Three new partners have been appointed by Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby in its annual round of internal promotions. Gabrielle Artess, Laura Roberts and Helen Franklin’s appointments take the total number of partners at the firm to 19. The move also means the firm has maintained its gender-balanced partnership. Gabrielle and...
Bristol-based utilities innovator The Bunch has strengthened its senior management team with a raft of strategic hires as it targets a 100% increase in customers this year. The hires follow a highly successful year for the company, which consolidates all household bills into a single monthly payment and grants...
Accountancy and business advisory firm Grant Thornton UK has strengthened its Bristol corporate finance advisory team with the promotion of Nick Jones to director. Nick, pictured, has worked at the firm for more than 10 years. Grant Thornton said his promotion reflected the continued growth of its corporate finance advisory...
Wealth management and professional services group Tilney Smith & Williamson has continued to invest in its Bristol office with a significant new appointment and a raft of promotions in its restructuring & recovery and advisory consulting teams. Experienced restructuring specialist Nigel Fox has joined as a director in a...
Burges Salmon managing partner Roger Bull has been re-elected for a second four-year term having overseen a period of substantial growth at the Bristol-headquartered national law firm. Achievements since Roger, pictured, took up the role on 1 May 2018 include exceeding £100m turnover and a 25% growth in the...
National audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK has promoted Richard Holm to partner in its Bristol-based VAT team to support its ambitious growth plans. Richard, pictured, leads the VAT division across the South West. He has more than 20 years’ experience in advising clients on the VAT implications...
Lloyds Bank has added to its senior team in the South West with the appointment of regional director Amanda Dorel. Amanda, pictured, brings with her more than three decades of banking and commercial finance experience. In her new Bristol-based role she will work on enhancing Lloyds’ support for its...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has strengthened its trust and estate team with the appointment of Claire Johnson as legal director. Claire’s appointment follows a growth in demand for the firm’s tax and succession planning expertise in the domestic and international sphere from private and corporate clients. Claire, pictured,...
Specialist corporate lawyer Nic Barker has joined GL Law to build on the Bristol firm’s corporate finance and mergers and acquisition services to small and medium-sized businesses across the South West. Nic, pictured, has experience across a range of sectors, including development finance, healthcare and owner-managed businesses. Having spent...
Three specialist energy and infrastructure lawyers are joining international legal practice Osborne Clarke as partners from the London office of US specialist firm Orrick. Partners John Deacon, Dominic O’Brien and Hannah Roscoe will significantly boost the Osborne Clarke’s energy and utility sector offering, particularly in the sub-sectors of renewables...
Bristol branding agency Taxi Studio has made a series of appointments, including hiring the Post Office group’s chief retail officer as chairman, to fuel its expansion in the UK and overseas markets such as North America. The move follows a succession of major new business wins over the past year,...
Regional law firm Foot Anstey has hailed its success in luring its new group HR director from a London-based global firm as proof that a recruitment marketing campaign targeting senior talent in the capital is paying off. Felix Hebblethwaite, pictured, will join Foot Anstey’s Bristol office next month after...
National accountancy group Tilney Smith & Williamson has continued to invest in its Bristol office by appointing Mark Bishop as an audit partner. Mark, pictured, joins the firm’s audit team from rival Grant Thornton, where he spent more than 17 years specialising in working with fast-growth and entrepreneurial technology...
