Renew Legal, the Bristol-based niche practice focused on the renewable energy and energy storage sectors, has appointed Helen Rumford to head its property team. Helen, pictured, joins from the Bristol office of regional firm Thrings, where she worked for four years – the last two as head of renewables....
Artificial Intelligence (AI) could double the UK’s economic growth over the next two decades – with Bristol at the forefront of the revolution, city business leaders have been told. An event staged by the Bristol office of accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson heard from the...
A programme to enable some of the UK’s best tech scale-up companies become the sector giants of tomorrow has been launched by the University of Bristol The programme, part of a national project, is supported by £5m of government money through Research England’s Connecting Capability Fund. It will enable...
Bristol businesses are to be helped prepare for the challenges and opportunities that Brexit will bring when an Export for Growth roadshow arrives in the city later this month. The day-long Trade Horizons event is one of four being staged across the South West by Business West – the...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has completed one of its most-complex projects – the year-long task of advising on the transfer of thousands of assets from nine separate UK research organisations to the new single strategic research and innovation body UKRI. The high-value work for the Department for...
The South West’s most technologically advanced brewery has been officially opened on the outskirts of Bristol following a multi-million pound investment by drinks and pub group St Austell. Bath Ales’ new state-of-the-art Hare Brewery at Warmley will double its capacity and open up the possibility of a wider range of beers. The...
Global real estate services group Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Anthony Martin as partner to head its Bristol-based valuation team. Anthony, pictured, brings 35 years of experience. He joins from Bruton Knowles’ Gloucester office, where he was head of valuation. Prior to that, he held senior positions at Cluttons’...
Three recruitment firm bosses, a university pro vice-chancellor and the founder of a tech business that harnesses under-utilised computer power for financial services and animation clients are among the Bristol directors hoping to win one of the region’s top awards for boardroom excellence. The Institute of Directors (IoD) has...
Partner Linda Convery has been promoted by Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT to become its new head of social housing. The move comes on the back of several years of significant growth for the team with four new partners including disputes partner Kane Kirkbride, corporate partner David Isaacson, finance...
