The iconic Bristol car brand is to be revived and manufacturing of its ultra-expensive vehicles returned to the city in an ambitious plan unveiled today. Select models from the classic Bristol Cars range will be remastered following the acquisition of intellectual property rights for the historic manufacturer by Essex-based...
Fintech will be the theme of the next Bristol and West of England China Bureau webinar. The Zoom session, The West of England FinTech Ecosystem – Technology-Driven Innovation, takes place on Thursday, May 13, from 9am-10.30am. Bureau director of business initiatives Richard Lowe, who will be chairing the event,...
Construction at one of Bristol Harbourside’s last undeveloped sites is to start soon following the appointment of a main contractor. Essex-based Hills Group will build 142 homes at McArthurs Yard, an area of derelict warehouses next to the SS Great Britain. The site was acquired three years ago by...
Long-standing Bristol creative agency Stuff has re-appointed by YTL Developments UK to help bring Brabazon – its trailblazing new neighbourhood on the former Filton Airfield – to market. When completed, the area will have more than 2,600 homes, 52,000 sq ft of retail space and 62 acres of creative workspaces...
Europe’s largest hotel chain is expected to open Bristol city centre’s newest hotel on Monday, May 17 – the first day possible under the lifting of lockdown restrictions. The 197-bedroom Leonardo Hotel Bristol Glassfields, part of the new Glassfields mixed-use development on Temple Way, is the Irish-owned brand’s first...
A family tourist attraction on Bristol’s doorstep has become the first in the South West to allow visitors to pay for their tickets using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. Avon Valley Adventure and Wildlife Park at Keynsham now accepts Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Dai, Litecoin and USD coin having recently...
Fast-growing Bristol specialist recruitment firm Paratus People has expanded into the US by opening an office in one of its tech hotspots. The base in Santa Clara, California, the firm’s fourth office opening since it launched just five years ago. It also has bases in Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands. ...
The Western Gateway, the cross-border economic partnership of eight cities either side of the River Severn including Bristol, has appointed former Institute of Directors Bristol chair Lhosa Daly to its board. Lhosa, pictured, who has also been chair of Bristol art gallery Arnolfini, is one of three new board...
Bristol’s office market is continuing to shrug off the impact of the pandemic with a number of new much-needed schemes about to get underway, deals taking place for existing buildings and a healthy pipeline of activity, according to property agents. They say Bristol, which performed better than any other...
The £175m Soapworks development in Old Market – which will regenerate the former Gardiner Haskins department store site – is to go ahead after its developer increased the number of homes by nearly 50%. As reported by Bristol Business News last week, First Base was initially refused planning consent...
Xledger, the global cloud-based finance software provider with its UK headquarters in Bristol, has been named as the country’s third best small company to work for. The firm, which has more than 10,000 mid-market customers in 60-plus countries, appears in the 2021 edition of the UK’s Best Workplaces publication. It is...
A unique research project to explore what publishing means in the 21st century has been launched in the West of England, a region with a long history and reputation for innovation in the industry. The Amplified Publishing project will look at areas as diverse as children’s animation, gaming, social inclusion,...
Business West, the region’s largest business group, has used the ratification of UK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) to renew its plea for help for firms hit by Brexit-related red tape. The TCA, the blueprint for free trade between following the UK’s departure from the EU, had been signed...
