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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

June 9, 2013
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Monday June 10 INTERIMS RWS Holdings FINALS Falkland Islands Holdings, Great Eastern Energy Corp Ltd. GDR, Green Dragon Gas Ltd. (DI), Latchways, Printing.com AGMS CEPS, Dexion Absolute Ltd. GBP Shares, European Islamic Investment Bank, GLOBO, Hansteen Holdings, HydroDec Group, OJSC Phosagro GDR (Regs), ShalkiyaZinc NV GDR (Reg S), Sperati...

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Bristol law firm Temple Bright hails Milsted Langdon deal

June 7, 2013
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Bristol law firm Temple Bright hails Milsted Langdon deal

Milsted Langdon, the Bristol-based accountancy firm, has said more about its recently completed merger with fellow city practice Geoff Gollop & Co. Under the deal, which was signed and sealed on 31 May, all Geoff Gollop & Co staff and clients have transferred to Milsted Langdon’s offices on Redcliff...

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Rise in exports by West firms bucks national trend

June 7, 2013
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Rise in exports by West firms bucks national trend

A strong performance by West exporters has put the region ahead of the UK for overseas sales growth. Exports by West firms increased by 4.8% to £3.4bn during the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, latest figures released by HM Revenue & Customs...

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TLT seals Siemens deal for pioneering West specialist software firm

June 7, 2013
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TLT seals Siemens deal for pioneering West specialist software firm

Bristol law firm TLT has advised on the sale of Chippenham-based specialist software group Preactor to Siemens in a deal that will enable the German industrial giant to further expand into the software market. The Preactor Group, which has bases in North America, India, France, Spain and China, specialises...

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New Bristol brewery promises a pint of the unusual

June 7, 2013
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New Bristol brewery promises a pint of the unusual

Bristol’s newly-launched Beerd Brewery is planning to shake up the beer market with a quest to offer drinkers the most interesting – and intriguing – pint around. The brewery uses unusual ingredients such as chilli, liquorice and vanilla to ensure its beers stand out from the crowd, with each...

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Outline planning approval for UWE’s 21st century university vision

June 7, 2013
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UWE Bristol has secured outline planning permission for its vision to build a university for the 21st Century. The masterplan aims to satisfy UWE’s changing needs over the next 25 years with a range of building proposals supported by the necessary infrastructure. The proposals will transform the way the...

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Law firm TLT to open Northern base as it clocks up further growth

June 7, 2013
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Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT today announced a 10% increase its annual turnover to £49m in the financial year 2012/13 and revealed it is to open an office in Manchester as it continues to grow acfross the UK. The firm said the move supported its strategy of having a...

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Top student entrepreneurs championed at SETsquared awards

June 7, 2013
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The Basecamp Project, a business start-up scheme run by students for students at the University of Bristol, last night won the Best Student Enterprise Experience Award at the SETsquared student enterprise awards. The project, supported by the university’s research, enterprise & development division, has provided support to almost 100...

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Major London property figures to tour Bristol’s development hotspots

June 7, 2013
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Bristol’s prime commercial property sites will be in the spotlight next week when around 50 mostly London-based fund managers, developers and other investment professionals get a whistle-stop tour of the city. The event, organised by Bristol property consultants Hartnell Taylor Cook, will highlight the major transactions that have occurred...

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West firms gain more customers but consumer confidence remains a challenge

June 7, 2013
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Real signs of recovery are emerging among West businesses, with 35% of small and medium-sized firms having more customers in the first quarter and a similar percentage finding lapsed customers are returning, a new survey shows. The latest figures in the Business Factors Index, produced by independent invoice finance...

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BBC’s Video Nation producer takes up director role at UWE’s digital centre

June 6, 2013
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Mandy Rose, the producer of award-winning digital media initiatives including the BBC’s ground-breaking Video Nation project has been appointed as director of UWE Bristol’s Digital Cultures Research Centre (DCRC). The centre, in Bristol’s Watershed, brings together art and design, computer science, cultural and media studies to explore how people...

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Conveyancing solicitor to head property law firm’s new Bristol office

June 6, 2013
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Conveyancing solicitor to head property law firm’s new Bristol office

Yvette Morcombe, a conveyancing solicitor with more than 20 years’ experience, has become a partner at specialist property law firm Hoffman Male and will run its newly-opened Bristol office. Yvette, pictured, has worked in residential and commercial property since qualifying as a solicitor in 1993. She has worked with...

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Law firm Osborne Clarke expands with office in Brussels

June 5, 2013
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Law firm Osborne Clarke expands with office in Brussels

Bristol headquartered law firm Osborne Clarke has expanded its international organisation by opening a base in Brussels with a 10-strong team. Osborne Clarke’s international organisation now has 14 offices in six jurisdictions. The team in the Belgian capital will be joined by members of its EU regulatory team. Initially,...

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