The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs returns to Bristol next month for its fifth year, with a jam-packed programme featuring amazing entrepreneurs and inspirational start-ups. Among those taking part will be Julie Deane of The Cambridge Satchel Company, tech entrepreneur Alex Depledge and Oliver Bonas founder Oliver Tress. Panels will...
The Bristol-based Festival of Female Entrepreneurs (FFE) is on the look-out for up-and-coming female business talent to enter its annual awards as it prepares to return to the city for a fifth year. The FFE, organised by small business support group Enterprise Nation, stages its high-profile annual event at...
Regional law firm Foot Anstey has appointed Paul Sankey as a partner in its clinical negligence group, further expanding its offering across the areas of clinical negligence, mental capacity and personal injury. Paul, pictured, joins Foot Anstey’s Bristol office from a leading London firm Slater and Gordon, where he led...
International law firm Osborne Clarke has retained 11 of its 12 autumn qualifiers – a 92% retention rate - with five qualifying into its Bristol office. Six other qualifiers will be based in its Thames Valley and London offices. Lara Flynn, 23, and a former Cardiff University student, qualifies into the...
The Bristol office of regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming has recruited seven trainees as it – and the local economy – continue to grow. Over the past year the Bishop Fleming’s seven offices have increased organic turnover by nearly 14%. The firm has taken on 35 trainees in total...
Property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has boosted its Bristol-based national telecoms team with a new assistant surveyor. Alice Odonkor, pictured, a Real Estate Management graduate of the University of Westminster, joins from the Freshwater Group, where she was assistant property manager. Alice said: “Being in the telecoms team...
Monday 19 September Interims: Gama Aviation, Instem, Judges Scientific, Maintel Holdings, SimiGon Finals: Finsbury Food, Petra Diamonds Trading statement: Dairy Crest EGMs: McColl’s Retail, Norman Broadbent, NQ Minerals, Pinewood Group Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 20 September Interims: Augean, Bango, Crossrider, French Connection, Horizon Discovery, Kingfisher, Lighthouse Group, Personal Group, Regional Reit, Shield Therapeutics, Smart...
Bristol has the opportunity to become a global hub for nuclear industry innovation with the potential to create thousands of skilled jobs following the historic decision to build the Hinkley Point C power plant, business figures said today. The final go-ahead for the £18bn project, after nearly a decade...
Bristol business leaders welcomed the government’s historic decision to go ahead with the £18bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, saying it will create a huge economic boost for the West of England and lead to thousands of new jobs. Business West, the region’s largest business organisation which last...
