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Foot Anstey team’s success in completing complex sale of UK game developer to global group

November 28, 2023
Foot Anstey team’s success in completing complex sale of UK game developer to global group

The corporate team at national law firm Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, has advised on the majority sale of global game developer Push Gaming on its to mobile gaming group LeoVegas. Founded in 2010 by Winston Lee and James Marshall, London-based Push Gaming is one of...

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New director for Haines Watts Bristol as it strengthens leadership for period of transition and growth

November 27, 2023
New director for Haines Watts Bristol as it strengthens leadership for period of transition and growth

Accountancy firm Haines Watts Bristol has promoted Conor O’Sullivan to company director as it continues to press head with its future management strategy. Conor, pictured, has joined the four other directors making up the management team in the Bristol office of the small and medium-sized accountancy specialist. The appointment...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

November 26, 2023

Monday November 27 Interims: JLEN, Sysgroup, DSW Capital, Celebrus Trading announcement: Rightmove Tuesday November 28 Finals: easyJet, Greencore, Treatt, Focusrite, Renew Holdings Interims: Pets at Home, VP, Mercia Asset, Supreme, GB Group, Kinovo, Augmentum Fint, Brickability Group, Totally, Marlowe Trading announcements: Dowlais, Loungers, DP Eurasia, SafestoreEconomic announcement: Public sector...

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Look Who’s back in Bristol! Classic TV programme latest to boost city’s standing as top filming location

November 24, 2023
Look Who’s back in Bristol! Classic TV programme latest to boost city’s standing as top filming location

Bristol’s burgeoning TV industry is celebrating a triple success as two long-awaited productions filmed in the city hit the small screen and shooting starts on a third. The Tardis returns to BBC One and iPlayer tomorrow with the first of three Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials. The third episode...

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Shaw & Co races past £500m deal-value mark as it prepares for nationwide expansion

November 24, 2023
Shaw & Co races past £500m deal-value mark as it prepares for nationwide expansion

Bristol-based corporate finance advisory firm Shaw & Co has passed the significant milestone of handling transactions worth half-a-billion pounds following its two most recent deals. The firm, founded by Jim Shaw, pictured, 12 years ago, has since become a key player in the market, helping the owners of small...

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Talented Burges Salmon staff sing, dance and joke their way to raising £23,000 for food poverty charities

November 24, 2023
Talented Burges Salmon staff sing, dance and joke their way to raising £23,000 for food poverty charities

Partners, lawyers and staff from Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon showed off their talent at a sold-out charity event staged at iconic music venue Bristol Beacon ahead of its official reopening. Burges Salmon’s Got Talent, which took place in the venue’s newly renovated Lantern Hall, pictured, raised a...

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From baking to painting – Yuup celebrates creating £3m boost for indie businesses in just three years

November 24, 2023
From baking to painting – Yuup celebrates creating £3m boost for indie businesses in just three years

Yuup, the Bristol-based local experiences company, has generated £3m income for independent businesses in and around the city in less than three years as it gears up for a busy festive season. The firm, which launched in Bristol in April 2021 and expanded into the West Midlands a year...

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Bank calls on youth empowerment group Babbasa to help it create a more inclusive workplace

November 24, 2023
Bank calls on youth empowerment group Babbasa to help it create a more inclusive workplace

The Bristol headquarters of international ethical bank Triodos has hailed its partnership with city-based social enterprise Babbasa as it aims to deliver on its mission to create a thriving society that promotes quality of life for all. The link-up was launched in May to give Triodos staff training and...

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Osborne Clarke team seals deal for the sale of NHS pharmaceutical offshoot to private equity firm

November 23, 2023
Osborne Clarke team seals deal for the sale of NHS pharmaceutical offshoot to private equity firm

The Bristol corporate team at international law firm Osborne Clarke has advised on the sale of a pharmaceuticals services firm that started in the backroom of an NHS hospital in the 1970s. The lawyers worked with the management team of Torbay Pharmaceuticals on its takeover by private equity firm...

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