Specialist commercial property investment manager Orchard Street has completed a £400,000 refurbishment project at showpiece office scheme 10 Templeback following the property’s acquisition for £58.6m in June. The refurbishment, which includes a striking new entrance to the 124,000 sq ft Grade A waterfront office building, pictured, follows three significant...
Frequent flyers from some of the West of England’s top companies joined TV star and local resident Carol Vorderman at Bristol Airport yesterday to mark the opening of its newly refurbished gate lounge. The £50,000 makeover will give passengers a dedicated area to wait for their flights prior to...
Bristol’s diverse and innovative music scene is to be celebrated in a new TV show to be produced by the city’s award-winning community radio station BCfm and independent company Red Dog Productions. The Bristol Music Show, which launches next Friday, will be screened on Made in Bristol TV. The first...
Bristol wealth management business Whitechurch Securities has been selected as the UK’s Best Overall Small Firm – for the second year running – in a prestigious national awards scheme. The Citywire Wealth Manager Investment Performance Awards are based on independent analysis, quantitatively assessed and focused on consistency and risk-adjusted...
Recruitment and training provider to the care sector New Directions Social Care has opened a base in Bristol to meet growing demand for its services. The Temple Quay office will help the firm service the 3,000-plus care homes across the region. The firm was set up in Cardiff in...
SETsquared, the University of Bristol-backed innovation partnership, has been named the best in Europe at helping new businesses for the third year running. The recognition came in the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, which ranks Europe’s best performing university business incubators. SETsquared, a partnership of the universities of Bristol,...
A state-of-the-art £4m Bristol health centre has opened its doors to patients, heralding a milestone in healthcare. The East Trees Health Centre in Eastville is one of the first of its kind in England to be built following the creation of NHS England in 2013 on land sold to...
Kelly Pepworth, managing partner, business and corporate, at Bristol PR firm Speed Communications, has been appointed as the South West and Wales chairman of the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA). Kelly, pictured, who has worked for a number of PR agencies across the West of England, brings more than...
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Bristol firms are to be given the chance to explore doing business in more than 70 countries worldwide when an international delegation visits the city next month. ExploreExport 2015 is aimed at all companies keen to expand overseas and is staged against a backdrop of rising exports from the South...
Regional law firm Foot Anstey has advised Weston College on the transfer of ownership of Weston-super-Mare’s iconic Winter Gardens to enable it to create a new Law and Professional Services Academy. Contracts have been exchanged with the previous owners North Somerset District Council, with Foot Anstey head of real...
Local World, the London-based owner of the Bristol Post, has been taken over in a £220m deal – triggering fears of “identikit newspapers” and another round of job cuts among journalists. Local World’s acquisition by Trinity Mirror – also based in London – means the enlarged group is now...
Bristol firms remain optimistic about their prospects despite official figures showing the economy slowing, according to the area’s largest business organisation. UK gross domestic product (GDP) increased by a lower than expected 0.5% between July and September compared to growth of 0.7% in the previous three months, this week’s...
