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...
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...
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...
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...
Bristol tech pioneers who sold their last business to Twitter have received venture capital investment from two tech funds for their new company, which focuses on using messaging platforms to improve opinion polling. Poli harnesses the reach and immediacy of social messaging platforms to recruit larger, more representative panels...
Members of the Being Brunel Corporate Club and other supporters of the SS Great Britain Trust were thanked for their help in making the new museum a reality with an exclusive after-hours celebration. The £7.2m museum opened alongside Brunel’s iconic SS Great Britain on Bristol’s Harbourside last month and...
A charity law expert at Bristol-headquartered VWV are helping the city’s pioneering Natural History Consortium celebrate its 15th anniversary by bringing its governance arrangements up to date. The Consortium, which is also marking 10 years of charitable status, has been supported by VWV partner and head of charities Con...
Young entrepreneurs looking to grow their business through youth charity The Prince’s Trust have received expert legal advice from the Bristol office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson. The legal clinics were staged to deliver insightful and tailored support the fledgling businesses and tackled key legal issues as...
National law firm Clarke Willmott, which has an office in Bristol, has been ranked at number six in a prestigious list of the highest-rated planning practices for 2018. The Planning Law Survey is an in-depth report based on testimonials by the consultants, developers and officers that use law firms’ services....
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised long-standing client Gravis Capital Management on its £20m financing of a major energy storage project. The transaction builds on the firm’s market-leading experience in the innovative debt structures needed to fund energy storage projects and their complex revenue streams. The latest...
Bristol and London law firm Gregg Latchams has appointed former Bevan Brittan partner Charles Metherell as managing director of its GL Business Consultancy arm. Charles, pictured, brings with him expertise in turnaround and intervention consultancy, corporate re-structuring and strategic planning. He qualified as a solicitor in 1985 and spent...
Expert advice on the financial and legal aspects of caring for someone with dementia will available at a free seminar in Bristol next week. Bristol-based Whitechurch Financial Consultants has teamed up with the dementia research charity BRACE and South West law firm Clarke Willmott for the event on Friday....
Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT has completed its third land acquisition in four months for housebuilding group Persimmon Homes. The latest site – in Tuffley, Gloucester – has planning permission for 250 residential units. Persimmon says the development will go some way to addressing the increasing demand for new homes...
