Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby has appointed two new partners as part of its annual promotions round. Alison Gill and Gemma Geoghegan’s promotions take the total number of partners at the firm to 18 – with 61% female. Alison, pictured right, who works in the firm’s private client department, specialises...
Law firm Ashfords has made five senior hires in its Bristol office in a move that strengthens its commercial, real estate and private wealth divisions. The appointments bring the total number of lawyers and trainees based in Bristol to well over 100 lawyers and adds further weight to the...
Regional property consultancy Alder King has made a new senior appointment in its Bristol building consultancy team to drive its continued growth. Chartered building surveyor Phil Hall, pictured, has joined the practice as a partner after two years with real estate consultancy Hollis’s Bristol office. Phil brings with him...
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has announced one of its biggest UK promotions rounds of recent years with 11 of its lawyers being made up to partner – seven of them from its Bristol office. Five lawyers from the firm, which employs around 800 people in Bristol and also...
Bristol City Council’s chief executive Stephen Peacock is to join the West of England Combined Authority as its new CEO, it was announced this today. Stephen, pictured, was previously the city council’s executive director for growth and regeneration, during which time he worked on the City Leap decarbonisation project,...
VWV, the Bristol-headquartered national law firm, has welcomed seven newly qualified solicitors who had successfully completed their training contracts with the firm. VWV’s training contract provides aspiring lawyers with exposure to four distinct areas of the law across its offices in Bristol and London, with the new solicitors now...
National law firm Foot Anstey has promoted three lawyers to the firm’s partnership, including Mark Greatholder who leads the firm’s commercial energy practice from its Bristol office. Taking effect from 1 May, the promotions will bring the total number of partners at the firm to 66. Joining the partnership...
Accountancy firm Haines Watts has strengthened its leadership team in Bristol with the appointment of Clare Boden as corporate tax director. Clare, pictured with Haines Watts director Andrew Jordan, managing partner Matthew Bracher and director Conor O’Sullivan, has joined from Evelyn Partners’ Bristol office, where she worked for nearly four years,...
Joanne Webber, a Bristol-based tax partner at national audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK, has become managing partner for its office in the city. Joanne, pictured, has more than 21 years’ experience working with organisations on global mobility and global people issues. She also leads the firm’s national...
Bristol-headquartered all-day café/bar chain Loungers has made three key appointments, including promoting the managing director of its Lounge brand to the newly created position of group MD. Loungers said introducing this new role was aimed at ensuring it the optimal senior management structure to deliver continued consistent financial out-performance...
One of the South West’s top tax experts has joined accountancy firm PKF Francis Clark as a partner in its growing Bristol-based corporate tax team. Jonathan Riley, pictured, right, with PKF Francis Clark head of tax John Endacott, was previously head of tax at Grant Thornton UK, where he...
A former vice-chair of global finance giant UBS has become non-executive chair of Agile Homes, the Bristol-based specialist provider of low-carbon, affordable homes. Christian Brodie, pictured, has extensive non-executive chair experience in a wide range of sectors spanning education, regional development, sport and charities as well as working in...
National wealth management and professional services group Evelyn Partners has appointed John Howarth as audit partner in its Bristol office. John, pictured with Evelyn Partners’ Bristol office head Helen Bassett, has mainly focused during his career on advising dynamic mid-market businesses across a range of sectors. He has extensive experience of working...
