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...
