The Chancellor produced a balanced Autumn Statement that addressed business concerns around rates reform and finance, according to Bristol business leaders. James Durie, executive director of Bristol Chamber of Commerce at Business West, described it as a “crowd-pleasing” set of proposals for business, particularly its pledge for a major...
Bristol is to be a test-bed for driverless cars after funding was secured by a consortium made up of the city council, universities and businesses. The Bristol trial, which will start next January, will look at how the public reacts to so-called autonomous vehicles along with the legal and...
Real estate lawyer Nicholas Lykke Dahn has joined West of England law firm Ashfords’ Bristol office as a property partner, bringing with him a clutch of blue-chip corporate clients. Nicholas, pictured, joins after 11 years with Oxfordshire based commercial law firm BrookStreet des Roches where he specialised in commercial...
Energy sector experts from Bristol-based law firm Burges Salmon have advised project company Mersey Bioenergy on a new £110m project to construct a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant on Merseyside. The project in Widnes will be the largest waste wood renewable energy plant in the North West and...
Stands for The Business Showcase South West – the major business event which celebrates the best of the region’s innovation, creativity and enterprise – are now on sale and pre-registration for delegates has also gone live. Following the huge success of the inaugural event in April this year, The...
Law firm Temple Bright has advised data-mining business eRevalue on a round of Series B equity fundraising, which will enable eRevalue to implement an ambitious growth strategy out of its London and New York offices. It is the latest in a series of high-profile tech-related deals handed by Temple...
Energy sector experts from Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon have advised retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) on a rooftop solar panel array for its state-of-the-art distribution centre – the largest commercial system of its kind in the UK. The Burges Salmon team, led by partner Nick Churchward...
Bristol law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards’ (VWV) education team has scooped a prestigious national award in recognition of its transactional prowess in in the sector. The firm won the Deal Makers category at the annual EducationInvestor Awards, which celebrate innovation and excellence among businesses and organisations in the sector....
Legal experts from Bristol-headquartered UK law firm Burges Salmon have helped the Department for Education create the country’s first independent not-for-profit company focused entirely on improving social care services for children, young people and their families. The Doncaster Children’s Services Trust was created following sharp criticism a year ago...
Bristol-headquartered international legal practice Osborne Clarke has appointed Ray Berg as its next UK managing partner. He will succeed long-standing managing partner Simon Beswick, whose term will end on January 1 after 12 years. Simon Beswick will continue in his role as CEO of Osborne Clarke International (OCI), which has...
Novum Law, the national firm specialising in serious injury and medical negligence with an office in Bristol, has won a £4m High Court settlement for a young man after an eight-year legal battle. Paul Vallance suffered a serious brain injury following a head-on car crash on a country road...
A £50m landmark building planned by UWE Bristol for its Faculty of Business and Law has been given the go-ahead by South Gloucestershire Council. The 17,200 sq m, five-storey building will house Bristol Business School and Bristol Law School and is part of UWE’s Frenchay Campus ambitious development plan...
Family lawyer David Harper of regional firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, is preparing to run the New York Marathon this weekend – just four months after being treated for testicular cancer. David, pictured, will join an estimated 60,000 runners on the start line on Staten Island...
