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...
Rebecca Eels, a senior associate in the Bath office of national law firm Stone King, has been appointed to the board of a membership organisation representing more than 300 family mediators in England and Wales. The Family Mediators Association (FMA) also supports the education, training and high professional standards of mediators. Rebecca, pictured, a...
Two Bath-headquartered law firms have been included among the UK’s top 200 in the UK legal sector. Royds Withy King and Stone King are included in the latest edition of a prestigious publication produced by The Times. The Times Best Law Firms 2020 survey is based on the views of solicitors in England and...
Independent Bath law firm Mowbray Woodwards is to join national firm Stone King’s private client team in the city in a move that creates one of the largest practices of its kind in the South West. The merger – which becomes effective on December 1 – involves the entire Mowbray Woodwards operation. The single...
Civil engineering, plant, transport and waste group MJ Church has completed the acquisition of an historic quarry in a deal handled by Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King. Ownership of Wick Quarry in South Gloucestershire will enable Marshfield-headquartered MJ Church to take on a large conservation area that includes a nature reserve and wetlands...
Bath-based chartered accountants Richardson Swift and law firm Mogers Drewett teamed up to host an exclusive drinks and film evening at the city’s TIVOLI Cinema. More than 50 guests attended the event, which included a pre-screening of Hard, Cracked the Wind – the latest short film from Early Day Films, the BAFTA-winning Bristol film...
