Professional services firm Grant Thornton has launched an innovative collaborative workspace in its new Bristol office. Introduced to the business community at its annual Faces of a Vibrant Economy gallery event, the space re-thinks the traditional office environment and provides groups with a modern and flexible facility to meet,...
Locked In A Room, the escape room venue operator, has relocated and upsized its Bristol outlet to bigger premises at Harbourside. The company has taken a 7,500 sq ft first floor unit overlooking Millennium Square, pictured, part of Canada Life Investments’ Harbourside development, on a new 10-year lease. It...
The competition team at Bristol-based national law firm Burges Salmon has advised the Co-operative Group on securing merger clearance for its proposed acquisition of convenience food store chain Nisa. The Co-op’s unopposed £137.5m bid for the 4,000-plus chain of stores was approved by Nisa members last November but was...
The first two new director posts at the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) have been filled as it continues to develop its senior leadership team. WECA is creating four director jobs in the areas of business & skills, infrastructure, investment & corporate services and legal services, which is...
Innovative law firm Temple Bright is continuing to develop its strong real estate practice in the South West by advising Cooperative retailer Radstock Cooperative Society on the expansion of its property portfolio. The Bristol and London has been working with the Society on the construction and opening of stores...
Bristol-based independent public relations and communications agency AMBITIOUS has landed a major national PR award – thanks to feedback from its clients. The agency, founded in 2013 by Bristol PR stalwarts Lis Anderson and Mel Beeby Clarke, was awarded Best Public Relations Agency (under 40 staff) at the RAR Awards...
Bristol boutique commercial litigation firm Loney Stewart Holland has appointed Scott Taylor as its fourth partner. Scott, pictured, joins from Bristol and London boutique firm Temple Bright, where he worked for just over a year as a dispute resolution partner. He brings a wealth of experience in niche firm...
Jennifer Holgate, a managing associate in the Bristol office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, is to become a member of the National Infrastructure Commission’s recently formed Young Professionals Panel (YPP). This new initiative from the Commission – the independent body tasked with advising government on the UK’s...
West of England law firm Foot Anstey been appointed to the official legal panel of international home improvement group Kingfisher following a detailed, nine-month strategic review of its legal requirements. Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, appears on the panel with eight other major UK law firms...
