Regional estate agent and property group Andrews has made its largest dividend payment to shareholders in 14 years – giving its pioneering charitable trusts a £1m boost. When founder Cecil Jackson Cole set up the business in 1946 he structured it to share a minimum of 35% of its...
Housing law expert Paul Butterworth this week took up his new role as a partner in Regional law firm Ashfords’ Bristol-based real estate team. Paul, whose appointment was announced in June, was previously a senior partner in the property team at Bristol-headquartered national firm TLT. During just over 15...
Bristol law firm Meade King has appointed experienced commercial property lawyer Manjinder Kang to its growing team. Manjinder, pictured, joins from the Bath office of national firm Stone King, where she was a commercial property licensed conveyancer advising individuals and businesses of all sizes. Prior to that she worked...
South Gloucestershire Council has bought the Bristol & Bath Science Park with in a joint £18m deal with the University of Bath they say will realise its potential and boost the West of England’s reputation as a centre of excellence for research. Since the park opened in 2011 after...
Bristol businesses are being challenged to come up with new and exciting ways to raise funds for city charities and voluntary groups as the first Bristol Giving Day approaches. Staged by Quartet Community Foundation, the independent charity that works across the West of England to support local philanthropists in...
Historic Bristol music and spoken word venue St George’s has opened its £6.3m extension – securing a sound financial future for itself and bringing a striking new corporate venue to the city. The wraps came off the building just hours before two of the world’s leading young musicians, a...
Automotive parts supplier Apec Braking is to create a new HQ and national distribution base in Filton after agreeing to relocate to one of the biggest industrial buildings ever to come onto the Bristol commercial property market. The 115,500 sq ft warehouse – the size of two football pitches...
Bristol companies will gain an insight into doing business in the nuclear sector in the UK and overseas at a major conference to be staged in the city next week. The Nuclear South West Annual Conference will focus on collaboration in the industry and important international links – with...
Architect Nick Fairham, who heads global practice BDP’s design studio in Bristol, has been appointed to its board of directors. Nick, pictured, has more than 20 years’ experience in housing, healthcare and mixed-use design and has led the Bristol studio since 2015. He specialises in creating new, sustainable communities...
Newly completed Bristol landmark office building Aurora has been sold for just over £62m after setting the highest-ever rent for the city centre. Following weeks of speculation, contracts have been exchanged on the 95,000 sq ft grade A building at Finzels Reach – more than 85% of which is...
The Institute of Directors (IoD) is seeking a new South West chair to represent its 5,000 members across the region. Current chair Nick Sturge, pictured, who is director of Bristol innovation hub Engine Shed, steps down in January after the standard three years in the role. The voluntary, unpaid...
Bristol’s annual Bristol Open Doors festival returns next weekend, allowing participants to discover the secrets of 101 fascinating buildings around the city. Expert-led tours will offer glimpses inside buildings never or rarely seen by the public – with the opportunity to discover heritage spaces, forgotten places and innovative design....
Bristol architects Childs+Sulzmann, the practice behind many iconic Bristol buildings including the Arnolfini, Engine Shed and Watershed, is on target for a 25% increase in turnover and headcount this year as it marks its 25th anniversary. The firm, which specialises in innovative projects in the hotel, leisure, creative re-use...
