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Ahead of the Agenda: The Fortnight Ahead

December 18, 2016
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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,...

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Shipping container hub expansion to deliver more space to Bristol’s indie food and drink sector

December 16, 2016
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Shipping container hub expansion to deliver more space to Bristol’s indie food and drink sector

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...

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First occupiers signed up for major speculative industrial development in Bristol

December 16, 2016
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First occupiers signed up for major speculative industrial development in Bristol

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...

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Temple Bright advises on £14m loan for residential care provider Bradbury House

December 16, 2016
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Temple Bright advises on £14m loan for residential care provider Bradbury House

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...

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The LAST WORD: Slide Bristol’s ‘Three Wise Men’

December 16, 2016
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The LAST WORD: Slide Bristol’s ‘Three Wise Men’

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...

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DAC Beachcroft strengthens Bristol’s role as centre for inclusive music making with new partnership

December 16, 2016
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DAC Beachcroft strengthens Bristol’s role as centre for inclusive music making with new partnership

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...

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Bragging rights up for grabs as Thrings cyclists saddle up for Bristol-Paris bike ride

December 16, 2016
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Bragging rights up for grabs as Thrings cyclists saddle up for Bristol-Paris bike ride

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...

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£3.3m online retail deal handled by TLT team

December 16, 2016
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£3.3m online retail deal handled by TLT team

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...

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Partnership launched at Engine Shed to drive forward city’s education-business links

December 16, 2016
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Partnership launched at Engine Shed to drive forward city’s education-business links

Engine Shed, Bristol’s innovation hub, has formed a partnership with City of Bristol College to help develop stronger links between further education and business. The collaboration is an invitation to businesses to engage more easily with apprenticeship provision and find out about the talented young people across the city...

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Bristol-led renewables bond hits target in record time as investors warm to sustainable energy

December 16, 2016
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Bristol-led renewables bond hits target in record time as investors warm to sustainable energy

Bristol-based Thrive Renewables has hit its target of raising £7.7m through a bond offer in just four weeks – some two months quicker than it expected. As reported by Bristol Business News in November, the firm behind the four-turbine wind farm in Avonmouth, wants to invest in more sustainable...

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Above & Beyond Christmas Star Concert shines for Bristol city centre hospitals  

December 16, 2016
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Above & Beyond Christmas Star Concert shines for Bristol city centre hospitals  

More than 700 people gathered in Bristol Cathedral last night to celebrate the work of Above & Beyond, the charity that raises funds for all nine of Bristol city centre hospital sites at its fourth annual Christmas Star Concert. The sold-out concert mixed traditional carol singing and festive music...

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Bristol luxury hotel changes hands in private sale

December 16, 2016
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Bristol luxury hotel changes hands in private sale

Privately owned Henbury Lodge Hotel, which was recently named as the best in Bristol, has been sold. The 20-bedroom luxury hotel, pictured, changed hands for an undisclosed sum. It was recently voted the top hotel in Bristol on TripAdvisor. The hotel occupies an historically-significant Grade II listed building in which...

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Bond Dickinson Bristol office digs deep to raise £13,000 for Ronald McDonald House

December 16, 2016
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Bond Dickinson Bristol office digs deep to raise £13,000 for Ronald McDonald House

National law firm Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office has raised more than £13,000 for the city’s Ronald McDonald House, its charity of the year. Ronald McDonald House is an independent charity that provides free home-from-home accommodation to the families of critically ill children receiving care at Bristol Royal Hospital for...

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