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Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby has strengthened and expanded its corporate and commercial department with the appointment of Nic Barker as its first-ever legal director. Corporate solicitor Nic, pictured, specialises in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) with a focus on owner-managed businesses. She originally trained and worked in London as a...
A litigation expert named as one of the best in her field has joined law firm Thrings’ award-winning agriculture team as a legal director in its Bristol office. Polly Ridgway, pictured with Thrings partner Robert James, has arrived from law firm Clarke Wilmott, where she spent nine-and-a-half years, most recently...
National law firm Ashfords has appointed David Varney, a partner specialising in data and technology, to the commercial and intellectual property (IP) team in its Bristol office. David, pictured, previously worked at law firms Allen & Overy, Morrison & Foerster and Burges Salmon in Bristol, where he gained significant...
City of Bristol College has launched a new range of Green Skills courses, reinforcing its commitment to sustainability and preparing students to lead the region’s transition to a greener economy. The move, part of the college’s pledge to reach carbon neutrality by 2030, aims to address the environmental challenges...
Monday February 3 Economic announcement: PMI services Tuesday February 4 Final: Crest Nicholson Holdings Interims: Diageo, NWF Group Trading announcements: Vodafone Group, Entain Economic announcement: BRC sales monitor Wednesday February 5 Finals: Pressure Technologies, Banco Santander Interim: Made Tech Group Q4 result: Glaxosmithkline Trading announcements: DCC, SSE Thursday February...
Loungers, the highly successful Bristol-based café/bar chain, is under new ownership after being acquired by a US private equity firm for £354m. Fortress Investment Group, which owns Majestic Wines, Poundstretcher and the Curzon cinema chain, secured nearly 94% of Loungers shareholders’ votes for its improved offer at a general meeting...
Detailed plans for a new transport hub at Bristol Temple Meads station have been unveiled, the latest scheme linked to the much-needed but long-delayed regeneration of the area. The Southern Gateway will include a new pedestrian access to the station, a bespoke cycle hub and multi-storey car park. It...
Accountancy group Forvis Mazars has become the latest professional services firm to relocate its Bristol base to one of the city’s latest flagship office schemes. The firm has taken 7,800 sq ft of Grade A, flexible space across the entire eighth floor of Assembly Building C, pictured, on Cheese Lane,...
Business confidence has risen sharply in the South West as the region’s firms shrug off suggestions that UK economic growth is stalling. According to the latest Business Barometer from banking group Lloyds, optimism among South West companies climbed by 13 percentage points in January. Confidence in their own business...
