Bristol’s business leaders believe artificial intelligence (AI) will be more of a blessing than a curse, according to attendees at this morning’s International Balloon Fiesta Business Breakfast. A show of hands among the audience at the end of a lively debate on AI’s impact on society, business and the...
Bristol’s fast-growth businesses can find all the information they need to help them expand in one place following the launch of the city’s first scale-up generator website. The site, which has been created by Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation centre in partnership with the West of England Growth Hub, includes...
The first businesses have signed up to support Bristol Giving Day, a new fundraising event aimed at boosting the coffers of some of the thousands of local charities and good causes across the city. Hosted by Quartet Community Foundation, the independent charity that works across the West of England...
Michelle Rose, who leads Bristol-headquartered law firm VWV’s private client department, has been shortlisted in the ‘Woman Lawyer of the Year’ category of the prestigious The Law Society Excellence Awards 2018. The awards showcase outstanding firms across England and Wales and champion individual lawyers who go above and beyond...
The Bristol office of specialist finance group BGF has made a £4.7m growth capital investment in heavy equipment rental firm Plantforce – its second transaction in the sector this month. Weston-super-Mare-headquartered Plantforce is the largest firm of its type in the South West with a client portfolio that includes...
Thrings corporate partner Graeme Fearon shares his take on artificial intelligence (AI) ahead of tomorrow’s Bristol International Balloon Fiesta Business Breakfast debate. AI is everywhere. Every Silicon Valley start-up worth its seed-funding seems to be working on an AI application to revolutionise your world, while simultaneously coming after your...
The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) has appointed two more directors to complete the line-up of its four-strong senior leadership team. Shahzia Daya joins next week as director of legal services and monitoring officer from Bristol City Council, where she has been service director, legal and democratic services,...
Bristol-based Jordans Corporate Law has appointed experienced commercial technology lawyer Declan Goodwin to lead its newly established practice covering the fast-evolving sector. Declan, pictured, has joined as an associate director from Capital Law in Cardiff, where he was an associate for 18 months and after spending several months on...
Accountants Smith & Williamson’s Bristol-based corporate finance team and lawyers from the city office of Osborne Clarke have advised a family-owned transport firm operating across Yorkshire on its sale. Hull-based East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS), which has carries more than 17m passengers a year and employs 700 people, has been sold...
Lawyers at international legal practice Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office have helped a pioneering medical devices group focused on the emerging field of surgical endoscopy raise up to £48.5m through a share placing. Chepstow-based Creo Medical’s flagship product, called Speedboat, pictured, allows doctors to carry out surgical procedures without the...
Lawyers in regional firm Thrings’ Bristol office have helped a division of long-standing client Redde Group acquire a Grade A office building and adjoining land as part of its fast-paced expansion. FMG, the UK’s leading independent provider of fleet incident management and specialist vehicle recovery services, is moving into...
South West law firm Foot Anstey has recruited Mark Millar, a former general counsel and company secretary at the AA, as a Bristol-based partner in its expanding corporate and commercial team. The move means Mark, pictured, returns to private practice after 15 years leading in-house teams as general counsel...
Bristol-based national law firm Burges Salmon has maintained its sector-leading trainee retention rate by offering positions to all but one of its 27 final-year trainee solicitors when they qualify in September. The 96% rate is much higher than the industry average of just under 80%. Last year Burges Salmon...
