Bristol to host first Festival of Leadership to inspire collaboration and innovation

October 10, 2016
Bristol to host first Festival of Leadership to inspire collaboration and innovation

The UK’s first Festival of Leadership is to be staged in Bristol, with the city’s mayor Marvin Rees among its top-level speakers. The festival is the result of collaboration between UWE and the London-based Leadership Centre and will have the theme of ‘rethinking leadership for an uncertain world’. Its...

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SS Great Britain appoints construction firm to build its Brunel museum

October 10, 2016
SS Great Britain appoints construction firm to build its Brunel museum

Regional construction company Beard, which opened an office in Bristol last year, has been appointed by the ss Great Britain Trust to build its new national Brunel museum. Beard is working with Bristol-based Alec French Architects on the museum, part of the £7.2m Being Brunel project, which will explore...

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Burges Salmon advises fast-growing UK retail asset management group on IPO

October 10, 2016
Burges Salmon advises fast-growing UK retail asset management group on IPO

The corporate team from Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised asset management company Premier Asset Management Group on its listing on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market. The Burges Salmon team, led by partner Chris Godfrey, pictured, and assisted by senior associate Emma Sorrell and associate Mark...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

October 9, 2016
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Monday 10 October Finals: Surface Transforms, Waterman, YouGov Trading statements: City of London Investment Group, Vedanta Resources EGM: Informa Tuesday 11 October Interims: Brown (N), LiDCO, Ted Baker Finals: Genedrive, Nanoco, Volution Trading statements: PageGroup, Victrex Economics: BRC sales Wednesday 12 October Interims: Tissue Regenix, Vertu Motors Finals: Animalcare, Countryside Properties, Diurnal, Proactis Trading statements: Fresnillo, Global Graphics, Marston’s,...

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Businesses should show benefits of immigration in post-Brexit Britain, CBI president tells West bosses

October 7, 2016
Businesses should show benefits of immigration in post-Brexit Britain, CBI president tells West bosses

The president of the CBI has urged West business leaders to press for a ‘soft’ Brexit with full access to the European Single Market and to also counter the view that immigration is bad for the UK. Paul Drechsler CBE told the South West CBI annual dinner that he...

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Business figures bed down for the night to raise funds for vulnerable children

October 7, 2016
Business figures bed down for the night to raise funds for vulnerable children

Members of Bristol’s business community were among around 80 people from across the South West taking part in the UK’s largest sleep-out. They bedded down in Bristol’s Millennium Square on Friday night to raise money for youth services run by Action for Children. Among businesses involved in Byte Night...

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Growth Hub launches service to boost region’s small manufacturers

October 7, 2016
Growth Hub launches service to boost region’s small manufacturers

Small manufacturers in Bristol are to be supported by a new regional advisory programme launched by the West of England Growth Hub. The service will support nearly SME manufacturers within the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area, helping them to grow and create jobs.  The Local Manufacturing...

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Boutique dispute resolution firm launched in Bristol by trio of experienced litigators

October 7, 2016
Boutique dispute resolution firm launched in Bristol by trio of experienced litigators

Three Bristol-based lawyers have set up a new specialist dispute resolution boutique practice after leaving one of the city’s largest full-service legal firms. Partners Richard Loney, Alistair Stewart and Sarah Holland – who previously worked at Lyons Davidson – have launched Loney Steward Holland to specialise in the full...

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Training success leads to double celebration for Foot Anstey

October 7, 2016
Training success leads to double celebration for Foot Anstey

South West law firm Foot Anstey has retained all six of the latest trainee solicitors to have completed their two-year training contract with the firm. The achievement comes at the same time as the quality of its solicitor training has been confirmed to be of the highest standard by...

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