Regional law firm Michelmores has exceeded its aim of having women make up 30% of its partnership by next year following its latest round of promotions. Four of its six new partners are women, meaning the firm’s proportion of female partners is now 35% out of a total of 62. It...
Two trainee accountants are leading the next generation of qualified professionals in the Bristol office of accountancy firm Haines Watts after deciding against the option of university. Sophia Wallace and Robbie Wallis are the latest Haines Watts Bristol trainees to gain accountancy qualifications without incurring significant student debts caused...
Lloyds Bank has bolstered its commercial banking team in the South West with three senior appointments. Alison Whistance is the new regional director of regional business development, while Rob Henderson becomes a relationship director in Bristol and Carmen Peacock is now co-head of the bank’s Corporate & Institutional Coverage (CIC)...
Bristol-headquartered regional property consultancy Alder King has made a series of senior appointments in its planning team as part of a programme of targeted investment. Sarah Hawkins, Gary Morris and Tristan Hutton have all joined the practice as partners, with Sarah assuming the role of head of planning. The...
Regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon has promoted Guy Armitage-Norton to partner in recognition of his work and commitment to adding value to the businesses he advises. Guy, pictured, works across the firm’s Bath and Bristol offices providing pragmatic support on accounting, auditing and financial reporting tailored to the specific...
Seven lawyers in the Bristol office of Bevan Brittan have promoted as the national firm celebrates another strong year. Four of the Bristol lawyers have become senior associates and three associates. They form part of a 15-strong promotions round for the firm. The new Bristol office senior associates are...
Organic growth in the Bristol office of law firm Foot Anstey has continued with the appointment of two new partners. The firm, which also has offices in Exeter, London, Plymouth, Southampton, Taunton and Truro, said the promotions of Zahir Nayani and Alexandra Hammond were the result of investment in...
Privately-owned bank C. Hoare & Co. has appointed high net worth client specialist Emily Corbett as a senior relationship manager to lead its growth in the South West. The appointment forms part of the London-based bank’s broader strategy to expand its presence and customer base in the UK’s regions and...
Insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting firm Gallagher has boosted its presence in the South West with the appointment of Richard Horne as regional broking director in its Bristol office. Richard, pictured, will report to Stephen Smith, who leads Gallagher’s South of England broking & placement team, which supports regional...
Burges Salmon, the Bristol-headquartered national law firm, has appointed Guy Bastable to lead its corporate crime team. Guy, pictured, also becomes the firm’s 100th partner. In his new role at Burges Salmon, he will lead the firm’s head of corporate crime, which sits within its wider business crime and regulatory investigations...
The £175m Soapworks development in Old Market – which will regenerate the former Gardiner Haskins department store site – is to go ahead after its developer increased the number of homes by nearly 50%. As reported by Bristol Business News last week, First Base was initially refused planning consent...
Jonathan Langdon, the co-founder of regional accountancy group Milsted Langdon, is to step down after 33 years. Jonathan, pictured, co-founded the firm in 1988 with fellow University of Bath graduate Simon Milsted. He had qualified with Coopers & Lybrand (now PWC) in Bristol before managing its business services group, Milsted Langdon...
The Bristol and West of England China Bureau, the organisation that promotes links business and cultural links between the region and China, has appointed three new directors. The arrival of Dennis Hu, Stella Wang and Phoebe Westwood strengthen the bureau’s community outreach programmes, especially through its student and young professional communities...
