Bristol firms are being urged to help mentor the city’s aspiring entrepreneurs and, in turn, learn from them in the process. BRAVE Enterprise, the not-for-profit business support organisation, is calling on people with experience of running a business or in business banking to share their experience with people who...
Bristol businesses have been praised for raising more than £350,000 towards the transformation of city concert venue Colston Hall. They have backed the Transform the Hall campaign as corporate partners offering financial or in-kind support to help raise the funds required to roll out the biggest-ever capital project to...
Bristol’s Creative Youth Network, which supports young people in reaching their potential through creative expression, has come one step closer to creating a hub for Creative Enterprise. The organisation has received £300,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to develop the designs and vision with young people over the...
Bristol-based regional property consultancy Alder King has expanded its South West valuation team with the appointment of chartered surveyor Tanya Atkinson. Tanya, pictured, joined the firm from Cushman & Wakefield in Cheltenham, where she qualified as a chartered surveyor in 2014. As a RICS Registered Valuer, Tanya will...
Twelve leading individuals from Bristol and the West of England’s business community have joined the board of the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The appointments, made at the LEP’s meeting on Wednesday, will boost it in bringing together representatives from business and universities with elected leaders to shape and develop...
An innovative programme to help develop Bristol’s future black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) leaders has been launched by city mayor Marvin Rees in partnership with international law firm Osborne Clarke. Called Stepping Up, it will develop leadership skills and provide learning opportunities with the aims of improving the...
A showpiece Bristol office block that stood nearly empty during the recession is now more than 90% let after deals to occupy its top two floors – another reflection of the strength of the city’s commercial property market. Tower Wharf – described by the property agents marketing it as...
Estate agent and property group Andrews has sold its surveying business Landmark Chartered Surveyors for an undisclosed sum to The SimplyBiz Group. Keynsham-based Andrews said the jobs of all 55 staff would be protected in the sale to the Huddersfield-based group, which since its launch in 2002 has become...
Steve Oades, the head of global property consultancy Knight Frank’s Bristol commercial office, has been promoted to proprietary partner. Steve, pictured, is one of only a handful of Knight Frank staff based in the UK regions to achieve the status at the limited liability partnership. In total, 10 staff...
A high-profile brownfield site on one of the busiest roads into Bristol city centre has been sold for the sustainable development of more than 150 apartments. The vacant 1.18-acre site on Bath Road, allocated for residential redevelopment in the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, was acquired by London-based Hadley Property...
More than 130 property and construction industry professionals from across the South West raised nearly £3,000 for charity at a quiz night organised by the Bristol team of property consultancy Ridge and Partners. The firm’s annual Twelfth Night event raises money for the consultancy’s chosen charity partner. This year...
Two members of real estate agency Colliers International’s rating team in Bristol have been promoted as part of a string of promotions across its UK offices. Ben Batchelor-Wylam has been made a director while Daniel Johnstone is now an associate director. Both are members of Colliers’ rating team covering...
Bristol real estate legal specialist Kate Topp has joined regional law firm Ashfords’ property team as a partner after 11 years with rival Osborne Clarke. Kate, pictured, arrives at Ashfords’ Bristol office as the firm looks to strengthen its position in the South West property market. A leading residential...
