Accountancy group Deloitte’s Bristol office has appointed Louise Durkan as a partner in its national special situations mergers & acquisitions (M&A) team in a move that brings her back to the firm after three years. Louise, pictured, spent more than ten-and-a-half years at Deloitte in Bristol as an assistant...
Bristol & Bath Regional Capital, the West of England’s first home-grown, place-based impact investor, has appointed a new chair and two new board members to support its ambitious growth. Investment industry leader Mark Mansley has joined as deputy chair and solicitor Richard Leeming as a non-executive director. Existing board...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm VWV has bolstered its work in the pharma and life sciences sector with the arrival of partner Harry Hamilton Jennings. Harry, pictured, right, with VWV head of pharma and life sciences sector Paul Gershlick, is swapping the life of an entrepreneur to return to private practice,...
Two senior managers from Bristol animation studios have been elected to the council of Animation UK, the organisation acting as the industry’s collective voice. The managing director of Aardman, Sean Clarke, and A Productions’ head of production Duncan Fraser are among six industry figures elected to Animation UK’s council by...
Five new partners have been appointed by Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon as it strengthens its real estate, planning, dispute resolution, projects and corporate teams. The firm said the promotions, which take effect from 1 May, emphasised its ambitious strategy for growth across a number of its key...
Bristol public relations agency Strike Communications is celebrating three years in business by expanding its senior leadership team. Scott Fletcher, pictured, is joining founder and managing director Catherine Frankpitt in the new role of creative director to support the development of the purpose-led business. Catherine launched Strike in early...
Two new managers have been recruited by regional chartered accountancy firm Albert Goodman for its Bristol tax team just weeks after a new director joined. Lauren Chadwick and Julie Harding arrived from the Bristol office of national accountancy group Evelyn Partners (formerly Smith & Williamson), reuniting them with Ruth...
The managing partner of architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has become a visiting professor at the School of Architecture and Environment at UWE Bristol. Geoff Rich, pictured, will work with the university to help inspire the next generation of architects, sharing his expertise through masterclasses, lectures, and reviews of student work....
Babbasa, the Bristol social enterprise that works to transform the lives of young people from ethnic minority and low-income backgrounds, has appointed six new board members to help drive its vision and mission. The individuals have been selected to assist with specific facets of operating a social enterprise as...
Commercial building, project and sustainability consultancy Jones Hargreaves has opened an office in Bristol in response to demand for its services in the South West. The office will be led by Nic Excell, pictured, who has joined as a senior associate partner from the Bristol office of international property...
Bristol-based independent digital marketing agency Flourish has made a key appointment to its senior leadership team to strengthen its capabilities and future-proof its offering to its clients. Rob Manley, pictured, joins as technical director to lead its delivery of CRM (customer relationship management) programmes across its client portfolio. His...
Independent commercial bank Unity Trust has appointed Steven Lovell as its relationship manager for the South West to support and develop its customer portfolio in the region. Steven, pictured, has more than a decade of experience in financial services having worked in Bristol for The Co-operative Bank, NatWest and,...
National law firm Clarke Willmott, which has one of the largest of its seven offices in Bristol, has made three senior appointments as it looks to build on its most successful year ever. The firm’s 2021/22 revenues rose by 12% to £59.6m on the previous 12 months while it...
