Insolvency and restructuring lawyer Philip Winterborne has been appointed the South West and Wales chair of R3, the recovery trade body. Philip, pictured, an insolvency and turnaround partner at Bristol-based Temple Bright solicitors, was formally appointed to the role at R3 South West and Wales’s AGM. He takes the reins from previous chair Louise...
Firms are being invited to enter teams for this year’s Brain of Bath Quiz to help end rough sleeping in the city. Up to 24 corporate teams of 10 will go head to head at the event, staged by Julian House, Bath’s main homeless charity, to raise much-needed awareness and funds to help vulnerable...
The family and mediation team in the Bath office of national law firm Stone King will be offering free information sessions to people considering divorce as part of Family Mediation Week. The awareness week, which runs from 20 to 24 January, is organised by the Family Mediators Association (FMA) and seeks to help separating...
A pioneering programme to help catalyse investment into some of the West of England’s fastest-growing start-ups has been launched by TechSPARK, the region’s tech sector information hub. The first of its kind in the UK, the Investment Activator Programme (IAP) will include activities to increase the flow of money into the area and showcase...
Bath-headquartered regional law firm Royds Withy King has appointed conveyancing executive Tim Bunting to its residential property and private wealth team in the city. Tim, pictured, brings with him nine years’ experience in the residential property sector. He has joined from the Bath office of rival Thrings, where he spent just over four-and-a-half years...
Leading figures from the West of England’s business community will gather next month for the region’s annual banquet to mark the Chinese New Year. Organised by the Bristol and West of England China Bureau, the high-profile event not only celebrates the most important date in the Chinese calendar but acts as a showcase for...
Bath Spa University’s business school is to launch a law degree course designed to take into account recent changes in the way students can qualify as a solicitor. The course has been created in consultation with a number of local law firms which have highlighted that many institutions ‘churn out’ graduates who know the...
National law firm Stone King has appointed Hannah Duddridge to its family and mediation team and Kez Bailey to head its IT operations. Both are based in the firm’s Bath office. Hannah, pictured, has joined from the London family law firm Dawson Cornwell, where she completed her training as a solicitor with a focus...
A magical Christmas tavern complete with mulled wine and festive canapes – not to mention some of Bath’s biggest baubles – greeted guests at law firm Thrings’ Christmas PM. The regular gathering took on a festive theme as the venue – Ian and Christa Taylor’s The Bird hotel – proved the ideal setting for...
A particular problem with social media is that it blurs the professional and the personal, the business and the individual – there may be a clear commercial objective to all this tweeting and blogging, but it’s the authentically human voice that makes an account stand out. A business may rightly regard its social media...
