Most firms in the South West remain cautious about their prospects as the coronavirus lockdown eases, according to the results of three business surveys released this week – but the region’s small manufacturers appear to be leading the bounce back. The surveys paint a mixed picture of the outlook...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Gregg Latchams has made a raft of promotions across the business, including two new directors, an associate director, senior associate and promotion to associate for two members of its private client team. Both head of long-term & elderly care Heledd Wyn, pictured right, and head of...
A franchise owner of Smallprint, the Bristol-based keepsake jewellery business, is in the running for an award in the ‘Oscars’ of the franchise industry. Nicola Thompson, who runs the Smallprint franchise for the Durham/Northumberland area, is competing in the Transformation category of the British Franchise Association (bfa)/HSBC British Franchise...
Bristol law firms are being urged to give up their time to support Bristol city centre hospitals charity Above & Beyond’s Write Your Will Fortnight. Four firms – Wards Solicitors, Fussell Wright, Lyons Bowe Solicitors and Simpson Solicitors – have already committed to take part in the annual initiative...
A high-growth software development business and the founder of an accountancy firm – both from Bristol – are in the running for coveted Great British Entrepreneur awards. Amdaris, which also has offices and development centres in the Moldova, Romania, and the UAE, is shortlisted for Scale-Up Entrepreneur of the Year...
Bristol’s investment-hungry tech start-ups can find out how to get the attention of potential funders in a webinar featuring experts from the city next week. Staged by Bristol-based tech investment bank ICON Corporate Finance in association with Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon, the free event aims to show...
Businesses based at UWE Bristol’s Future Space science and tech hub are celebrating securing more than £2m in funding – most of it targeted at helping them continue to innovate through the coronavirus crisis. Some £1.3m of the money has come from Innovate UK, the government’s innovation agency, over...
Technology specialists from the Bristol office of national law firm Ashfords have advised on a major fintech deal that could lead to Lloyds Bank developing an innovative cloud-based payment system. Helmed by Suzie Miles, pictured, a commercial partner in Ashfords’ technology practice, the team worked with Form3, a cloud-based platform for payment...
Business turnaround specialist Tim Sloggett has joined financial and professional services firm Smith & Williamson as a partner in its Bristol-based restructuring and recovery services (RRS) team. Tim, pictured, has arrived from ‘big four’ accountancy firm KPMG, where he worked as a director for just over three years with clients on turnarounds, refinancing, accelerated business sales and formal restructuring processes. Prior...
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed up the number of profit warnings issued by South West listed businesses to a 20-year high, with those in the travel and leisure sector hardest hit. According to new figures from accountancy group EY, profit warnings soared by 73% year-on-year in the first half of...
Backing 73 green energy deals worth a total of $630m (£495m) across Europe has earned ethical bank Triodos first place on an international league table for the fifth year running. The bank, which has its UK headquarters in Bristol, earned the position on the Clean Energy Pipeline global league...
Bristol-based green investment firm Rathbone Greenbank has strengthened its specialist ethical, sustainable and impact investment team with two new appointments. Sophie Lawrence joins Greenbank’s in-house research team as a senior researcher, responsible for assessing the social and environmental performance of investments while David Nicholsby arrives at the investment team as...
The latest edition of Smith & Williamson’s Enterprise leadership publication profiles Gregor Mowat, CFO and co-founder of Bristol-based LOQBOX. Financial exclusion is a major problem in the UK, with around 5.8m people shut out from large parts of the credit market1. For many, this is a Catch-22 – they’ve never had credit,...
