Bristol-based tech-focused investment bank ICON Corporate Finance has advised on a strategic investment in one of the UK’s top datatech firms in a deal it described as transformational for the industry. Bath-based Event Store, which has been a market leader in event sourcing and event-driven architecture used by developers since...
Law firm Ashfords’ Bristol corporate team has advised London-based global expansion specialist Fitzgerald & Law on its takeover by an international provider of corporate, fund and active wealth services. ZEDRA’s acquisition of Fitzgerald & Law (F&L) will boost the fast-growing firm’s offering to its international corporate clients as well...
Opportunities for Bristol firms in the world’s largest economic zone – China’s Greater Bay Area – have been highlighted at an online gathering led by West of England experts. Invest Bristol & Bath (IBB), the inward investment arm of the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) teamed up with...
Regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon, which has an office in Bristol, is encouraging businesses to take advantage of up to £1m in tax relief before it runs out. The Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) for capital allowances was increased to £1m a year for expenditure from January 1, 2019. However, from...
Bristol-based alternative law firm Stephenson Law has advised on a £5.7m investment deal for a firm aiming to harness the power of 5G to revolutionise gaming, the Internet of Things and virtual reality. The Series A investment round for AccelerComm was led by Cambridge-based IQ Capital alongside existing investors...
Accountancy group EY’s Bristol office has recruited 41 new joiners – three more than last year – to support the business’s continued growth across the South West. Of the 41, some 31 were graduates, six business apprentices and two digital degree apprenticeship students. In addition to the full-time, permanent...
Leonard Curtis, the national business solutions group that advises small and medium-sized firms, has recruited Sean Ward as a manager in its Bristol office. The group, whose core offering spans legal advice to debt finance, said Sean’s appointment followed a period of strong growth and high levels of demand...
An £8m skills programme to help Bristol businesses plan and respond to their workforce needs – particularly those triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic – is being launched by the West of England Combined Authority. Called Workforce for the Future, the free service will help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has strengthened its Bristol office with the appointment of James Radcliffe, who has joined as a partner in its private wealth team. James, pictured, specialises in tax, succession and estate planning issues for UK resident and domiciled families interested in the long-term preservation...
Bristol software firm Ledgerscope, which helps accountants analyse their clients’ data, is launching a new service to enable banks and financing firms make better lending decisions. The cloud-based service uses an API (app programming interface) to extract financial data in minutes and present it to the lender in an easy...
Businesses looking to innovate and address new challenges that have arisen from Covid-19 can apply for funding from a £1m recovery fund set up by UWE Bristol. Following on from a successful first round, the university has launched the second round of funding for its Digital Innovation Fund, which...
Measures in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Winter Economic Plan have been welcomed as “bold steps” and “a shot in the arm” for industry by the UK’s leading business groups. The CBI said it would save hundreds of thousands of viable jobs while the British Chambers of Commerce said it would...
The Winter Economic Plan announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak today may help stave off mass unemployment, but it failed to target support to those sectors that need it most, according to the West of England’s largest business organisation. Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, along with other...
