Bristol has been named as the UK’s second most resilient city in the fight for retail survival now gripping the country’s high streets and town centres. However, it will only overcome the growing threat from online shopping and rapidly changing spending patterns by ‘repurposing’ much of its retail heart,...
A £175m mixed-use scheme that includes modern workspace, new homes, an apart-hotel, cafes and restaurants could be built on a landmark site close to Bristol city centre. London-based property developer First Base has acquired the 2.25-acre site in Old Market for its first South West project. The site, to...
Global real estate advisor Colliers International has made three senior promotions in its Bristol office. Amy Brooksbank has been appointed an associate director in the parks, sports and marinas team while Ed Jefferson from its hotels agency and James Skelly, who works in the rating team, both become senior surveyors. Amy’s primary focus...
Bristol’s We The Curious has become the first science centre in the world to declare a climate emergency and pledge to become carbon neutral by 2030. Along with Bristol City Council and the University of Bristol, it is one of the first organisations in the city to make such...
Babbasa, the pioneering social enterprise that has supported hundreds of young people from Bristol’s inner city, is preparing for a new phase of growth as it moves to a new base. The organisation, which was launched in 2010 by founder Poku Osei, has since helped 1,600, 16-to-25 year olds...
Marketing has started of a speculative landmark office building in Bristol city centre as demand for prime space continues to outstrip supply. Called Halo, the 116,000 sq ft Grade A building on the site of the former Avon Fire & Rescue headquarters site has yet to receive planning permission. ...
The Bristol and West of England China Bureau will link up with co-working space Desklodge House to present the latest in its series of Pow Wow business networking opportunity. Guests will be briefed on the latest trends in virtual office and co-working and take a tour of Desklodge House’s latest creative space during the event on...
National property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has appointed a new associate director to its Bristol-based industrial agency team as part of its expanding national offer. Byron Hammond, pictured, joins the team with more than nine years’ experience in providing disposal and acquisitions services to a broad range of industrial...
A high-powered delegation of business and civic leaders heads to the US this weekend to promote Bristol as a vibrant business, creative and cultural hub. Led by Mayor Marvin Rees and West of England Metro Mayor Tim Bowles, the seven-day trip will include high-profile meetings with business, civic and...
Real estate services firm Avison Young has helped recycle 12.5 tonnes of furniture, fixtures and fittings from its recent Bristol office refurbishment to be reused by five community groups. The 2,852 items varied from furniture and light fittings to ceiling tiles and represented in-kind funding of £14,630. Importantly, the...
A £65m plastic recycling plant – the largest of its kind in the UK – is to be built at Avonmouth by utility group Pennon in what it is describing as a prime example of the ‘circular economy’. The plant, pictured in a CGI, will handle plastic 1.6bn bottles,...
Property adviser Savills has strengthened its planning team in Bristol with the appointment of Sean Lewis as a senior planner. Sean, pictured, joins from the Bristol head office of town planning and development consultancy Tetlow King, where he worked as a senior planner for more than four years. He...
A group of Bristol entrepreneurs will next week achieve their dream of converting a long-disused former warehouse-turned-club into a vibrant creative hub celebrating the city’s music, nightlife and arts scenes. The Den, Dockside, in a former stone-arched Grade II listed building on Prince Street, will offer a sophisticated alternative...
