A lack of interest among the West of England’s politicians in its tech sector, despite its strength, is holding it back compared to other regions, according to a major new report. At the same time, the government’s ‘levelling-up’ agenda is steering funding towards parts of the country with strong...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised the owners of water industry specialist the Northavon Group of companies on its sale to fast-growing engineering group OCU. The Midsomer Norton-based Northavon Group primarily operates in the water sector in the South of England and South Wales. It provides...
Success in a landmark court case featuring characters from TV comedy classic Only Fools and Horses has earned national law firm Ashfords’ intellectual property disputes team a major award. The team represented Shazam Productions, which owns the copyright in the scripts for the much-loved sitcom, in legal proceedings brought...
Lawyers from the Bristol office of international legal firm Osborne Clarke have advised on a major investment deal that will help one of the UK’s fastest-growing FinTech firms expand further into overseas markets. The team worked with London-based Freemarket, a leading FinTech platform for regulated B2B cross-border payments and...
The corporate and mergers & acquisitions team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised on more than 110 deals with a combined value of £4.5bn-plus over the past year. While the market has continued to be volatile, the team benefited from strong levels of investment and merger...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has achieved 33% female partner representation two years ahead of its 2025 target – confirming its position as a leader for women’s representation in senior positions. The firm, which employs around 1,400 people – 70% of them women – said a third of its...
Sixteen cutting-edge Bristol start-ups will promote their innovative technologies to an audience of influential investors and business leaders at a special event later this month. Now in its 19th year, Tech-Xpo is the flagship pitch, demo and connect showcase for the University of Bristol’s acclaimed tech incubator SETsquared Bristol. Eleven of the 16 companies are...
Bristol-headquartered independent UK law firm Burges Salmon’s corporate team has advised on a seed funding deal that will enable a nanotech start-up to scale-up its green ammonia technologies. Nium will use the $3m (£2.34m) investment to assembling its first small-scale, modular, low energy consumption ammonia reactors. Known as ‘minions’,...
Regional law firm Michelmores has appointed Noel Beale as a partner in its commercial team as it maintains its strong growth. Noel, pictured, offers expert advice on competition and economic regulatory matters to clients nationally and internationally. He has more than 25 years’ experience advising on competition law and...
The planning team in transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office has helped it earn the title of the best in the UK in its sector. Judges at the 2023 Planning Awards praised the firm for “the breadth of legal work” and noted that “the issues involved across...
The Bristol office of growth finance group BGF has made a £15.5m investment in Troy UK, the country’s largest independent network for industrial and engineering supplies, with legal advice on the deal from the corporate team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon. Other Bristol professionals involved in the...
National legal and professional services business Knights has hired three partners and a senior associate in its Bristol office just five months after arriving in the city through its acquisition of long-established independent law firm Meade King. Among the new joiners is Marti Burgess, who is well known in...
Lawyers in the Bristol office of international legal firm Osborne Clarke have advised on a major deal to develop green hydrogen projects in the UK as interest in the alternative fuel source continues its rapid growth. The team advised London-headquartered sustainability-led investor Foresight on its involvement in a new electrolytic...
