Bristol-based café-bar chain Loungers has been acquired by private equity firm Lion Capital in a deal that values the business at £137m. The move paves the way for the group to achieve its ambition of opening one of its Lounge outlets on 500 high streets across the UK. The...
Monday 19 December Interims: Collagen Solutions, Goodwin AGMs: Management Resource Solutions, Proactis, World Careers Network EGM: Alternative Networks Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 20 December AGMs: Applied Graphene Materials, Artilium, dotdigital, Gfinity EGM: Tritax Big Box REIT Economics: CBI retailing reported sales Wednesday 21 December AGMs: Blue Star Capital,...
CARGO, the successful Bristol food and drink hub made from shipping containers, is to be extended by more than three times its current size as it continues to attract an eclectic mix of retailers, bars and restaurants. The first of 49 containers arrived on site this week to make...
Two landmark deals have been struck to bring the first occupiers to the Horizon 38 business park, Bristol’s largest speculative industrial development for decades. The deals with building materials supplier Selco and Village Hotels are being viewed as a clear vote of confidence in the 65-acre, 1m sq ft...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised on a loan facility that makes £14m available to residential care provider Bradbury House as it continues its expansion across the South West. Bradbury House Organisation has become an established, high-quality care provider for adults with learning disabilities following its...
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, as we approach Christmas, we have three ‘wise men’ – Coralie Triadou, Roddy Scaife and Gareth Evans - from Bristol’s new shared commuting service Slide Bristol...
Music-making opportunities for young people with special educational needs and disabilities have been boosted thanks to a new partnership between Colston Hall’s Bristol Music Trust and the city office of national law firm DAC Beachcroft. The firm will support Bristol Music Trust’s inclusive arts education programme A New Ambition...
A team of cyclists from law firm Thrings who completed this year’s gruelling Bristol-to-Paris bike ride have thrown down the gauntlet to their successors to raise even more money for Bristol children’s hospital charity Above & Beyond. While spending four days pedalling 430km might be considered a herculean effort...
Lawyers in the Bristol head office of national firm TLT have advised leading global online fashion retailer boohoo.com on its £3.3m acquisition of a controlling stake in fellow online fashion brand PrettyLittleThing. The TLT team was led by corporate partners Alice Gardner in Bristol and Stephen Devlin, based in...
