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...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has expanded its partnership with two promotions in its corporate tax and construction & engineering teams. The promotions of Ian Carnochan and Richard Adams, which take effect from May 1, follow the recent arrival of Sarah Lane as a partner in its corporate tax...
The Bristol offices of law firms Ashfords and DAC Beachcroft are backing the Lord Mayor of Bristol’s Children Appeal Annual Gift Gala, which raises money for disadvantaged children across the city. They have been announced as Gold sponsors of the event, joining headline sponsor Bristol commercial property consultancy Burston Cook....
Three of Bristol’s top emerging tech firms have been showcased by the city office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson as part of its International Innovation Week. The office staged a number of events to discuss the initiatives happening across the region and what Bristol – as the...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has advised long-standing client Sussex Place Ventures, the London-based venture capital investor, on its further investment in Kimble Applications. TLT worked with Sussex Place in 2015 when it first funded Kimble Applications, one of the world’s leading professional services automation (PSA) providers. Kimble’s PSA...
Regional law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, has strengthened its commercial offering to clients and reaffirmed its commitment to organic growth by appointing three newly-qualified solicitors. Alexia Aradipiotis, Carys Webb and Robyn Rumble have secured their positions after successfully completing structured, two-year training contracts with the...
Two corporate advisers from the Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke have advised on the European launch of digital sports platform The Players’ Tribune (TPT). Corporate partner Simon Jones and senior associate James Taylor worked on TPT’s first platform outside the US, which will also target the...
Foot Anstey, the South West law firm with an office in Bristol, has become the first in the region to gain a National Equality Standard (NES) for its efforts to tackle inequality and promote inclusion. Foot Anstey is one of just six law firms nationwide to be recognised through...
International law firm Clyde & Co has hired Clarke Willmott partner Peter O’Brien as it prepares to open its new Bristol office. Clyde & Co announced it was to move into the Bristol legal market last November by hiring Ian Peacock from the Bristol office of transatlantic firm Womble Bond...
Bristol’s renowned Jazz & Blues Festival returns this weekend with the city offices of accountancy group Smith & Williamson and law firm Ashfords once again taking the stage as lead corporate sponsors. Now in its sixth year, the festival has fast become one of the city’s biggest live music gatherings....
Bristol business experts have been reacting to yesterday’s Spring Statement, with most pointing to what Chancellor Philip Hammond failed to deliver rather than what he said. Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has the largest of its seven offices in Bristol, was particularly hard-hitting in its comments, calling it...
CBI chief economist Rain Newton-Smith said the Chancellor was rightly backing British business to secure the UK’s future prosperity in a new economy. “It’s great to see an upgrade in the state of our public finances and rightly sensible to set more aside for a rainy day with Brexit...
International law firm Osborne Clarke, which has its largest UK office in Bristol, put women first on its website yesterday in honour of International Women’s Day and to raise awareness of its commitment to diversity. Anyone searching for a lawyer on site who will see female lawyers first in...
