Pair of senior promotions strengthen FRP Advisory’s Bristol office

May 30, 2019
Pair of senior promotions strengthen FRP Advisory’s Bristol office

Specialist business advisory firm FRP Advisory has made two senior promotions in its Bristol office following a year of significant investment in its people and services. Corporate restructuring team members Susan Evans and Matt Whitchurch have been made a director and senior manager respectively. Together they have more than...

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Fintech master’s to be launched by UWE as sector continues to gather strength in Bristol

May 30, 2019
Fintech master’s to be launched by UWE as sector continues to gather strength in Bristol

UWE is to start a master’s degree in fintech in September to prepare students for the regulatory and ethical challenges likely to arise from the mass take-up of new disruptive technologies. It will also give them the chance to gain in-depth knowledge on subjects including cryptocurrencies, Blockchain technology and...

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Senior appointment boosts Savills’ Bristol planning team

May 30, 2019
Senior appointment boosts Savills’ Bristol planning team

Property adviser Savills has strengthened its planning team in Bristol with the appointment of Sean Lewis as a senior planner. Sean, pictured, joins from the Bristol head office of town planning and development consultancy Tetlow King, where he worked as a senior planner for more than four years.  He...

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Welcome aboard. SS Great Britain lands award as Europe’s friendliest museum

May 29, 2019
Welcome aboard. SS Great Britain lands award as Europe’s friendliest museum

Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Bristol’s most-popular visitor attraction, has been judged the friendliest and most-welcoming museum in Europe. Judges of the prestigious European Museum of the Year Awards awarded the iconic ship and its Being Brunel experience the prestigious Portimão Prize – the only UK attraction to feature among...

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TLT’s fast-growth team helps secure £3.5m investment for expanding e-learning firm

May 29, 2019
TLT’s fast-growth team helps secure £3.5m investment for expanding e-learning firm

Innovative digital e-learning platform Elucidat has been advised by lawyers from the Bristol head office of national law firm TLT on a £3.5m funding aimed at speeding up its growth. The Series A investment from YFM Equity Partners will also be used by Brighton-based Elucidat to invest in staff...

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Womble Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office selects SARSAS as partner charity for next two years

May 28, 2019
Womble Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office selects SARSAS as partner charity for next two years

Somerset & Avon Rape & Sexual Abuse Service (SARSAS) has been chosen by the Bristol office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) as its partner charity for the next two years. SARSAS is a specialist support service for people across Bristol, Bath, Somerset and South Gloucestershire who...

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Smith & Williamson and Thrings experts help family-owned holiday cottage firm sell to market leader

May 28, 2019
Smith & Williamson and Thrings experts help family-owned holiday cottage firm sell to market leader

The Bristol office of accountancy group Smith & Williamson and regional law firm Thrings have advised the family shareholders of a leading holiday cottage agency on its sale to the UK’s market leader in self-catering breaks in an all-West Country deal. Dorset Coastal Cottages’ acquisition by The Travel Chapter...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

May 26, 2019
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Monday May 27 Bank holiday Tuesday May 28 Final: Altitude Group, Amigo Holdings, Kainos Group Interims: Oxford Biodynamics, AFI Developments Economic announcement: BBA Mortgage Lending Figures Wednesday May 29 Finals: Aveva Group, HarbourVest Global Privat Equity, Stobart Group, Telford Homes Interims: Jadestone Energy, PJSC Lukoil Thursday May 30 Finals:...

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The LAST WORD: Ian Coyle, operations director, First Bus, West of England

May 24, 2019
The LAST WORD: Ian Coyle, operations director, First Bus, West of England

Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Ian Coyle, operations director for First Bus, West of England, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST:  Film you watched? War Horse. Having seen this...

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