Alderley Group, the Wickwar-based designer and manufacturer of liquid and gas metering and produced water treatment packages, racked up orders worth more than £20m in the first seven weeks of 2012 for projects in the North Sea, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. The group, which has more...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Around 40 jobs are set to go at Bristol’s Remploy factory after the Government announced plans to shut more than half the factories, which employing mainly disabled workers. The decision was described as “barbaric” by a union leader last night, as it emerged more than...
The Bristol office of property adviser GVA has been instructed by administrators Grant Thornton to market the former prep school Tawstock Court near Barnstaple. Offers are being invited for the freehold sale of the Grade II-listed property in 32 acres. The main house, which is built around an enclosed...
Bristol-based Integral, one of the UK's largest independent providers of property maintenance services, has paid administrators an undisclosed sum for the South Western and Eastern prime defence contracts of collapsed building services specialist MJN Colston. The deal will save nearly 50 jobs in Bristol and Bury St Edmunds following the...
What is described as a 'shy fountain' is the latest example of the on-going public art programme at Crest Nicholson’s £300m Harbourside development in Bristol. The fountain, at the intersection of Millennium Walk and Cathedral Walk, is intended to amuse passers-by as well as staff from nearby offices including those...
South West law firm Ashfords has merged with London-based Rochman Landau under the Ashfords LLP brand to form a practice with nearly 500 staff, annual turnover of more than £30m together and an international network of legal firms covering more than 80 countries. Ashfords chief executive Ian Daniells described...
It has been a year of strong progress for Hydro International, the Clevedon company which has developed a range of technologies to control urban run off, treat stormwater, combined sewage overflows and municipal wastewater. Announcing pre-tax profits up from £2.4m to £2.5m, CEO Steve Hides said the group delivered a solid...
From Bristol 24-7 UK sales of organic food fell by 3.7% last year as supermarkets cut back on own-brand organic labels. However, global sales rose by 8%, according to the Soil Association. This increase follows an 8.8% rise in 2010. The Bristol-based association’s organic market report also found that...
Airbus says the main and nose landing gear test bench for its new wide-body, longe range A350 XWB airliner is ready for service at Filton. It marks the latest step in the A350 XWB’s progress more than one year before the aircraft’s first flight and two years before its entry...
Bristol businesses are being urged to give their branding and reputation a unique lift by joining the city’s International Balloon Fiesta 100 Club. The prestigious club’s 2012 launch earlier this week, staged at Cameron Balloons headquarters in Bedminster, highlighted the benefits of membership. For an investment of just £2,000,...
Following on from winning the property industry Estates Gazette Award for completing most commercial property deals in the South West during 2011, Alder King Property Consultants has also won the competition for completing the most deals in the Bristol market last year. Tom Dugay, a member of the firm’s...
Bristol estate agent Doug Wood has been appointed president of the Bristol Property Agents Association (BPAA). Doug, who launched the Woods Estate Agency in 1992 and now has six branches across the greater Bristol area, takes over from outgoing president Jayne Rixon of Burston Cook. A firm advocate of...
Central Bristol’s biggest solar panel system has been installed on the roof of At-Bristol, the science visitor attraction. A total of 208 individual panels have been fitted on an area approximately the size of two tennis courts – generating enough power to supply around a dozen homes a year....
