International property agency CBRE has promoted Tom Morris to managing director of its Bristol office 10 years after he joined the firm as a graduate. Tom, pictured right, will take over the role in the second quarter of this year from industry stalwart Garry Hicks, pictured below left, who...
Accountancy group Grant Thornton has promoted Bristol-based Dominic Merlin-Cone to partner in a move that reflects his success in working in its regional employer solutions team. The team advises businesses on all aspects of rewarding and incentivising staff, employment taxes, benefits and global mobility across Grant Thornton’s South region....
Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby has promoted its head of commercial property Alex Castiglione to partner. Alex joined the firm in 2002 as a temporary receptionist but stayed to train as a Chartered Legal Executive, gaining her qualifications to specialise in commercial property. Since qualifying in 2007, with her training...
The pioneering car-of-the-future research centre, due to open in 2020 on the outskirts of Bristol, has appointed its first programme director. Gavin Edwards, pictured, joined the University of Bath’s Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS) this week from the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), an academic department at the...
Bristol Chamber of Commerce and Initiative has appointed Richard Bonner, city executive at global building consultancy group Arcadis, as its new president, succeeding UWE vice chancellor and president Prof Steve West. Richard, pictured, will play a lead role in engaging with the government, local authorities and other organisations on...
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International law firm Simmons & Simmons is to relocate its Bristol base to a larger office as it looks for further expansion in the city. The firm said the move to the top two floors of the flagship Aurora building at Finzels Reach – which is still under construction...
The owners of environmental consultancy RSKW have been advised by Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright in its merger with RSK Group, which at the same time acquired CJ Associates and Up and Under Group. The result of the three deals is RSK Group increasing its headcount to...
Bristol’s economy could get a boost when tolls on the two Severn bridges are scrapped later this year, according to city business leaders – but the first impact could be more pressure on its already congested roads. The two crossings came into public ownership earlier this week, prompting an...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised market leading financial planners Paradigm Norton, headquartered in Bristol, on its merger with London firm The Red House Consulting. Paradigm Norton, founded in 2001, now employs 55 people across its offices in Ham Green, near Bristol, Torquay and London. Last...
A team from international legal practice Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office has advised urban regeneration company St Modwen on a planned 3,000-home development in South Gloucestershire. St Modwen, in partnership with the Tortworth Estate, wants to develop Buckover Garden Village over 10 to 20 years. The scheme is likely to...
A multi-award winning marketing agency with offices in Bristol and London has been bought out of administration by the existing management team, saving the jobs of all remaining staff. Rooster Punk, which was established in 2013 by serial entrepreneur and self-styled innovation junkie Paul Cash, was hit by a...
The boss of the UK’s largest newspaper group will explain why he believes journalism matters now more than ever in a speech in Bristol next month. Simon Fox, chief executive of Trinity Mirror, will deliver his lecture, entitled ‘The importance of professional journalism in a post-truth world,’ as part...
