The organisation tasked with helping shape the economic future of the West of England is hoping to attract more businesswomen to join its board to go some way to address its major gender imbalance. Out of the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) 18 board members, just two...
Business leaders in Bristol are being encouraged to enter one of the region’s top award schemes for recognising excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The Institute of Directors’ (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards 2019 champion outstanding leaders and entrepreneurs and focus UK-wide attention on success in the region....
Demolition of the former Royal Mail sorting office next to Bristol Temple Meads station started this week – ridding the city of a notorious eyesore and triggering a key milestone in the regeneration of the Temple Quarter district. The building, which has stood vacant since the Royal Mail moved...
National commercial property consultancy Knight Frank has appointed Joanna Crofts as head of its property asset management team for the South West and South Wales while Jocelyn Hickling has joined as an associate. Joanna has worked at Knight Frank since 2004, joining as a graduate in the Bristol office...
Quarter, the independent Bristol-based property group, has unveiled its latest venture – a co-working space alongside its upmarket Berkeley Square hotel, restaurant and accommodation suites. Joining the growing ranks of new-generation workspaces in Bristol, Square Works will be targeted at creative professionals and businesses in a meticulously redesigned Georgian...
Property agency Colliers International’s Bristol office has appointed Jo Edwards as a director and head of its investment property management (IPM) team. Jo, pictured, has worked in commercial property in the city for more than 20 years. She joins Colliers after 24 years at JLL (previously King Sturge), where...
Global real estate advisory firm Knight Frank has expanded its restructuring and recovery team with the appointment of Harry Dunger as a partner based in its Bristol office. Harry, pictured, will have a national focus to develop Knight Frank’s corporate recovery & insolvency offering across the firm’s 10 regional...
Bristol City Council’s ambitious plan to part-solve the local housing crisis by setting up its own residential development business will come under the spotlight at city law firm Gregg Latchams’ next Construction Breakfast. The event will hear from cabinet member for housing Cllr Paul Smith on how the council’s...
Bristol-headquartered commercial property consultancy Hartnell Taylor Cook has appointed a graduate surveyor to its investment team. James Frost, pictured, joins from Connells estate agents in Bristol, where he worked for nearly 18 months as a sales negotiator. Hartnell Taylor Cook (HTC) first met James at the UWE careers...
Construction work is about to start on Bristol’s tallest building – a 26-storey residential development in the city centre. The deal to develop the landmark 375-home tower block, pictured, on the former ambulance station site next to Castle Park was announced earlier this week. It brings together Linkcity, the...
Leaving the EU without a deal would be ‘devastating’ for the South West’s economy, hitting the region’s output by a staggering £13bn a year, the CBI said today. It teamed up with aerospace giant Airbus, which employs around 4,000 people in its UK wing design centre at Filton, to...
Future Space, the science and tech hub at UWE’s Frenchay Campus, generated nearly £5m during its successful second year in operation, according to its latest annual review. The centre, which is managed by Oxford Innovation, had an occupancy rate of 69% – significantly higher than the original business plan...
Davies and Partners Solicitors has appointed leading construction lawyer Sean Randall-Morris to develop its contentious and dispute resolution service for construction clients. Sean, pictured, joins the firm’s Aztec West, Bristol, office as a senior associate. He was previously head of chambers at arbitration firm St Catherine Chambers in London....
