The Bristol office of accountants and investment management group Smith & Williamson has advised builders’ merchants and timber processors Bradfords on its acquisition of roof truss manufacturing and contract tiling company Aspect East Anglia. The deal will enable Yeovil-based Bradfords to expand into new areas of the UK and...
Two lettings have been secured in two months at a Bristol city centre office block under a new scheme that makes its suites more affordable for small, growing businesses. Joint agents DTZ’s Bristol office and local joint agents Williams Gunter Hardwick let the space at 111 Victoria Street on...
Bristol-based car parts and accessories retailer Motaman is to relocate its Badminton Road, Downend, store after selling the site to supermarket giant Sainsbury’s, which will convert it into a Sainsbury’s Local outlet. Motaman’s new store, which will be just 50 yards along Badminton Road from its existing unit, will...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol’s digital and creative firms are to get a greater chance of bidding for a share of the city council’s £25m annual ICT (Information Communications Technology) budget. The council is changing its strategy on the way it delivers ICT services with smaller packages of work...
Monday August 20 INTERIMS Amlin, Bovis Homes Group EGMS Datang International Power Generation Co Ltd. AGMS Peer TV Tuesday August 21 INTERIMS Afren, Capital Drilling Ltd. (DI), Coca-Cola HBC S.A., CPP Group, Fisher (James) & Sons, Gem Diamonds Ltd. (DI), Glencore International, H&T Group, Persimmon, Severfield-Rowen, Source BioScience, UK...
Bristol law firm Temple Bright recently advised OpalTec International on its purchase of Gloucester Ski & Snowboard Centre for an undisclosed sum. OpalTec, also based in Bristol, is the firm behind Weston-super-Mare’s ambitious £50m Leisuredome project. Over the coming months it will unveil its plans for the Gloucester dry...
PR agencies in the West are being invited to hire trainees through a new apprentice scheme that aims to widen the intake of young people to the profession. Traditionally those taking up a career in public relations have tended to be graduates. But a new initiative launched by the...
Many UK manufacturers remain fearful about the risks of using foreign firms in their supply chain despite the boost it could give them, according to new research released by Barclays. The bank’s survey of more than 200 manufacturers across the UK revealed an emphasis on quality and loyalty, with...
Passengers flying from Bristol Airport to Brussels will board a new, improved aircraft from the end of October following an agreement between Brussels Airlines and UK operator Flybe. The Belgian airline’s three-times daily service to Europe’s ‘capital’ is operated by Flybe under a contract which allows it to introduce...
Bristol’s industrial property market is starting to strengthen at last, with a reduction in the incentives offered to new tenants a clear sign of the improvement, according to one city-based expert. Russell Crofts, long-serving industrial partner at agents Knight Frank’s Bristol office, (pictured below), says that although economic pressures...
Bristol’s Royal Portbury Dock has imported its 10 millionth tonne of jet fuel, underpinning its position as one of the UK’s leading ports. The state-of-the-art import facilities at Royal Portbury opened in 2003 as a partnership between the Oil Pipeline Agency and The Bristol Port Company. Today they are...
A group of West MPs representing constituencies near Bristol Airport have between them received more than 1,200 emails calling for a cut in the UK’s flight tax. North Somerset MP Dr Liam Fox, whose constituency includes the airport, has received more than 200 messages while Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol City Council is to invest £125,000 from its Local Sustainable Transport Fund in Go Low, a sustainable travel service for staff. Go Low provides staff with low-emission and electric cars, as well as electric bikes, as an alternative to using their own vehicle at work. Around 3,000...
