Hotel industry veteran Elaine De Paola has been appointed sales manager at DoubleTree by Hilton, Cadbury House, near Congresbury. Elaine has widespread experience across the UK in smaller, independent hotels and has also worked with Jarvis Hotels in the Midlands. She said: “I stayed with Jarvis for 16 years and...
Stronger-than-expected rent collection figures have helped buoy high street landlords ahead of the crucial Christmas trading season. Some 94% of retailers paid on time on quarter day – the day every three months when rents are due – up from 85% for the same quarter last year. The figure...
Around 200 of Bristol's leading movers and shakers met in Brunel's Passenger Shed next to Temple Meads Station today to explore ideas for stimulating enterprise and economic growth in Temple Quarter – the 173 acres of mainly derelict land around the station. The area was named in March as...
Control of Bristol Water has passed to Capstone, the Canadian infrastructure fund, which has paid £133m (C$216m) for a controlling stake in a deal which values the company at £282m including debt. It is the fund's first investment in the UK. But the price paid appears to be well...
Futures at Knightstone, which provides housing related support and accommodation to more than 1,500 people, has appointed Sonia Furzland as assistant director of supported housing. Sonia joined the Knightstone Housing Association, in 2005 as a supported housing service manager and worked more recently as strategic business manager across...
Architects, business people, creative industries and civic leaders will meet on Monday to discuss how Temple Quarter can become the long-term hub of choice for the city's fast-growing creative industry. Temple Quarter was named in March as the West of England’s Enterprise Zone. It covers 70 hectares (173 acres) of mainly derelict...
Some 39% of South West entrepreneurial businesses are forecasting double-digit growth over the next 12 months led by organic and new product development – and 38% are stockpiling cash, according to the latest entrepreneurship survey by business advisors Deloitte. Despite the ongoing economic instability, the survey reveals that 56% have...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com MITIE Group chief executive Ruby McGregor-Smith has been nominated for the Orange Leader of the Year award. Ruby joined the Bristol firm in 2002 and was appointed as CEO in 2007. During her tenure, the business has grown from £500m in revenues to nearly £2bn,...
Airbus has finalised a £6.13bn ($9.5bn) contract for 110 of its single-aisle A320 family aircraft with Australian airline Qantas, the largest in the country’s aviation history. The firm order for 78 A320neo and 32 A320s, as well as an unspecified number of purchase rights beyond that, follows a commitment signed in...
EcoBot-II, a robot that eats flies to fuel itself, will be among the ground-breaking environmental technologies on display at ETS UK, the region’s biggest-ever environmental trade show. The fly eater has been developed by researchers at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, a pioneering partnership between the University of West of...
StreetSmart, a national campaign that raises funds for the homeless through restaurants, is again planning to give the homeless in Bristol some Christmas cheer. It is a national campaign that raises funds for the homeless through restaurants by adding an optional £1 onto each table's bill during November and December. All...
West-based global luxury fashion brand Mulberry – famous for its iconic handbags – is planning a major assault on the Japanese market and is to sell its products in Australia and Vietnam for the first time. The group, based at Chilcompton, near Radstock, today said it is in advanced...
A record 600,000 passengers have used Bristol Airport’s Flyer bus over the past year – ten times the number achieved during its first year of operation in the late 1990s. The service, run by First in partnership with Bristol Airport, operates between Clifton, the City Centre, Temple Meads station...
