Accountants Smith & Williamson’s Bristol-based corporate finance team and lawyers from the city office of Osborne Clarke have advised a family-owned transport firm operating across Yorkshire on its sale. Hull-based East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS), which has carries more than 17m passengers a year and employs 700 people, has been sold...
Lawyers at international legal practice Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office have helped a pioneering medical devices group focused on the emerging field of surgical endoscopy raise up to £48.5m through a share placing. Chepstow-based Creo Medical’s flagship product, called Speedboat, pictured, allows doctors to carry out surgical procedures without the...
Lawyers in regional firm Thrings’ Bristol office have helped a division of long-standing client Redde Group acquire a Grade A office building and adjoining land as part of its fast-paced expansion. FMG, the UK’s leading independent provider of fleet incident management and specialist vehicle recovery services, is moving into...
Almeda Facilities has won big at a national awards event that champions family businesses. The Keynsham-based firm secured the ‘Best Business to Work For’ and ‘Family Business of the Year’ titles for the South West at the National Family Business Awards. The awards are acknowledged as the...
St Austell Brewery’s Charitable Trust has donated £10,000 to Children’s Hospice South West following the recent official opening of Bath Ales’ new brewery in Warmley. Since acquiring Bath Ales in 2016, the Cornwall-based brewery has spread its Charitable Trust’s operations into area to ensure as many people as possible...
South West law firm Foot Anstey has recruited Mark Millar, a former general counsel and company secretary at the AA, as a Bristol-based partner in its expanding corporate and commercial team. The move means Mark, pictured, returns to private practice after 15 years leading in-house teams as general counsel...
Interest rates have been increased from 0.5% to 0.75% by the Bank of England – taking them to their highest level for nearly a decade. It is only the only the second time the Bank has hiked the cost of borrowing since the economy crashed 10 years ago. Most...
Bristol Airport’s new chief executive officer Dave Lees took up his post today with a pledge to work with businesses, politicians and local communities to build on the airport’s success and oversee its next phase of growth. Mr Lees, pictured, joins from of Southampton Airport where he was managing...
Bristol-based national law firm Burges Salmon has maintained its sector-leading trainee retention rate by offering positions to all but one of its 27 final-year trainee solicitors when they qualify in September. The 96% rate is much higher than the industry average of just under 80%. Last year Burges Salmon...
