Bristol-based renewable energy investment company Thrive Renewables has provided a £4m loan to help build the country’s tallest wind turbine in its home city. With the funding now in place, the community interest company behind the scheme – Ambition Community Energy – can move ahead with its construction. Groundwork...
Fast-growing eCommerce fulfilment company Huboo is to create more than 400 jobs under its latest expansion plans as it prepares to open a major new warehouse. The Bristol-headquartered firm, which increased its revenue by 124% in the year to January, is to occupy a new 106,000 sq ft building...
The intellectual property (IP) team at law firm Foot Anstey is to mark World Intellectual Property Day next week by offering free 30-minute consultations for businesses worried about IP issues. Lawyers from across the firm’s offices, including Bristol, will be stage the event from 26 April – World IP...
Specialist engineering firm SEA has been awarded a major contract for its traffic safety and enforcement system by Bristol City Council as it prepares to launch its Clean Air Zone in September. SEA, which has an office in Bristol, is to instal 49 of its ROADflow Fusion cameras at...
Bristol-based mechanical engineering specialist Cosgrove & Drew has appointed experienced West of England company director Bob Holt as its new chairman to help with its expansion plans. Mr Holt, pictured, a former director of Gloucestershire building contractor Mears Group and a serial investor, has also become a major shareholder...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has achieved a £3.5m funding application for fire safety remediation work at a development in the capital, including removing and replacing its cladding. Completion of the grant funding agreement with the Greater London Authority enabled building contracts to be signed the following...
Bristol health and protection insurer National Friendly has maintained its strategy of expanding its coverage in the private medical insurance (PMI) market with the launch of a new flagship policy. ‘Extensive’ offers policyholders unlimited cover and what the mutual society describes as excellent service and is tailored to the...
Burges Salmon has appointed 13 new directors in what the Bristol-headquartered national law firm called a reflection of its ambitious strategy for growth across a number of key areas and specialisms. The firm, which employs 800 people in its Bristol HQ and London and Edinburgh offices, also said the...
Bristol-based tech-focussed investment bank ICON Corporate Finance has advised on the sale of a printing and packaging specialist to global sector leader Canon. The deal involving Hampshire-based Edale is the latest in a string of international deals advised on by ICON, which said it reflected the continuing attractiveness of...
Avon Group, the Bristol-based engineering business, has completed its second acquisition in as many months – and fourth in less than two years – with the takeover of a specialist manufacturer. AntiVibe makes power transmission couplings and precision-made technical rubber and plastic components used in a wide range of industrial machinery...
Law firm Foot Anstey has promoted three of its Bristol-based lawyers – Rebecca Kibby, Mark Li and Christian Silk – into its partnership. Their appointments – along with those of John Catchpole from its Truro office and Exeter-based Adam McKenna – take effect from 1 May and will increase...
Monday April 18 Bank holiday Tuesday April 19 Final: JTC plc Trading announcements: Integrafin Holdings, Kainos Group Wednesday April 20 Interim: Carr’s Group Q1 result: Centamin Trading announcements: Antofagasta, Rio Tinto, Bunzl Thursday April 21 Finals: LBG Media, Safestyle UK, Churchill China Trading announcements: Meggitt, BHP Group, Rentokil Initial, Relx, AJ Bell, Segro, DP...
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has appointed three new partners in its Bristol office as part of a firm-wide set of promotions. The new partners in Bristol, who will take up their new roles on May 1, are Damocles Merry, Fiona Sweeting and Charlotte Walker. Damocles specialises in merger...
