Challenging economic conditions are prompting commercial property tenants and landlords to think outside of the box when it comes to utilising surplus industrial units. Landlords generally steer clear of changing the use of commercial properties but tough market conditions are forcing many to take a second look at their...
Bristol-based Unite, the UK's leading developer and manager of student accommodation, has completed the acquisition of the remaining 49% interest that it did not already own in the Unite Student Village (USV) joint venture in Sheffield. Its joint venture partner Parkmetro Limited, a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers, will receive...
The European Aviation Safety Agency is expected to issue an air worthiness directive today ordering airlines to inspect Airbus’ A380 superjumbos following the discovery of hairline cracks on the wing components of two super-jumbo A380s. Two different cracks have been identified on the same metal component inside the superjumbo’s...
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways is to buy six more wide-body, long-haul Airbus A350-900s, the largest of the new A350 variants which is designed to compete with Boeing's Dreamliner and its 777 series. The order is worth $1.63bn (£1.05bn) at catalogue prices although the airline says it has won...
A funding package put together in Bristol has helped frozen fish business Interfish make a major acquisition and continue its rapid expansion. Royal Bank of Scotland Corporate & Institutional Banking (RBS CIB) in Bristol worked with accountants Baker Tilly in the city on the deal which allowed Plymouth-based Interfish...
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Clive Burlton has joined public relations firm Empica as a non-executive director to help spearhead expansion plans. The company, which has headquarters in Long Ashton and a satellite office in London, provides publicity services to major businesses across the country. Mr Burlton, a member of the Chartered Institute of...
Bristol City Council is offering 30 new apprenticeships as part of the Backing Young Bristol campaign. Vacancies on offer cover training in business administration, adult social care, highways and traffic technical support and customer service. Applications can be made on the council jobs website at www.jobs.bristol.gov.uk before February 3 and placements will start in mid-April. Placements run...
Airbus, which designs and part-builds the wings for its airliners at Filton, has increased the catalogue prices of its commercial jets by an average of 3.9% – but is nudging up the price of its re-engined A320neo family of medium-haul, single-aisle jets by a bigger margin. This is to...
Bristol-based MITIE, the strategic outsourcing and energy services group, is to partner the Prison Service to bid for the management of all nine jails involved in a competition announced by Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke last July. MITIE was chosen following a competition between a number of...
Real estate fund managers PRUPIM have won planning consent to re-model one of Bristol's most prominent office buildings – One Victoria Street – overlooking Bristol Bridge and the Floating Harbour. The façade will be given a major facelift along with an extensive upgrade of the entrance and reception while...
Professor Jonathan Cooper has been appointed to the Airbus Sir George White Chair, a joint Bristol University/Airbus position. Sir George White founded one of the most important British aviation companies, the Bristol Aeroplane Company, in 1910, one of the forerunners to BAE SYSTEMS and Airbus in the UK. The...
The UK Met Office has awarded SciSys key analysis and development work in the form of four new contracts worth in excess of £400,000. Chippenham-based SciSys, which has a base in Bristol, is a leading developer of information and communications technology services, e-business and advanced technology solutions serving the environment and utilities sectors including...
Passenger numbers at Bristol Airport rose for the second successive year in 2011 despite challenging economic conditions. The rise was modest – just 0.8% to a total of 5.7m. Overall the airport continued to grow its market share within the region while maintaining its ranking as the UK's fifth largest airport outside...
