Law firm Thrings has appointed three newly qualified solicitors in a move it says reflects the way it continues to retain talent nurtured through its trainee scheme. Georgina James, pictured, joins the firm’s corporate and commercial department, working out of its Bristol base, while Rhiannon Forbes is now a member of...
Bristol-based economic regeneration specialist Rebekah Formosa has been elected to the board of the UK’s leading independent professional body representing economic development practitioners. Rebekah, pictured, director – town centres & economic regeneration – in the Bristol office of national commercial and residential real estate consultancy and agency Lambert Smith Hampton,...
Global design, engineering and project management consultancy Atkins has appointed Richard Bonner as market director for its buildings and places team based in its Bristol office. Richard, pictured, has worked in the infrastructure sector for 30 years, most recently as a northern cities director for rival international design, engineering...
An industry expert with more than 35 years’ experience in the housebuilding industry has joined Bristol-based Barratt David Wilson Homes South West as managing director. Ralph Hawkins’ appointment brings him back to the Barratt Developments group, where he previously spent nine years as development director at Barratt Bristol. Ralph,...
Distinctive Communications, the Bristol-based full-service public relations consultancy aimed at place-makers, purposeful businesses and public bodies, has hired content writer Jasmine Gordon as it approaches the end of its first full year of trading. The agency was launched last May by Ben Lowndes, the former South West managing director...
Bristol-based invoice finance provider Optimum Finance has appointed David Tugwell as an account executive to support its lead generation and new business team. David, pictured, has worked in the client services and banking industries for 18 years, spending his entire career at Barclays, where he was a branch manager...
The Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke is strengthening its private wealth team with the appointment of Patrick Wooddisse as partner. Patrick, pictured, joins Osborne Clarke from Bristol-headquartered TLT, where he held the position of partner and head of private business group since 2008. Prior to this,...
Bristol-headquartered PR and stakeholder engagement consultancy JBP Associates has appointed Simon Prescott, a former equity partner at national planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore, as senior counsel. In his new role Simon, pictured, left, with JBP executive director for strategic engagement James Hinchcliffe, is counselling JBP’s planning and development clients...
Full-service national law firm Shakespeare Martineau has added to its Bristol-based private client team with the arrival of solicitor Benjamin Griffiths and paralegal Margarita Kappanen. Benjamin, pictured, right with Margarita, qualified last September with Welsh law firm JCP Solicitors, where he had worked for more than four years, while Margarita, who...
Fit-out and refurbishment specialist Paramount has strengthened its Bristol team by appointing a new senior project manager. Matt Prouse will play a key role in overseeing project delivery across the firm’s portfolio by acting as the client’s point of contact throughout the process. His appointment comes six months after Cardiff-headquartered...
Global real estate adviser Avison Young has expanded its Bristol office with new appointments as it strengthens its multi-disciplinary approach across both transactional and advisory teams. The new arrivals are senior surveyors Laura Gordon and Greg Boast, associate Nicola Lovell, surveyors Joe Wood and Ffion Brown, graduate surveyors Jack...
Regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon has promoted two of its specialists to partner in recognition of their service and exceptional support of clients. As partners, Jon Edge and Richard Warwick will play an important role in shaping the future of the firm, which has one of its five offices...
Bristol lawyer Aziz Deen, an associate in Foot Anstey’s Islamic finance team, has been named as a finalist in the British Muslim Awards 2023. He will compete in the Rising Star in Law category at the awards ceremony next month, which is regarded as one of the most prestigious...
