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Sanderson Weatherall boosts Bristol team with key associate partner appointment

May 9, 2017
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Sanderson Weatherall boosts Bristol team with key associate partner appointment

National chartered surveyor and property consultancy Sanderson Weatherall has appointed Chris Howell as associate partner at its Bristol office. Chris, pictured, has 17 years’ post-qualification experience and joins from JLL, where he spent eight years as an associate director in its Bristol property and asset management team and seven...

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Experienced PR professional joins Bristol agency AMBITIOUS to spur further growth

May 9, 2017
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Experienced PR professional joins Bristol agency AMBITIOUS to spur further growth

Bristol-based independent public relations and communications agency AMBITIOUS has appointed experienced PR professional Sarah Woodhouse as director following a period of significant growth. Sarah, pictured, who also becomes a joint partner in the business, has two decades of industry experience and a strong track record in managing and growing successful...

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Michelmores team joins Foot Anstey’s rebranded clinical negligence practice

May 9, 2017
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Michelmores team joins Foot Anstey’s rebranded clinical negligence practice

Enable Law, regional law firm Foot Anstey’s newly created medical negligence practice, has snapped up a team of 11 people from rival Michelmores, which earlier this year decided to exit the clinical negligence market. Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, launched Enable Law on May 1 as...

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Osborne Clarke expands into mainland China with Shanghai firm link-up

May 8, 2017
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Osborne Clarke expands into mainland China with Shanghai firm link-up

International law firm Osborne Clarke, which has its roots in Bristol, has entered the mainland Chinese market for the first time after admitting a specially-formed Shanghai-based firm to its global network. The move allows Osborne Clarke to advise Western and Asian corporations on complex cross-border transactions and international trade...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

May 6, 2017
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Monday 8 May Interims: Numis Trading statements: Centrica, Liberty Global AGMs: Centrica, Costain, Global Graphics, Manchester United, PPHE Hotel, Puretech Health Tuesday 9 May Interims: Cambria Automobiles, Treatt Finals: Gear4Music, Steris Trading statements: Aon, Belmond, Dialog Semiconductor, Spirax-Sarco Engineering, Travelport Worldwide, William Hill AGMs: 4imprint, Amerisur Resources, Capital &...

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The LAST WORD: John Cullum, chair, JBP communications consultancy

May 5, 2017
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The LAST WORD: John Cullum, chair, JBP communications consultancy

Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week John Cullum, chair of Bristol-based communications consultancy JBP, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Revenant depicting what drives a person...

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Chinese tech entrepreneur picks Bristol for European launch of pioneering bike sharing scheme

May 5, 2017
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Chinese tech entrepreneur picks Bristol for European launch of pioneering bike sharing scheme

An innovative bicycle sharing scheme which offers an hour’s ride for just a pound has chosen Bristol as its European launchpad. YoBike promises to be unlike existing bike sharing schemes as it does not require docking stations –  bikes can be picked up from and left in safe, legal...

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£30m redevelopment plan submitted for Bristol’s last remaining waterfront site

May 5, 2017
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£30m redevelopment plan submitted for Bristol’s last remaining waterfront site

Detailed plans have been submitted for a £30m mixed-use development at long-neglected Redcliff Wharf, Bristol’s last major high-profile waterfront site. Urban regeneration specialist Complex Development Projects (CDP) has submitted the application to Bristol City Council for a scheme on the site, which has been vacant for nearly 30 years. It...

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Just Eat’s appetite for extra space demonstrates growing demand from Bristol’s tech sector

May 5, 2017
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Just Eat’s appetite for extra space demonstrates growing demand from Bristol’s tech sector

One of Bristol’s most prominent office buildings is now fully let following technology firm Just Eat’s decision to double its space in the city. Just Eat has taken the seventh floor of Broad Quay House in Prince Street in addition to its existing space on the second floor. Property...

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Aston Martins and martinis. Smith & Williamson to bring glamour to special Bond movie screening

May 5, 2017
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Aston Martins and martinis. Smith & Williamson to bring glamour to special Bond movie screening

The Bristol office of accountancy group Smith & Williamson continues to show its support for Bristol Film Festival by sponsoring the upcoming special screening of the 007 classic Goldfinger. The event, at the Aston Martin showroom at Cribbs Causeway on May 18, will include a champagne and vodka martini...

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Bristol taps into refill revolution as second water fountain comes on stream

May 5, 2017
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Bristol taps into refill revolution as second water fountain comes on stream

Bristol-based environmental consultancy Eunomia has teamed up with Bristol Water, Bristol Waste and the city council to open a free drinking water fountain. The fountain and bottle filler – the city’s second – is in Queen Square close to Eunomia’s head office. It was officially opened by Mayor Marvin...

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Burroughs Day rebrands, moves office and becomes latest firm to leave QualitySolicitors network

May 5, 2017
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Burroughs Day rebrands, moves office and becomes latest firm to leave QualitySolicitors network

Bristol and Portishead law firm Burroughs Day has left the QualitySolicitors branded national network of law firms after seven years. The 180-year-old firm was a founder member of QualitySolicitors, the UK’s biggest single name legal network law with around 60 members. Burroughs Day said it had decided to become...

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Recruitment group RSG heads north of the border to open 10th office

May 5, 2017
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Recruitment group RSG heads north of the border to open 10th office

Bristol-based independent recruitment company RSG has continued its growth by opening its 10th office in the heart of Glasgow. RSG, which has its main headquarters in Clifton, now has two offices in Scotland, the first having opened in Edinburgh nearly five years ago. Glasgow has been opened under the group’s...

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