Bristol’s reputation as an innovative business centre will get a major boost from UWE’s new Faculty of Business and Law building, the university’s deputy vice chancellor said today as the main contractor was appointed. International building group ISG, which has a base in Bristol, will oversee construction of the...
Construction and engineering solicitor Natalia Sokolov has been elected chair of the Association of Women in Property (WiP) in the South West. Natalia, pictured, a specialist in construction procurement projects and engineering disputes at regional law firm Thrings, will assume responsibility for the strategic direction of the South West...
Jordans Corporate Law has appointed Parvaneh Naseriyan as a commercial lawyer in its Bristol head office. Parvaneh, pictured, will be advising exclusively in the firm’s growing automotive sector team, spending several days each week working onsite with an original equipment manufacturer. She will be advising on and drafting a...
Bond Dickinson, the national law firm with an office in Bristol, has been ranked in the top 10 for planning law in an annual survey. The firm’s planning and infrastructure team came joint ninth in the Planning Resource survey, which is based on responses from other solicitors and barristers...
Bristol law firm Meade King has appointed Alex Lyttle as a senior solicitor in its dispute resolution team. Alex, pictured, joins after spending six years at Wards, the 10-office Bristol firm, where he was an associate solicitor. His arrival comes just under a year after Meade King relocated to...
Burges Salmon, the Bristol-based national law firm, has been appointed to the legal panel of construction and engineering group Costain for three years. The firm will provide legal advice across its business including in relation to engineering & construction, insurance, real estate, corporate, IP (intellectual property)/IT/data protection and employment...
Innovative law firm Temple Bright has advised YOO Hotels & Resorts on a strategic alliance which gives the international hotels group a foothold in the South American market. As a result of the deal between YOO Hotels and InterCity Hotels, five hotels will be developed in Brazil over the...
By Adam Powell, director of skills, West of England LEP Businesses in our region continue to face the challenge of a skills gap, impacting on growth and stifling productivity and future innovation. However, how can we ensure that the skill demands of the business community can be met now...
Business Showcase South West 2015, the biggest event of its kind in the region, is hoping to welcome up to 3,000 delegates in just under two months’ time. The event attracted more than 1,700 pre-event delegate registrations for its inaugural show last year. This year it has been extended...
Bristol-headquartered Osborne Clarke has been named law firm of the year at the prestigious Legal Business Awards. The firm was commended in particular for its recent growth trajectory and its focus on sectors and issues that are at the cutting edge of the law such as building smart cities...
Bristol firms are being urged to act quickly to secure the last few exhibition stands at the ‘early bird’ rate for Business Showcase South West 2015, the region’s biggest business exhibition. The event, which is expected to attract 3,000 delegates, is being staged at Colston Hall on May 14...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon has reached the landmark of advising on more than two gigawatts (two billion watts) of solar PV installations in the UK since the introduction of the first feed-in tariff in April 2010. The firm has been involved in projects from the first wave of...
More than 170 figures from the region’s increasingly buoyant property sector gathered at the offices of leading commercial law firm Thrings this week for its annual series of commercial property seminars. Building surveyors, property agents, planning consultants and accountants from across the region joined event host Matthew Smith, partners...
