From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Controversial plans to introduce a tax on workplace car parking have been ditched by Bristol City Council. The move would have raised up to £27m towards public transport in the city but Tim Kent, the councillor responsible for transport, said fears that Bristol would be...
Law firm Ashfords has recruited 14 trainee solicitors to work across all five of its South West offices, including Bristol. And, for the first time, two will be based in its London office following its merger with Rochman Landau earlier this year. Over the next two years the trainees...
The Galleries shopping mall in central Bristol has officially opened its new food court, marking the mid-way point in a 10-stage, £3m upgrade programme. The food court has been relocated from its former top-floor position to a more convenient space on the middle floor. Space has been doubled to...
Property advice group GVA has appointed Tom Keys-Toyer as a director in its national retail team based in its Bristol office. Mr Keys-Toyer brings 16 years’ experience as a specialist retail consultant with Jones Lang LaSalle (formerly King Sturge). Working on a national level, he will be focusing on...
Specialist IT and software firm SciSys, which has an office in Bristol, has shrugged off an 11% fall in half-year pre-tax profits – partly caused by customers delaying spending until after the Olympics – and stressed it would comfortably meet market expectations for the full year. The Chippenham-based firm, which...
Open innovation is key to identifying the industries of the future on which UK prosperity will depend, and the Bristol & Bath Science Park offers an exciting place to accelerate this in the South West. That was the message delivered by writer and economist Will Hutton, who was speaking...
US microchip firm Maxim Integrated Products has relocated its expanding Bristol design centre to a flagship waterside office building, signalling the strength of the city’s tech sector and a tentative recovery in the commercial property market. The firm, which previously worked out of the Regus serviced office at Temple...
A number of international science and technology-based companies are about to move to the Bristol & Bath Science Park – strengthening its role as the innovation hub for the region. Details of the new arrivals will be released today to coincide with an event to mark its first anniversary...
Making the UK the tech hub of Europe will form the theme for discussion at a business breakfast in Bristol this morning hosted by Julian David, the director general of Intellect, the trade body for the UK’s technology industry. The meeting, at the offices of law firm Burges, will...
Bristol law firm Gregg Latchams will later today officially launch its innovative new way of providing legal advice to entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized firms. Its In-house Lawyer (IHL) service has been set up following research among West business owners which showed they want high-quality legal support while knowing...
Lawyers from Bristol’s TLT have advised international services and software company Sword Group on the 20m euro (£16m) disposal of its specialist software developer subsidiary Ciboodle – a project that involved legal work across 12 jurisdictions. TLT co-ordinated the deal for Sword, including liaising with major American firm Mayer...
Sports Solutions, the Bristol-based specialist sports facility development consultancy, has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Richard Grady as director. In his new role Richard, pictured, will have responsibility for the development and delivery of sport and leisure facility projects. He brings a wealth of sport and...
Legal recruitment consultancy Austen Lloyd has relocated its head office from Backwell, North Somerset, to Bristol city centre as part of its on-going expansion from a regional player towards becoming a national firm. The move, to a 1,017sq ft office in Queen Square, places the consultancy at the heart...
