Work on a pioneering pilot project that could help ease Bristol’s housing shortage has reached its final stage of construction. The innovative Gap House concept, which has been developed in the city, is being used to turn a disused council-owned garage plot in Horfield into much-needed affordable housing, pictured. Designed...
A nature charity caring for more than 1,000 hectares is looking to reduce its energy bills by around a quarter after adding solar PV panels to its head office and visitor centre. Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust called in Clevedon-based Solarsense to complete the work after admitting that at first it...
Property agency Savills has taken on Chris Barako as a director in the development team based in its Bristol office. The appointment marks Chris’s return to the team, which he originally joined in 2010. Having spent more than seven years with Savills, during which time he was promoted to...
Legal teams from Burges Salmon, the Bristol-headquartered national law firm, have advised on three major cross-border deals spanning the learning tech and renewable energy sectors. The firm’s corporate and M&A team worked with UK-based learning technology company Think Learning on its acquisition by Totara Learning Group, a global leader...
A national competition to find Britain’s best-loved office dog has been launched by the design company behind many of Bristol’s top modern workplaces. Dog owners from across the UK can nominate their canine colleagues and share a photo of their pets at work – with a winner being chosen...
Bristol building contracting group Shield Services is providing some Christmas cheer for young hospital patients and their families by setting up a special yuletide light display. The Warmley-headquartered group has used scaffolding on a building opposite the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children to stage the lightshow, which will stay...
Global real estate services firm JLL has made two key appointments to its South West project management and cost management teams. Henry Blunden has re-joined JLL as director of cost management, while Helen James takes on the role of associate in the Bristol project management team. Henry, pictured, who has...
South West chartered accounting firm Albert Goodman has strengthened its Bristol base with the arrival of Dawn Baker as partner, practice protection and forensic services. The firm, which opened the office last year, described Dawn’s appointment as a significant hire that bolstered its service offerings in forensic accounting as...
Monday December 2 Final: SRT Marine Systems Economic announcement: PMI manufacturing Tuesday December 3 Finals: SSP Group, On The Beach Group, Greencore Group, Gooch & Housego, Marston’s, Paragon Banking Group, Diales Interims: DiscoverIE Group, System1 Group, Mind Gym, Ondo Insurtech Wednesday December 4 Finals: Tritax Eurobox, Treatt, Ixico, Skinbiotherapeutics Interims: SCDL...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week R&D tax consultancy Grantica managing director Shaun Bartle answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST Film you watched? The Founder. A great film about the origins of the...
Two of the biggest shareholders in Bristol-based café/bar chain Loungers have said they will vote against the £338m bid for the group announced this week by a US private equity company. Fortress Investment Group’s all-cash offer has been accepted by Loungers’ board and a number of major investors in...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has said it is “extremely proud” to have supported The Welcome Party, the recent event that celebrated the contributions and success stories of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in the city’s workforce. Staged by ACH, the Bristol social enterprise focused on integration and...
Vertical Aerospace, the Bristol firm developing an innovative electric-powered ‘flying taxi’, has delayed its into service by two years as it agrees a multi million pound refinancing. The move means the firm can continue the test programme for its revolutionary vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) VX4 aircraft, with a...
