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Specialist investor BBRC (Bristol & Bath Regional Capital) has introduced two new senior roles to its team – with a further two to follow within months – as part of its ambitious five-year growth strategy. Paul Dennis-Jones has been appointed as chief investment officer at BBRC, which launched in...
New leadership appointments have been made in the UK Business Transactions Practice Group (BTG) based in international law firm Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office. With 60 partners and more than 140 fee-earners, the group also works from the firm’s London and Reading offices and accounts for around a third of its...
Regional accountancy, tax and advisory firm Bishop Fleming has increased its number of partners to 43 with the promotion of corporate finance director David Lock. David, pictured, left, with Bishop Fleming managing partner Andrew Sandiford, has extensive experience in corporate finance with a lead advisory, banking, debt and equity background. His...
The banking team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised on an innovative finance deal worth up to £70m from a group of three funders which will be used to build a major battery energy storage system. The funding was secured by global clean energy group TagEnergy to...
Bristol leadership coach Joe Constant has set up his own consultancy after developing a business model based around understanding the impact of a leader’s life experiences on a company’s culture. The son of a 1950s Windrush migrant from Dominica, Joe, pictured, has spent more than 20 years working with...
A new general manager has been appointed to one of the region’s leading four-star hotels. Gareth Ireland, pictured, has joined DoubleTree by Hilton, Cadbury House, in Congresbury, taking on the day-to-day running of the hotel, house and Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill. Gareth previously spent just over...
Expanding regional accountancy firm PKF Francis Clark is to create 80 jobs for graduates, school leavers and career changers - 11 of them in its Bristol office – as it steps up its early careers recruitment. The firm, which also has eight offices across the South West, hired 63 new...
A housebuilding expert with nearly 20 years’ industry experience has joined Bristol-based Barratt David Wilson Homes South West as its new head of construction. Mark Hughes, pictured, started his career as a trainee with Linden Homes (now Vistry) and honed his skills at some of the most respected names in the...
UWE Bristol has appointed Professor Andrew Simpson as dean and head of Bristol Business School. Andrew, pictured, has spent the past 10 years at Sheffield University Management School, where he was chair of management. His research interests are wide-ranging and include forecasting techniques in military supply chains, data-led decision-making...
