Some of the world’s brightest minds in fintech and investment are being brought together by Bristol-based tech-focused investment bank ICON Corporate Finance to provide a masterclass on successfully raising funds. The expert panel will provide the inside track on how to pitch for investment, whether through a bank, venture...
Bristol’s biggest virtual business showcase will next week highlight many of the city’s firms that innovating in the age of coronavirus. The Bristol Business Festival on Wednesday and Thursday promises “high-value content, great engagement and the positive boost we all need in these challenging times”, according to its organisers. It will...
The Festival of Sustainable Business, the one-day event aimed at showcasing and celebrating firms’ actions to achieve carbon neutrality, has announced Bristol City Council as a headline sponsor. The council joins fellow sponsors Bristol insurer Brunel Group and the Future Economy Network, the Bristol-based group that is also organising...
Lawyers from the Bristol headquarters of TLT have advised Bristol Energy, the loss-making company set up in 2015 by the city council, on the sale of its residential customer base and brand. Ethical energy firm Together Energy, based in Clydebank, Scotland, paid £14m for the assets in a deal...
Quartet, the community foundation covering Bristol and the West of England, has appointed its philanthropy director Ronnie Brown as interim CEO following the departure of Sue Turner. Sue, pictured, who has led the organisation for more than five years – a period in which she helped more than double...
A support programme to assist Bristol firms in responding to mental health concerns in the workplace, particularly those arising from Covid-19, has been launched. The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) is investing in the two-year Thrive at Work West of England programme, which aims to address key mental...
Kai von Pahlen, an associate in the Bristol office of law firm VWV, has become the Honorary Consul for Germany for Bristol, Somerset and Gloucestershire. Kai, who was born in Hamburg and studied law in the UK, was appointed to the role by the German Ambassador to the UK,...
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has appointed real estate partner Fiona O’Kane as the new head of its Bristol office, replacing banking partner Julian Kinsey, who held the post for four years. Fiona, pictured, joined the firm – then Bond Pearce – in 2001, three years after it opened...
Bristol businesses are being urged to help make cancer care in the city the best it can possibly be as part of a new campaign which launched this week. Bristol Against Cancer has been started by Above & Beyond, the NHS charity for University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS...
An independent estate agency with offices in and around Bristol has been acquired by its management in a deal put together by two law firms in the city. Westcoast Properties’ director Nicholas Webber and associate finance director Lindsay Pickles, pictured below, have taken ownership of the estate agency with...
Bristol-based human resources outsourcing specialist The HR Dept has appointed Sam Ali as the managing director of its franchise covering the city. Sam, pictured, has already set the ambitious target of boosting revenue by 50% during her first year in charge of the HR Dept Bristol, Bath and North...
An all-Bristol advisory team of lawyers and financial advisers has completed one of the biggest deals of recent years in the UK’s fast-growing pet food industry, despite the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The sale of Forthglade, the fast-growing ‘posh’ dog food brand, to IK Investment Partners (IK)...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has advised specialist asset-based lender Ultimate Finance Group, which has a base in the city, on a £20m loan-on-loan facility. The capital from OakNorth Bank will help Ultimate grow its bridging loan book, providing essential short-term funding to enable property developers and investors to complete...
