Thrings, the regional law firm with a base in Bristol, has restated its commitment to the London legal market by relocating its office there to a prime City location. The firm, which has had a base in the capital since 2007, has signed a 10-year lease on 5,640 sq...
Former head of technology at Deutsche Bank Labs, Charles Radclyffe, has relinquished his role at the global financial institution to lead NetKernel, an innovative fintech firm disrupting the financial services world from its HQ in Bristol. Charles’s role at Deutsche Bank included the research and evaluation of emerging...
Bristol’s SETsquared incubator has chosen Ashley Community Housing and Up Our Street as research partners for its innovative upcoming diversity and inclusion research project. The project aims to improve and increase the inclusion and representation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) business founders applying to the incubator. Research...
A cross-firm team at Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon has advised HSBC Bank and Bank Leumi (UK) on a major refinancing of retirement village developer Audley Group. The £125m revolving credit facility to Audley Group to refinances its existing facilities with AIG, Bank Leumi and Coutts and will fund existing and...
Bristol Wood Recycling Project has relocated to an industrial unit in the St Philips area of the city – ending the social enterprise’s anxious search for a new home. The Bristol office of property agents JLL acquired the William Street premises on behalf of the project, which has been...
Future Space, Bristol’s first science and tech hub, contributed more than £2m to the regional economy within its first year, new figures reveal. The innovation centre, which was the first flexible office space in Bristol to also offer private and shared laboratory space to start-up R&D-heavy enterprises, exceeded all...
Long-standing Bristol marketing and communications agency Proctor & Stevenson has completed its move to a former industrial printworks in Easton following a near £1.5m refurbishment project. The agency, founded by managing director Roger Proctor in 1979, said the relocation from Cave Street, St Pauls, was enabling it to be...
Bristol communications consultancy Purplefish has been appointed as media relations partner for Redrow Homes’ West Country division. The agency will work with the housebuilder in Devon and Cornwall to communicate its key messages and promote its developments through PR and social media. Purplefish has worked with Redrow’s South West...
Bristol’s ethical organisations have just two days left to submit their entries to the region’s Fairtrade Business Awards. Applications for the prestigious contest – now in its sixth year – close at midnight on Sunday. The awards recognise the contribution that businesses, organisations and institutes in the region make...
Bristol Airport today announced that Southampton Airport managing director Dave Lees has been appointed as its new chief executive officer. Mr Lees, pictured, will take up his new role on August 1. He has also served as operations director and planning & development director at Southampton Airport, which has...
Cats Protection, the UK’s largest feline welfare charity, is on the prowl across the South West for a suitable location for a major ‘department store’ and donation centre to serve the region. The charity has 120 charity shops nationwide – 19 of them in the South West – with...
Bristol firms are being urged to help mentor the city’s aspiring entrepreneurs and, in turn, learn from them in the process. BRAVE Enterprise, the not-for-profit business support organisation, is calling on people with experience of running a business or in business banking to share their experience with people who...
Bristol businesses have been praised for raising more than £350,000 towards the transformation of city concert venue Colston Hall. They have backed the Transform the Hall campaign as corporate partners offering financial or in-kind support to help raise the funds required to roll out the biggest-ever capital project to...
