Bellisimo! Italians get taste for Moor’s made-in-Bristol craft beer

November 24, 2017
Bellisimo! Italians get taste for Moor’s made-in-Bristol craft beer

Bristol-based Moor Beer has become the first brewery to continuously supply British cask beer to the Italian market. Cask beer has previously been available in Italy at festivals and one-off deals. But the growing reputation of Moor Beer means multiple monthly shipments have started and are increasing. While the...

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Osborne Clarke mourns death of retired partner in Clipper Round The World race

November 24, 2017
Osborne Clarke mourns death of retired partner in Clipper Round The World race

Law firm Osborne Clarke has announced the death of retired partner Simon Speirs following an accident during the Clipper Round The World yacht race. The firm said Mr Speirs, pictured, embarked on the challenge following his retirement as a partner last year. He is understood to have been swept...

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South Korean investor’s £95.5m acquisition of Bristol office shows strength of market, say agents

November 24, 2017
South Korean investor’s £95.5m acquisition of Bristol office shows strength of market, say agents

Bristol’s office market has been held up as offering good long-term growth for property investors following the off-market sale of a landmark building to a South Korean individual for £95.5m. 10 Canons Way at Harbourside, pictured, was sold freehold by the Topland Group in one of the largest deals...

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Former Trinity Mirror boss takes over as chief executive of Bristol communications agency JBP

November 24, 2017
Former Trinity Mirror boss takes over as chief executive of Bristol communications agency JBP

Bristol-headquartered national communications consultancy JBP has appointed Steve Anderson-Dixon as its new chief executive to support the company’s future growth ambitions. Mr Anderson-Dixon, pictured, is a former chief operating officer of Trinity Mirror’s regionals division, the largest national and regional media publisher in the UK. He has been a board member at JBP for just...

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Budget 2017: Bristol academic’s reaction: Against a dismal backdrop, the Chancellor has run out of ideas

November 24, 2017
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Senior lecturer in economics at UWE Bristol, Dr Jo Michell, believes the Chancellor offered little of substance in a Budget to forget. “It is unlikely that Chancellor Phillip Hammond was looking forward to his Budget speech. He would have seen the latest economic forecasts from the independent Office for...

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Temple Bright advises BPL on legal sector consolidation deal with Metamorph

November 24, 2017
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Innovative law firm Temple Bright has advised the owners of South West property solicitors BPL on the sale of the practice to the rapidly expanding Metamorph Law group. BPL, formed in 2005 by solicitors David Bridge and Mark Stimson, has a staff of around 100 based in offices in...

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Budget 2017: Property industry reaction. Some good moves – but Chancellor should have done more

November 24, 2017
Budget 2017: Property industry reaction. Some good moves – but Chancellor should have done more

Budget measures affecting the housing market, business rate reform, infrastructure and city development gave the region’s property sector plenty of food for thought – with many commentators saying the Chancellor could have done much more. David Westgate, chief executive of Keynsham-based estate agency and property group Andrews, welcomed the...

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Bristol Zoo teams up with architects to protect Madagascar’s endangered wildlife

November 24, 2017
Bristol Zoo teams up with architects to protect Madagascar’s endangered wildlife

Bristol Zoological Society has teamed up with architecture firms Grant Associates and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios to help save critically endangered wildlife on Madagascar. Bristol Zoological Society (BZS) operates a field research centre and eco-tourist camp in the heart of Ankarafa Forest on the African island – home to...

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Canning line opens up brand new opportunities for craft beer firm ahead of move to new brewery

November 23, 2017
Canning line opens up brand new opportunities for craft beer firm ahead of move to new brewery

Craft brewery The Wild Beer Co, which describes Bristol as its spiritual home, has invested more than £500,000 in a state-of-the-art canning line as it prepares move to a new ‘destination brewery’. The new equipment has coincided with a branding overhaul for its cans to bring them into line with...

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