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...
Bristol City Council and UWE Bristol have been rated as among the UK’s top 100 most ‘gay friendly’ employers by Stonewall, the equal rights campaigning and lobbying group. The council has been rated at 41 – and increase of 25 places from 76 last year and 84 places since...
Electrical contractor KSCM is moving from Staple Hill in Bristol to a converted barn unit at the Nibley Business Park, Yate, to gain better access to the M4 and the main road network. The deal, brokered by property agents Colliers International, keeps the firm close to its South Gloucestershire customer base...
Regional legal heavyweight Osborne Clarke has been named as one of the UK's top 10 deals advisers. The Bristol-based law firm has been rated the fifth most active in the UK by analyst Experian Corpfin while mergermarket, which records higher value deals, ranks it in 10th place. The firm...
Westerleigh Group, the Bristol-based developer and operator of crematoria and cemeteries, has secured funding of £75m to support its expansion. The financial package has been put together by a consortium of banks in the South West in a deal led by Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets and including RBS and...
Bristol-based action sports goods distributor Shiner is expanding into larger premises to meet growing demand for its products. The move, from Redfield to Aztec West, is the result of financial support from Barclays Corporate and follows three years of sales increases and expansion overseas. At 75,799 sq ft, the...
From Bristol 24-7 Bosses at Gloucestershire County Cricket Club are considering leaving Bristol for a new home in Gloucester after redevelopment plans for the County Ground were rejected. They say the decision by councillors on Wednesday makes it “almost impossible” for the club to stay. Councillors on Bristol city...
Bristol wholesale electrical distributor Templegate Electrical Supplies, which is based on the city’s Templegate Park, has launched a renewables venture from the same location. The company has taken a 7,171 sq ft warehouse/trade counter unit on a 10-year lease. The unit includes two-storey offices and a large forecourt. Glyn...
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club bosses have described as a “massive disappointment” the decision by councillors to reject the redevelopment of the County Ground – a move which scuppers hopes of bringing major international cricket matches to Bristol. Councillors on the Development Control (North) Committee voted by six to four...
Viper Subsea, which produces sophisticated hydraulic products used in undersea oil and gas fields, is looking to create more jobs at its Portishead headquarters after signing global framework consultancy agreements with two of the world’s top five oil and gas companies. The agreements include providing engineering consultancy services for up to...
