Two innovative Bristol building projects have been named among the best in the South West in a prestigious property awards scheme. The developments – The Wave inland surfing attraction at Easter Compton and the Copper Building residential scheme in South Bristol – were recognised in the 2020 Michelmores’ Property...
Three Bristol digital marketing and tech experts have set up what they believe is the most user-friendly and comprehensive platform to enable smaller firms to apply to the government’s recently launched Kickstart Scheme. KickstartGo has just one simple form that businesses need to complete if they want to make...
A Bristol lawyer who launched a group to help create opportunities for women in the sector who have taken a career break has won a national award. Sarah Green, an associate in Bristol headquartered national law firm TLT’s family team, earned the title of Outstanding Returner of the Year...
Boosting skills and developing the physical and digital infrastructure will be vital for South West to build back better from the economic ravages of coronavirus, the CBI said today in a major new report. Called Reviving Regions, the paper highlights long-standing regional inequalities across England which have inhibited growth, opportunity and...
Bristol’s burgeoning business links with China are to be mapped for the first time in a major research project. The Bristol and Bath Chinese Ecosystem Analysis, which will be published next spring, will track all business, investment and academic connections between the area region and China, offering a definitive...
Two of Bristol’s largest law firms have been named among the UK’s top employers for addressing social mobility. Burges Salmon and TLT appear in the latest 2020 Social Mobility Employer Index, the leading authority on employer best practice. Burges Salmon is ranked 39 th while TLT is at 68th...
Bristol firms trading in Europe have been told that it is ‘almost too late’ if they have not planned for a worst case scenario following the end of the Brexit transition on January 1. The 50-day countdown to that date was on Wednesday and Business West, the region’s largest...
Bristol-based professional advisers have overcome turbulent times in the domestic tourist sector to complete the sale of a long-established Welsh holiday cottage business to one of the UK’s leading vacation lettings agencies. The Bristol office of accountancy group Smith & Williamson worked with the corporate team from law firm...
A service offering legal clients an alternative approach to resolving expensive and time-consuming costs disputes has been started by a team of Bristol-based specialists. The range of services supplied by Legal Costs Resolutions’ (LCR) is designed to eliminate issues between disputing parties and help achieve a quicker, more efficient...
Nuclear law experts from Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon are to give legal advice to some of the UK’s top atomic scientists as they look to revolutionise power generation by harnessing fusion energy. The firm has been appointed as the principal legal provider to the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)...
Bristol businesses are being urged to join a new group which launched today to help make the city carbon neutral within 10 years by sharing experiences and best practice. Fifteen leading organisations from across the city have already signed to become members of the Climate Leaders Group, ranging from...
Bristol law firm Gregg Latchams, one of the UK’s oldest surviving legal practices, has unveiled a new look and new name – GL Law – to reflect its new way of working in the rapidly changing legal market. The change is part of a major rebrand for the firm...
Bristol-based pensions and employee benefits communications firm Concert Consulting, which works with blue-chip clients such as the AA and Nationwide, has been sold to a US-based global HR benefits and consulting group. Concert, which was founded by managing director Peter Walsh in 2004, specialises in communicating to more than...
