First formal international alliance for TLT as it looks overseas to bolster its post Covid-19 growth

July 1, 2020
First formal international alliance for TLT as it looks overseas to bolster its post Covid-19 growth

TLT, the Bristol-headquartered national law firm, has agreed its first alliance with an overseas practice as part of its strategy to strengthen the international offer for clients. TLT said the link-up with Dutch firm Holla Advocaten, which it already has already worked with in a number of legal areas,...

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Airbus to cut jobs in Bristol as global impact of Covid-19 pandemic devastates aerospace industry

July 1, 2020
Airbus to cut jobs in Bristol as global impact of Covid-19 pandemic devastates aerospace industry

Hundreds of jobs at Airbus’s Filton plant are at risk after the European aerospace giant announced plans to reduce its UK workforce by 1,700. The group said the cuts would fall on its commercial aircraft division, which is likely to be hit hard by the impact of the coronavirus...

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Bristol Business Blog: Louise Somerset, partner, Smith & Williamson. What next for family businesses after Covid-19?

June 30, 2020
Bristol Business Blog: Louise Somerset, partner, Smith & Williamson. What next for family businesses after Covid-19?

Louise Somerset, partner and head of private client tax services at Smith & Williamson in Bristol, looks at the issues facing business-owning families post-coronavirus. Family-owned and managed businesses will have been put under enormous strain since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and unfortunately many may not be able to...

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Burges Salmon’s renewable energy team advises on pioneering co-owned windfarm scheme

June 30, 2020
Burges Salmon’s renewable energy team advises on pioneering co-owned windfarm scheme

The UK’s first consumer-owned onshore wind farm project has been launched with support from renewable energy experts at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon. Ripple Energy has been giving individual households the power to combat climate change and to make living a low-carbon lifestyle easier through clean energy ownership...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

June 28, 2020
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Monday June 29 Finals: Advanced Oncotherapy, Anexo Group, Equals Group, GB Group, Victoria Oil & Gas Economic announcements: Current account, Gross domestic product, M4 money supply, Mortgage approvals, Consumer credit Tuesday June 30 Finals: Aseana Properties, Catenae Innovation, Civitas Social Housing, D4T4 Solutions, Solid State, Sysgroup Interims: Cloudcoco, On...

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The Mall at Cribbs Causeway co-owner collapses into administration with £4.5bn debt burden

June 26, 2020
The Mall at Cribbs Causeway co-owner collapses into administration with £4.5bn debt burden

A minority stake in Bristol’s largest shopping centre, the Mall at Cribbs Causeway, is set to be out up for sale after its troubled co-owner Intu called in administrators this afternoon. Intu, which also owns some of the UK’s largest retail schemes, including Lakeside in Essex and the Trafford...

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Bristol team to ‘turbocharge’ BBC’s podcast output as listening figures soar

June 26, 2020
Bristol team to ‘turbocharge’ BBC’s podcast output as listening figures soar

BBC Radio’s Bristol-based in-house production division – previously called BBC Radio & Music Production – is to relaunch on Monday as BBC Audio with a new development unit focused on podcasts. The BBC said the Creative Development Unit (CDU) will ‘turbocharge’ the production division’s podcast ambitions.  The popularity of...

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Bristol’s creative talent plugs into digital project to put South West at the leading edge of screen media

June 26, 2020
Bristol’s creative talent plugs into digital project to put South West at the leading edge of screen media

A pioneering project involving many of Bristol’s leading creative businesses, alongside both its universities and a number of its arts groups, is aiming to make the South West an international trailblazer in screen-based media. The MyWorld initiative could generate more than 700 jobs across the region through new digital...

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Extra safety measures put in place by Bristol Airport as European flights take off again this weekend

June 26, 2020
Extra safety measures put in place by Bristol Airport as European flights take off again this weekend

Bristol Airport has launched a campaign to guide passengers through coronavirus-related safety measures it has introduced ahead of international flights resuming this weekend. Budget airline Ryanair re-starts a number of its services tomorrow, including to Alicante and Malaga in Spain, while rival easyJet is to operate flights on half...

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