The steel structure is in place to create a 50,000 sq ft South West distribution facility for pallet and container pooling company CHEP UK on eight acres at Central Park, Avonmouth. Construction is on a fast track for completion in spring 2012 and will be part of a CHEP UK network that issues,...
Independent professional and financial services group Smith & Williamson has promoted Jerry Barnes to become head of its private client tax services team just a year after he joined the firm Jerry, who previously spent 28 years with rival Saffery Champness, will continue to focus on growing Smith &...
Moves by West councils to ensure redundant buildings, including 5,000 empty homes, are fully utilised before green field sites are swallowed up for development have been welcomed by property specialist Colliers International. The West of England Property Initiative – run jointly by North Somerset, Bristol City, South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset councils...
Bristol-based student accommodation specialist Unite has completed a £2.3m refurbishment of Waverley House, its city centre development and home to 217 students from the University of the West of England. The facelift of the waterfront accommodation was carried out with Bristol and West-based suppliers including Britannia Construction with Cablecom,...
A major Europe-wide project which could revolutionise colour printing has named the University of the West of England’s Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) as a partner. Potential innovations include exploring the possibilities of using more than the conventional four colours of cyan, magenta, yellow and black to create...
Unemployment across the South West has risen by more than 10% in the past year, according to figures today from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). More than 90,000 people aged over 16 in the region were claiming unemployment benefit in November, the ONS said, up from 81,000 in...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol could have its own local TV station in a little over two years under latest plans announced by the government. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has named Bristol as one of the 20 towns and cities to be in the vanguard of his Local TV...
Bristol-based factoring group Ultimate Finance announced a further boardroom shake-up today following last month's surprise departure of Richard Pepler, the company's chief executive and co-founder. Mr Pepler's former partner and company co-founder, Jeremy Coombes has been promoted to chief executive officer with immediate effect. Clive Garston is also to...
Jelf, the Yate-based consultancy which provides a broad range of insurance, financial services and employee benefit services to corporate and individual clients, defied the continued economic downturn to produce full time pre-tax profits up from £278,000 to £3.2m in the year to September 30. The group, which has more...
A landmark office building in Clifton is fully occupied following a flurry of activity by its marketing agents. Award-winning production company Films@59 is the latest firm to move into 51-55 Whiteladies Road less than two months after agents Colliers International completed two other lettings in the building. Rapidly-expanding Films@59,...
Imperial Tobacco today welcomed the Competition Appeal Tribunal's decision to quash a £112.3m fine imposed by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on the Bristol-based tobacco giant for allegedly restricting competition. The OFT began an investigation in 2003 relating to certain promotional arrangements between Imps and multiple retailers. It...
More than 67,000 homes and businesses in the Bristol area have been targeted for super-fast broadband as part of a major expansion of BT’s £2.5bn fibre broadband roll-out plans. Bedminster, Bishopsworth, Eastville and Henbury, along with Kingswood in South Gloucestershire, are among the areas identified and will take the South...
Bristol’s corporate finance community has again proved it can handle major transactions, according to the team behind oil prospector Wessex Exploration’s recent £12m share placing. The oversubscribed placing will fund Bristol-based Wessex’s participation in a vast oil find off the coast of Guyane (French Guiana) in South America. And...
