Bristol-headquartered law firm VWV has secured a seven-figure finance facility from HSBC UK to support its ongoing growth strategy and ensure it is well-placed to adapt to the changing economy. The facility gives VWV, which moved its full banking to HSBC earlier this year, the financial headroom and the...
Bristol firms are being urged to prepare now for the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1 next year, despite many questions of how it will work in practice remaining unanswered. The government has launched a campaign for businesses with the strapline ‘Time is running out’ as...
Specialist legal expenses insurance group DAS UK is to relocate its Bristol head office in one of the most significant deals in the city’s commercial property market this year. DAS will move its 550 Bristol employees to 37,828 sq ft of refurbished space at 2 Trinity Quay, pictured, the...
Business West, the group that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, has welcomed the latest government job and self-employment support measures – but warned that many firms, including those in the city’s vital hospitality and events sectors, continue to miss out. The new support package was announced yesterday by Chancellor...
Bristol-based invoice finance provider Optimum Finance has appointed fintech expert Anthony Persse as its new chief executive officer following the death of its founder and CEO Richard Pepler in June. Optimum said Anthony, pictured, would fulfil Richard’s ambition for the company – to provide small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs)...
Firms will ‘despair’ over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s comments today that they should prepare for a no-deal Brexit, the region’s biggest business organisation said. Describing the move as “another period of political theatre”, Business West managing director Phil Smith, pictured, said firms across the West of England were already...
More than £100m is to be spent on ambitious plans that use the West of England’s creativity and diversity to protect and secure jobs while building back greener and creating opportunities for all residents. The plan has been drawn up by the region’s Recovery Taskforce, which brings together businesses,...
Bristol-based healthcare marketing and advertising agency Create Health has received a £500,000 loan from specialist lender Creative Growth Finance to fund further international growth. The firm plans to double in size over the next five years following a management buy-out (MBO) earlier this year. The loan from Creative Growth...
Investment group BGF has appointed Georgie Stratton to its growing Bristol team. Georgie, pictured, has taken up a direct origination role focusing on sourcing new investments and bolt-on acquisitions for portfolio companies across BGF’s Bristol, Reading and Cardiff offices. She joins from the Bristol office of accountancy group PwC,...
More than 30 of Bristol’s cultural venues have received vital funding under a £1.57bn government scheme to help them survive the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and secure their future. Among the diverse list, which spans music, visual art, theatre and film, are cinema and media centre Watershed, which...
Buy-and-build opportunities for tech firms in the post-Covid world are to be explored at a webinar jointly staged by Bristol-based tech-focused investment bank ICON Corporate Finance and city-headquartered national law firm TLT. A panel of leading international acquirers will look at tactics and best practices, as well-capitalised private equity...
New support for firms forced to close by law because of coronavirus restrictions announced this afternoon by Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been welcomed by Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce. The scheme, under which the government will pay two-thirds of the wages of staff working for...
Bristol-based customer experience services firm Anana has been sold to a fast-growing group aiming to be the leading player in the industry across the European market in a deal secured by Momentum Corporate Finance. Anana, which was founded in 2001 and now employs more than 100 people at its...
