Agricultural and private client litigation specialist Kevin Kennedy joins the UK’s premier food, farming and land team this month at leading law firm Burges Salmon. Kevin joins after five years as a partner with Clarke Willmott, having previously spent seven years at Burges Salmon. He has built a national...
Target Corporate Finance has boosted its Bristol team with the appointment of senior corporate finance manager Myles Hamilton. Myles joins the Temple Quay firm from KPMG Corporate Finance in London where he worked on mid-market merger and acquisition deals across a range sectors. With more than seven years’ experience...
The Bristol office of the Leonard Curtis Business Solutions Group continues to expand with the appointment of Dean Stritch, who will head the specialist debt advisory business Corporate Strategies. Dean joins Leonard Curtis having spent 11 years in the financial industry, four as an independent financial adviser with Chase...
Bristol student Shahaid Hussain is on track for a successful career in the property industry after being recognised by the city’s professional body. Shahaid, from Greenbank, is the first winner of the Bristol Property Agents’ Association’s (BPAA) Student of the Year award. The 39-year-old recently obtained a First from...
Whyatt Pakeman Partners, an independent firm of Bristol-based chartered accountants, has appointed Richard Bunker as a partner following the merger of his own practice with Whyatt Pakeman Partners. Richard brings with him many years of valuable experience as a tax specialist working with companies, professional practices, owner-managed businesses, farmers...
Bristol law firm Burges Salmon has recruited Kari McCormick, previously a litigation partner at Clifford Chance, who brings with her more than 15 years’ experience in dispute resolution, including complex multi-party litigation for insurance companies, banks and corporate entities. Kari joins more than 80 lawyers in the firm’s successful disputes and litigation...
Alan Bailey, the chair of Low Carbon South West, the UK’s largest environmental business trade association, has received an Honorary Degree of Master of Science from the University of the West of England (UWE) in recognition of his significant contribution to the development of a low-carbon economy in the...
The University of the West of England has made Ruby McGregor-Smith, the chief executive of outsourcing giant MITIE, an honorary Doctor of Business Administration. The honour is in recognition of her significant national and local contribution to business through the distinctive culture she has created within Bristol-based MITIE. Since joining the...
Racing car enthusiast Tom Alexander, who helped to found Virgin Mobile in Trowbridge in the late 90s, is looking forward to more time with his family in Somerset after resigning as boss of Bristol-based Everything Everywhere "to spend more time with his children". It follows growing concerns by the...
Bristol-based Nighthawk, the US focused oil development and production company which moved its registered office to London earlier this month, has announced the appointment of Charles (Chuck) H. Wilson as chief operating officer. Chuck, who takes up his new role on August 1, is US oil industry veteran with...
The South West office of PKF Accountants & business advisers has promoted Laura Shaw to partner. Laura has been a director of corporate finance for four years and has led the team providing lead advisory and transaction services to vendors and purchasers. On becoming a partner, Laura said: “I...
Ian Sharper has been appointed finance director at The Bristol Port Company, taking over from Richard Harvey who is retiring after 19 years with the company. Ian, who has been financial controller at the port since January 2008, trained as a chartered in York, before working abroad for PricewaterhouseCoopers...
McCann Erickson in Bristol has been appointed to provide PR support to Redrow Homes South West – one of the housebuilder's seven regional divisions. McCann Erickson Bristol managing director Fraser Bradshaw said: "Redrow Homes is recognised throughout the UK for its focus on providing high-quality family housing in prime...
