National law firm Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth has appointed solicitor Laura Podger to its Bristol family law team. Laura joins from regional firm Royds Withy King’s Bath head office, having qualified as a solicitor this year. She has previous experience working in corporate and medical negligence law and now...
South West private commercial property consultancy ETP has appointed Alastair Kimpton and Edward Le Masurier as partners as the market continues to expand. Alastair joins the firm, which has offices in Cotham Hill, Bristol and Chepstow, after a five-year stint with Jones Lang LaSalle (now JLL). He specialises in development consultancy and commercial valuations,...
South West law firm Ashfords, which has one of its six offices in Bristol, is to merge with single-location Thames Valley firm Boyes Turner next year. The result of the link-up, which is likely to take place on May 1, will be a combined firm with 100 partners, around...
Monday December 3 Economic announcement: Manufacturing PMI (November) Tuesday December 4 Final: ITE Interims: Northgate, Hewlett Packard Enterprises Trading update: Ferguson Economic announcement: Construction PMI (November) Wednesday December 5 Interim: Stagecoach Trading update: Saga Economic announcement: Services PMI (November) Thursday December 6 Interim: DS Smith Trading updates: Legal &...
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 Chris Holland, managing director of Waste Source, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Social Network. Book you read? I’m not...
A former industrial building in Bedminster ‘re-imagined’ as an artist-led contemporary art gallery officially opens next Friday. Kosar Contemporary on Malago Road is the largest independent art space in Bedminster and has been established in a 6,000 sq ft former light industrial factory by visual artist Zarabéa Esfendiar Kayani...
Last-minute tickets for next week’s Lord Mayor of Bristol Children Appeal Carol Concert are still available. The event, at the new look St George’s, takes place on Thursday, December 6 and will be raising funds for the appeal, which supports 1,650 families in the city with food, clothes and...
A pioneering app that helps drivers find an on-street parking space and so help tackle congestion has chosen Bristol for its launch. The crowdsourced data-led app, called Parklook, goes live on Tuesday (4 December) with the aims to be one of the easiest, safest and fastest ways to improve kerbside...
Two expanding businesses have helped set the pace for the North Bristol office market, filling a recently-refurbished building and setting what is believed to be a new record rent for business space out of the city centre. Global logistics company Agility has taken the 6,000 sq ft South building...
