Bristol Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the decision by the city council to approve plans for a 17,000-seater arena at Filton – potentially ending more than two decades of delays for the long hope for project. The final decision on converting the former Brabazon hangars into the showpiece entertainment...
Bristol has received £10m in government funding to help the city council expand its pioneering heat networks to more communities – including taking heat from the disused shafts of the city’s former coal mines and its historic Floating Harbour. The grant – made through the Department for Business, Energy...
Efforts to boost business productivity and increase innovation among West of England manufacturers have been highlighted by the area’s Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) at its AGM. The meeting, which went under the banner of ‘Our West, Our Future’, heard how the LEP is now delivering its Local Industrial Strategy to spur...
Bristol-based retirement village developer St Monica Trust is to expand its showpiece Chocolate Quarter at Keynsham following the acquisition of a further half an acre. The scheme, on the former Cadbury factory at Somerdale, will add around 36 more retirement apartments to the village. The brownfield land was bought...
The South West has emerged as the UK’s best region for women’s economic empowerment – outperforming other parts of the country for female participation at work and narrower pay disparities between the sexes. According to the latest Women in Work Index, produced by accountancy giant PwC, the region also...
Specialist PR firm Copper Consultancy has continued to grow its team in Bristol with two senior appointments. James Gore has joined as an account director after 13 years at Bristol Airport, most recently as head of government and stakeholder relations. James brings a wealth of experience in stakeholder engagement...
Lobbying and networking organisation Women in Property South West is celebrating another successful year as its new chair settles into the role. Rachael Sherratt, an associate in property agency JLL’s Bristol office, took over from previous chair Ros Trotman this week. Ros, pictured, a planning partner in law firm...
Law firm Davies & Partners Solicitors has promoted three senior solicitors in its Bristol office – Caroline Davies, Kerry Raymond and Kirsten Compton – to the position of legal director. Caroline, pictured right, has worked for the firm since 2017 in both the land acquisition and disposal and planning...
Plans to promote Bristol’s new Western Gateway regional powerhouse link-up with South Wales at the world’s leading international property market showcase could be scuppered by the rapid spread of coronavirus. A growing number of major businesses have pulled out of MIPIM, the global property gathering due to take place...
Two major new property schemes are under construction in one of Bristol’s key development areas as the city centre undergoes further transformation. Legal & General’s Box Makers Yard, pictured top, retail and accommodation scheme and The Distillery, part of Royal London Asset Management’s Glassfields scheme, pictured below, form part...
Bristol is set to continue as one of the UK’s fastest-growing regional cities over the next four years as job creation in the country’s major urban areas gathers pace at the expense of smaller towns. According to a new report by accountants EY, Bristol’s economy will grow by an...
Fast-growing portable traffic equipment firm SRL Traffic Systems has appointed two Bristol-based professional advisory firms as its national expansion drive continues. The appointment of multi-disciplinary surveying firm Vickery Holman and law firm Temple Bright follows SRL’s management buyout last year, which was backed by £24m from private equity firm...
A rare opportunity to buy a Grade Two-listed Victorian shopping arcade in Bristol has arisen with city-based property agency Hartnell Taylor Cook acting on the sale. Clifton Arcade, pictured, in the heart of Clifton village, has been put up for sale by its owners, Bristol-based property investment firm Moorpoint. ...
