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Cycas debuts Marriott’s Moxy brand in the heart of Liverpool

Cycas to operate new Moxy Liverpool City Centre developed by Niveda Realty – Cycas’ second property in the city since the hotel management company launched ten years ago. Cycas Hospitality has signed a management contract with London-based real estate development and investment firm Niveda Realty and Marriott International to operate…
09/11/2018

Sam Harrison to launch new Thames-side restaurant

Restaurateur Sam Harrison - who owned Sam’s Brasserie in Chiswick and Harrison’s in Balham, until both sites were sold to Foxlow in 2015 - has announced plans to open a new restaurant and bar in Spring 2019 as part of the major rejuvenation project of Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, west…
David Sanson
07/11/2018

Temple Bright surges nationally in education sector construction projects

Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has received a flood of instructions on construction projects for existing and new schools clients across the UK. Bristol-based construction partner Julia Davenport-Cooper, who joined the firm in 2016, described a series of new appointments in the sector as evidence of a fast-developing…
Julia Davenport-Cooper
26/10/2018

Tech talent recruitment platform Hackajob rallies $6.7 million

London-based hackajob, a tech talent recruitment platform, has raised $6.7 million in funding. AXA Venture Partners led the round with participation from Downing Ventures. hackajob, a London-based tech startup which helps technical talent find their next job through human expertise and AI, has secured £5 million ($6.7 million) in funding…
25/10/2018

Temple Bright advises cosmetics platform Veleza on crowdfunding

Tech City law firm Temple Bright has advised Veleza, an online social community to help people buy beauty products matching their personal needs, on a £500,000 equity crowdfunding campaign across two platforms: SeedInvest in New York and Crowdcube in the UK. Veleza has built an engaged community of beauty product…
20/09/2018

Top private school boarding house contract boosts Temple Bright’s construction…

Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has continued to expand its construction practice in the education sector by advising on a prestigious £5.5m project at a leading independent school. The firm is working with Stowe School in Buckinghamshire on the construction of its new boys' boarding house. Due to…
Julia Davenport-Cooper
24/08/2018

Jobs saved after surf brand bought in pre-pack administration

A Devon-based leisurewear and accessories company has been bought in a pre-pack administration with 162 jobs saved. The business and assets of Saltrock Surfwear have been acquired by a subsidiary of Crew Clothing Co. Twenty five of the company's thirty stores will be retained with the remaining five closing and twenty nine redundancies…
Philip Winterborne
20/08/2018

Leading creative content production company CreativeDrive acquires Zebra Worldwide

Independent global content production company CreativeDrive has acquired Zebra Worldwide in the next stage of its growth as an international powerhouse of creative production. The acquisition combines CreativeDrive’s network of over 150 studios in the U.S., Latin America, Asia and Europe with Zebra’s impressive portfolio of video and content production…
James Vickerman
09/05/2018