Wiltshire law firm Goughs Solicitors is offering to write not-for-profit and discounted Wills next month as part of its charity-of- the-year partnership with the Youth Adventure Trust. Single and joint Wills will be offered at a 50% discount by Goughs, with all proceeds going to the Youth Adventure Trust, the charity that uses...
Communications agency founder Natalie Sherman has been named as one of the UK’s most inspirational and dynamic female entrepreneurs. Natalie, pictured, who launched Corsham-based social-first consultancy Naturally Social in 2015, is among the businesswoman in the f:Entrepreneur ‘#ialso100’ campaign. Staged by Small Business Britain, a leading champion of UK small firms, f:Entrepreneur was launched...
Law firm Royds Withy King, which has an office in Bristol, has confirmed it is to merge with London practice Goodman Derrick on May 1 in a move that will boost its corporate and real estate offering. The two firms announced they were in talks about a possible combination last October. At the time...
Dealmakers from accountancy firm Deloitte’s South West mergers & acquisitions team completed a record number 17 deals last year – four of them in just three weeks during December. The total number, with a collective value of just under £2bn, was almost double that of 2020, when the team completed nine. Eight of the...
Monday January 24 Trading announcement: Computacenter Tuesday January 25 Trading announcement: Cairn Energy Wednesday January 26 Nothing listed Thursday January 27 Interim: NCC Trading announcements: AJ Bell, Euromoney Friday January 28 Nothing listed
A major redevelopment of Bristol Airport’s airside departure lounge is due to start on Monday. The £2.6m, three-month project, which will create dozens of jobs, aims to improve the shopping and dining experience for passengers before they board their flights. The lounge’s retail units will get a facelift while the WHSmith store is to...
Investments by the South West team of growth finance group BGF passed the £100m mark for the first time last year as it continued its strong run of funding ambitious businesses. The team injected £115m of equity into firms in 2021 – a 72% increase on 2020’s total and more than three times that...
More than nine in 10 of mid-market businesses in the South West have adopted hybrid or remote working as a way of overcoming the impact of the pandemic – but many are struggling to make it a success, according to a new survey. Research by accountancy firm Grant Thornton reveals 92% of the region’s...
Shares in Chippenham-headquartered logistics group Wincanton shot up by nearly 13% today after it said continued strong demand for its services was expected to lead to better-than-expected profits. In a trading update the group said its third-quarter revenue had grown by 15% compared to the same period last year as it overcame a shortage...
International property agency JLL has promoted its Bristol office lead director Simon Peacock to head of regions, giving him responsibility for its 10 regional offices across the UK. Simon, pictured, will also join JLL’s UK executive board while continuing to oversee the firm’s South West and Wales regions, which are served from offices in Bristol,...
