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Ramsgate freeport proposal to be backed by government and private…

Central and local government funding and private finance would be used to back a freeport idea connecting Ramsgate Port and the Manston airport site, claims the marketing company putting forward the proposal despite the sites being in council, crown and private ownership. Founder of company i4c, Stan Vines, says the…
19/06/2020

Wiltshire IT firm in strategic merger with HSBC UK support

A Wiltshire IT company has completed a strategic merger with an IT firm in Bristol after securing a six-figure finance facility from HSBC UK, in a deal that was concluded at the height of lockdown. MDS Technologies, which designs, builds and manages Cloud infrastructures, platforms and IT solutions predominantly for…
Alex Pyatt
16/06/2020

Pharma services group Ergomed secures £30m credit facility from HSBC…

HSBC has provided £30 million of super senior debt to support London-listed pharma services company Ergomed in the continuation of its acquisition drive, according to sources. The £15 million multi-currency growth RCF and £15 million accordion facility means the group is 2.4x levered with no junior debt. Ergomed has recently…
Alistair Hill
31/03/2020

Temple Bright and Vickery Holman taken on to advise expanding…

Fast-growing portable traffic equipment firm SRL Traffic Systems has appointed two Bristol-based professional advisory firms as its national expansion drive continues. The appointment of multi-disciplinary surveying firm Vickery Holman and law firm Temple Bright follows SRL’s management buyout last year, which was backed by £24m from private equity firm LDC. …
Aaron Bennett
28/02/2020

3D Repo announce £2.3m Series A funding round

Tech specialist law firm Temple Bright has advised 3D Repo, the pioneers of cloud-based design collaboration in Building Information Modelling (“BIM”), on a £2.3m Series A investment round. Cutting edge technology by 3D Repo has been successfully deployed on some of the largest and most prestigious construction projects with companies…
James Vickerman
31/01/2020

Chair appointed at Wales and South West arm of R3

A partner at Temple Bright solicitors has been appointed as the Wales and South West chair of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3. Philip Winterborne was formally appointed to the role at the organisation's AGM, taking the reins from previous chair Louise Durkan, a partner at Quantuma. "Our profession rescues…
Philip Winterborne
28/01/2020

Temple Bright develops education niche with Gloucestershire trust win and…

Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has won a significant appointment to advise Gloucestershire Learning Alliance, a trust with six schools. Like other multi-school partnerships established in recent years, the GLA Trust has been created to maximise opportunities arising from the sharing of resources and expertise. It was launched…
Julia Davenport-Cooper
29/11/2019

Temple Bright acts for Channel 4 on its new Bristol…

Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised Channel 4 on legal work linked to its new Bristol Creative Hub. The recently opened 3,200 sq ft office, in the historic Fermentation Buildings at Finzels Reach will become a base for key creative decision makers supporting Channel 4’s relationship with the…
Aaron Bennett
22/11/2019