Take up of office space in Bristol city centre fell slightly last year while out-of-town lettings rose, according to latest figures. Some 409,225 sq ft of space was let in the city centre, down on 2011’s figure and below the national average, the report by property advisers CBRE Bristol...
Bristol law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV) and Hewitsons have called off their merger plans. In a joint statement issued this afternoon they confirmed discussions have now ended after more than six months. VWV and Hewitsons, which has offices in Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Northampton, confirmed the talks last...
Trainee lawyers at West law firm Foot Anstey have chosen The Dame Hannah Rogers Trust and Age UK as the charities they will support this year. The 12 trainees are required to play a lead role in the firm’s busy calendar of corporate social responsibility activities as part of...
Family-owned Bristol restaurant chain Mezze is to open two new outlets over the next five months, taking its chain of redeveloped and converted pubs to five. The group is spending £400,000 redeveloping The Warwick Arms in Clutton, near Midsomer Norton, which will be the fast-growing group’s fourth restaurant when...
Small and medium-sized manufacturers in the West can tap into new product development expertise through a project launched this week by the South West Manufacturing Advisory Service. Businesses will be able to receive grants to support up to 40% of the external costs associated with product development. The project...
Business and financial advisory firm Grant Thornton has appointed Allister Weir as a director in its Bristol-based South West tax team. Allister, pictured, will lead the firm’s corporate tax advisory and compliance practice across the region. A history graduate from the University of Birmingham, Allister has 12 years’ corporate...
West of England employers including Bristol City Council, UWE and a number of professional services firms have been named among the UK’s most gay-friendly workplaces. The annual Workplace Equality Index – produced by Stonewall, the lesbian, gay and bisexual equality campaigning and lobbying group – ranks employers’ progress towards...
Avon Valley Railway, the three-mile long heritage line between Bristol and Bath, received a festive boost from its Santa Special trains, which increased revenues by 18% in the run-up to Christmas. The trains, which operated every weekend from November 25 until Christmas Eve, carried more than 11,500 passengers –...
Bristol PR agency Spirit has been appointed by Bristol Green Capital Partnership to support its bid to earn the city the title of European Green Capital 2015. Spirit’s work will initially involve stakeholder research to identify the best approach to use with prospective partners to secure sponsorship. It will...
Bristol Rovers’ plans for a Sainsbury’s supermarket at its Memorial Stadium have been give the go ahead by the city council, paving the way for the club to make their long hoped for move to a new purpose-built ground. Campaigners against the plans claimed the “car-centric development” would have...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Shops on Bristol’s Gloucester Road could lose up to a fifth of their trade by 2017 if the proposed Sainsbury’s supermarket development goes ahead at Bristol Rovers’ Memorial Stadium. But Rovers’ new ground, which the club says it can build should the planning application be...
Bristol law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards has strengthened its nationally-recognised education team with the appointment of Alice Reeve. Alice, pictured, specialises in employment law, working predominantly with independent schools, academies and other educational institutions. She was previously a partner at Cheltenham and Reading firm Rickerbys, where she led the...
Award-winning Gloucestershire homecare provider DoCare is now supporting people in Bristol following it success in gaining a contract from the city council. The firm will start supporting people referred by Bristol City Council’s Social Services this month as well as private clients. DoCare – which employs around 100 people...
