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Legal 500: Bristol’s high-flying lawyers named

September 17, 2015
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Legal 500: Bristol’s high-flying lawyers named

Bristol lawyers dominate the regional table of leading individuals named by Legal 500, the respected annual guide to the UK’s legal firms and individuals. In the list are: Corporate and commercial Chris Godfrey Burges Salmon Simon Hewes Bond Dickinson Alisdair Livingstone Osborne Clarke John Wood TLT David Pester TLT...

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Partner appointment for fast-growing Meade King

September 16, 2015
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Partner appointment for fast-growing Meade King

Bristol law firm Meade King has promoted associate Simon East to partner as it continues to put its expansion plans into practice. Simon, pictured, who joined Meade King just over six years ago, has established himself as an expert in commercial property law, representing landlords, tenants and investors. He...

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Housing sector specialist joins TLT’s social housing team as corporate partner

September 7, 2015
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Housing sector specialist joins TLT’s social housing team as corporate partner

Bristol-based law firm TLT has appointed David Isaacson as a corporate partner in its social housing team. David, pictured, joins from Bevan Brittan in Birmingham, where he was a partner in its commercial and infrastructure team. He has also worked for Cobbetts and Pinsent Masons. For the past 10...

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Burges Salmon gains coveted Investors in People Gold standard

September 4, 2015
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Burges Salmon gains coveted Investors in People Gold standard

Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon has been accredited with the prestigious Investors in People (IiP) Gold Standard in recognition of its commitment to supporting and developing its employees. IiP is a management framework for high performance through people and its accreditation is recognised as a mark of excellence. IiP...

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TLT advises on multi-million pound sale of smart-ticketing pioneer that aims to revolutionise rail travel

September 4, 2015
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TLT advises on multi-million pound sale of smart-ticketing pioneer that aims to revolutionise rail travel

Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT has advised Smart Transactions Group, the UK leader in contactless payments and ticketing, on the multi-million pound sale of its West of England subsidiary to Japanese IT giant Fujitsu. The acquisition of ACT (Applied Card Technologies), based near Chippenham, paves the way for Fujitsu and...

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Latest industry insights will be shared at fifth Bristol Legal Sector Conference

August 28, 2015
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Latest industry insights will be shared at fifth Bristol Legal Sector Conference

The fifth annual Bristol Legal Sector Conference is to take place in October, giving the region’s law firms expert insight into the latest changes in the fast-moving sector. Staged by NatWest alongside new partner mmadigital, the free event is on Wednesday October 21 at Temple Quay, 3 Temple Back...

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Bond Dickinson helps Countrywide Farmers’ build retail chain with £6m acquisition

August 28, 2015
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Bond Dickinson helps Countrywide Farmers’ build retail chain with £6m acquisition

National law firm Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office has advised Countrywide Farmers, the UK’s leading supplier of products, services and advice to the rural community, on a £6m-plus acquisition that gives it a bigger presence in the South West. Under the deal, Countrywide Farmers takes on the operation of all...

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Burges Salmon joins pioneering Business in the Community school programme in Bristol

August 20, 2015
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Burges Salmon joins pioneering Business in the Community school programme in Bristol

Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon has become the sixth major employer in the city to join Business Class, a Government-backed education programme led by Business in the Community (BITC), the responsible business network. Business Class aims to create effective and mutually beneficial partnerships between businesses and secondary schools facing...

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Solid fuel business offloaded by historic Bristol coal group Rudrum

August 18, 2015
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Solid fuel business offloaded by historic Bristol coal group Rudrum

Rudrum, the long-standing Bristol-based fuel group, has sold its retail solid fuel distribution division in a move that will allow it to concentrate on its industrial coal, biomass and property businesses. The Shirehampton-based group, at one time Bristol’s best-known coal merchant and the core of an international fuel importer,...

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Burges Salmon acts for Bristol City Council as it brings waste collection in-house

August 14, 2015
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Burges Salmon acts for Bristol City Council as it brings waste collection in-house

Burges Salmon, the Bristol-headquartered law firm, has advised Bristol City Council on the transfer of its waste collection and street cleaning to a new, wholly owned business. Bristol City Council and contractor Kier (formerly May Gurney) mutually agreed to end their existing £96m contract in June less than half...

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TLT helps cement acquisition for mineral products firm Francis Flower

August 7, 2015
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TLT helps cement acquisition for mineral products firm Francis Flower

Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT has advised Somerset mineral resources company Francis Flower on its acquisition of a plant making Scunthorpe Ground Granulated Blastfurnace Slag (GGBS) – an environmentally friendly product used in cement. Francis Flower bought the business, based at the Tata steel works in Scunthorpe, from Hanson Cement...

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CBI calls for action after survey shows South West firms being held back by skills shortage

August 6, 2015
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CBI calls for action after survey shows South West firms being held back by skills shortage

More than half the businesses in the South West fear they will not be able to recruit enough high-skilled workers for their future success, according to an alarming new report. The annual CBI/Pearson Education and Skills Survey – which gauged the views of 101 firms across the region –...

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Burges Salmon teams advise iconic furniture firm Herman Miller on its new Wiltshire base

August 4, 2015
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Burges Salmon teams advise iconic furniture firm Herman Miller on its new Wiltshire base

Experts from Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon have worked with US office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller on its new state-of-the-art £14m plant in Wiltshire. The 170,000 sq ft (15,794 sq m) development, which is now finished and ready for fit-out on a brownfield site in Melksham, will combine Herman...

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