Bristol-based property consultancy Alder King partner and head of agency Simon Price has been elected chairman of the Great Western branch of the Forum for the Built Environment (FBE). A leading networking organisation for the property, development and construction industries, the FBE has more than 2,000 members nationwide, including...
First Great Western is to continue running rail services between the West and London for another three years under a franchise extension announced today by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin. The train operator had previously been granted a six-month extension until October following the fallout from the West Coast franchise...
Bristol online furniture retailer Contemporary Oak Furniture, which trades as Oak Furniture Solutions, has moved into a 40,953 sq ft (3,805 sq m) warehouse at Avonmouth to meet growing demand. The new distribution hub, more than twice the size of its previous warehouse also at Avonmouth, is in the...
Bristol has been shortlisted as one of the four finalists for the European Green Capital Award 2015. The city is competing against Brussels, Glasgow and Ljubljana for the award. The winner will be announced on June 14 in Nantes, France. The European Green Capital Award is given to a...
The 13 teams in the final of the RSG 2012 Bristol Young Student of the Year awards have just a few hours before discovering whether they have won. The students, from secondary schools and sixth form colleges across Bristol, will gather this afternoon at The Mall at Cribbs Causeway...
Property advisers CBRE has strengthened its Bristol operation with the appointment of James Morgan as head of the industrial agency department. James, pictured, who previously worked for Bristol agents Hartnell Taylor Cook, has been an agent in the South West for the past eight years and brings with him...
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Invest in Bristol and Bath, the recently-formed inward investment body for the West region, is reviewing important leads received at the world’s top property fair. The body created a show-stealing, 50 sq m mural at its stand at MIPIM in Cannes earlier this month to grab attention for the...
London Zoo’s pair of Sumatran tigers are safely in their new 2,500 sq m home, which opened to the public today, thanks in part to specialist Bristol sub-contractor Base Structures. The firm was responsible for the detail design and installation of the mesh net surrounding the new enclosure, which...
Bristol kids’ ride-on suitcase brand Trunki has teamed up with the city’s best-known animators Aardman to launch a TV commercial for its new range of waterproof children’s backpacks. The advert for the PaddlePak range launched across a host of children’s TV channels today. The 30-second ad will establish the...
Law firm Clarke Willmott, which has a major base in Bristol, has strengthened its social housing team with two appointments that support its growth. James Howard has joined as an associate in the firm’s London office from Batchelors Solicitors, where he was an associate for two years. James, pictured...
Innovative Bristol restaurant group Thali has secured a £100,000 finance package from HSBC to support the launch of its fifth outlet in the city. The company has used the finance to acquire the lease and refurbish the restaurant in the Tobacco Factory in Southville. It is due to open...
Affordable housing provider Knightstone has staged a topping-out ceremony at its head office in Weston-super-Mare as the 40,000 sq ft building nears completion. The state-of-the-art office on Weston’s Gateway Business, close to junction 21 of the M5, is being built by Dowlas UK and Midas Construction. The topping out...
