastest-growing bathroom brands, has appointed Bristol public relations agency Empica to support its marketing programme in the UK. Jaquar Group, which launched in India in 1960, now has a presence in more than 40 countries. It produces 24m bathroom fittings and delivers 2m bathrooms...

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Six partner promotions at TLT ‘reflect firm’s commitment to investing in its people’

April 27, 2018
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Six partner promotions at TLT ‘reflect firm’s commitment to investing in its people’

Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT is promoting four associates and two legal directors to partner.  The newly promoted partners are financial services disputes and investigations lawyers Warren Clark and Rachel Storey and pensions lawyer Chris Crighton – all from its Bristol office – corporate lawyer Liz Delaney and real...

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Powerful message to inspire young people is served up by Bloodhound Project at ICAEW dinner

April 27, 2018
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Bristol’s innovative Bloodhound project to build the world’s fastest-ever car is inspiring young people to pursue careers that use maths, engineering and technology, the region’s business leaders have been told. Nearly 400 chartered accountants and guests from across the business community gathered at the annual ICAEW West of England...

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Events: BRAVE training courses and workshops

April 26, 2018
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Events: BRAVE training courses and workshops

Whether you want to market your business on a shoestring or become more productive at work, BRAVE Enterprise in Bristol is running a series of business training events during May to help boost trade. The not-for-profit business advice organisation provides a wide range of practical business advice and low-cost...

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Osborne Clarke lawyers connect up £25m ultra-fast fibre deal in London

April 26, 2018
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Bristol-based lawyers at international legal practice Osborne Clarke have advised internet service provider Community Fibre on a £25m financing round led by the government-backed National Digital Infrastructure Fund (NDIF). Partner Simon Jones, pictured right, and associate Katharine Ramsay, pictured below, worked on the deal, under which ultra-fast full-fibre connectivity...

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More shipping containers to find a berth at Wapping Wharf – this time as co-working office space

April 25, 2018
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More shipping containers to find a berth at Wapping Wharf – this time as co-working office space

Innovative plans to develop Bristol’s latest co-working space by using 90 converted shipping containers have been revealed. The scheme, to be called CARGO Work, will be built within the walls of a former warehouse at Wapping Wharf, the Harbourside mixed-use development that has already become a hub for Bristol’s...

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Colliers International boosts its Bristol office with four promotions

April 25, 2018
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Colliers International boosts its Bristol office with four promotions

Four staff have been promoted in the Bristol office of global real estate services company Colliers International in the latest round of promotions across its UK business. Nick Williams of the project & building consultancy team has been made a director – his third promotion since joining the team....

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Architects reveal first images of UWE’s new engineering building

April 25, 2018
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Architects reveal first images of UWE’s new engineering building

UWE Bristol has unveiled how its new state-of-the-art engineering building could look in a series of striking images released by its design team. Subject to planning consents, the multi-million pound building – with a mission to attract and inspire the engineers of the future – will be sited next...

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Smith & Williamson to host Bristol technology briefing

April 25, 2018
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Smith & Williamson to host Bristol technology briefing

Artificial Intelligence, the cloud and cyber security will be put under the microscope at a breakfast briefing hosted by the Bristol office of accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson next week. Targeted at owner-managers and senior executives, the Harnessing Technology for Growth event will feature three...

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Union anger as Government waves through £8.1bn GKN takeover

April 24, 2018
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Union anger as Government waves through £8.1bn GKN takeover

The union representing workers at GKN’s two Bristol factories called for tougher takeover laws this week after the government gave the green light to engineering group’s £8.1bn takeover. Unite and Bristol politicians had urged Business Secretary Greg Clark to block the move by financial turnaround group Melrose on national...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

April 21, 2018
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Monday April 23 Interims: UBS, Philips Electronics, Alphabet Tuesday April 24 Interims: Anglo-American, SAP, Caterpillar, Coca-Cola Trading updates: London Stock Exchange, St James’s Place Wednesday April 25 Final: Whitbread Interims: GlaxoSmithKline, Metro Bank, Credit Suisse, Boeing, eBay, Twitter, Facebook Trading update: Antofagasta, Fresnillo, Tullow Oil, Thursday April 26 Finals:...

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The LAST WORD: Dominic Hogg, chairman, Eunomia Research & Consulting

April 20, 2018
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The LAST WORD: Dominic Hogg, chairman, Eunomia Research & Consulting

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 Dominic Hogg, chairman of Eunomia Research & Consulting, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST:  Film you watched? Brooklyn – I watched it on TV...

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