Fast-growing Bristol-based financial services provider Clifton Asset Management has hit the takeover trail again, chalking up its fourth deal in nine months and sixth overall. The acquisition of financial advisory firm GB Financial Services increases Clifton’s assets under management (AUM) to around £1.2bn – a rise of more £500m...
The tax team at regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon is in the running for a major award, having been shortlisted four times previously and winning it once. It will line up as a finalist next month in the regional tax practice of the year category of the Tolley’s Taxation...
SWIG Finance, the non-profit company that supports viable South West businesses that cannot secure sufficient funding from their bank, has become the new regional business support partner for Start Up Loans. SWIG will work with the programme to deliver funding and support to help unlock the potential of small...
Evelyn Partners, the national wealth management and professional services group, has appointed Owen Burn as a VAT director in its Bristol office. Owen, pictured, joins from accountancy giant PwC, where he spent more than 14 years as a tax adviser assisting organisations with VAT and indirect taxes. Prior to that...
A long-established Bristol window and door manufacturer has gone into liquidation after being hit by the rising cost of materials and the effects of the pandemic on the construction industry. Family-owned West-End Windows, based in Novers Hill, Bedminster, had been trading for 48 years and employed 17 people. It...
Work has started on a hydrogen innovation centre on the outskirts of Bristol which will help put the West of England in the fast lane for research into alternative low carbon fuels. The centre, which will be housed in the £70m Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS) building...
South West chartered accountancy firm Albert Goodman is to open a new office in Bristol city centre, more than doubling the size of its current suburban base. The firm, which also has offices in Taunton, Yeovil, Weymouth and Weston-super-Mare, has signed a lease on 3,000 sq ft of newly...
Business confidence in the South West has bounced back this month, rising for the first time this year – but the region still remains one of the least optimistic parts of the UK. The latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking shows confidence levels among firms in the...
Ambitious small to medium-sized businesses in Bristol and across the West of England are being offered support to buy new products and equipment to increase production and help them grow. The funding is from a new round of Business Growth and Adaptations Grants launched by West of England Combined...
ICON Corporate Finance, the Bristol-headquartered tech-focused investment bank, has appointed Will Cave as its new associate director. With experience in buy-side, sell-side and fundraising due diligence, Will began his career with London-based accountants SRLV before qualifying as a chartered accountant in BDO’s international team. Having worked across deals in...
It’s been about a year since the City Council started bringing in new rules around bin collections, under its stated aim to create more pleasant spaces which are easier to access and less likely to attract vermin. Essentially, there’s now a ban in affected areas on leaving bins out...
Law firm Thrings has appointed three newly qualified solicitors in a move it says reflects the way it continues to retain talent nurtured through its trainee scheme. Georgina James, pictured, joins the firm’s corporate and commercial department, working out of its Bristol base, while Rhiannon Forbes is now a member of...
Bristol firms need more help from the government in the face of stubbornly high inflation, including transitioning to more energy efficient sources and easing supply chain difficulties, the region’s biggest business organisation has said. With annual inflation unexpectedly jumping from 10.1% in January to 10.4% last month, Business West...
