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...
Chancellor George Osborne announced a number of measures that could boost the economy in and around Bristol in this week’s Budget. These included granting full approval of the third and final section of Bristol’s MetroBus Network, running from the North Fringe to Hengrove and housing zones in South Bristol...
Bristol’s largest law firms are lining up against the cream of the legal sector next week in the coveted Legal Business Awards 2015. Bristol-headquartered Osborne Clarke is challenging five firms for the title of Law Firm of the Year while it is also on the seven-strong shortlist for the...
West of England commercial law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, has strengthened its corporate offering to domestic and international clients with the appointment of Jonathan Morris as partner. Jonathan, pictured, is a highly-experienced corporate solicitor with more than 10 years’ experience of working with businesses listed...
Barnstorming versions of Teenage Kicks and Disco 2000 helped The Mighty Rufus clinch the coveted first prize in the Bristol law firm battle of the bands. The five-piece band, drawn from Osborne Clarke and Bond Dickinson, wowed the 300-strong crowd at The Tunnels last night with a strong eight-song...
Barclays has become the latest blue-chip company to sponsor Business Showcase South West 2015 – the region’s biggest business exhibition which returns for a second year in May. Barclays joins First Great Western and Enterprise Rent-a-car in sponsoring the event staged again at Bristol’s Colston Hall. Following last year’s...
National law firm Clarke Willmott has re-elected Stephen Rosser as chief executive based in its Bristol office for a further term which will extend his tenure to April 2019. As part of the re-election of Stephen, pictured, the firm has adopted a new three-year strategy based on continued growth...
National law firm Bond Dickinson has appointed Greg Moss as a senior wealth adviser based in its Bristol office. Greg, a chartered financial planner and Fellow of the Personal Finance Society, joins Bond Dickinson Wealth Limited from Bristol firm Paradigm Norton Financial Planning. He will provide financial planning and...
Real estate and corporate lawyers from Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon have advised on the record-breaking acquisition of one of London’s most-exclusive shopping addresses. The Rolex Store at One Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, was bought by a client of the firm for £22m less than four years after Russian businessman Grigory Guselnikov...
