The next government must strengthen the UK’s ability to help businesses start up and grow – including ditching the view that all immigration is bad – according to the director-general of the Institute of Directors. Speaking on his first visit to Bristol in the role yesterday, Stephen Martin, pictured,...
Apprentices from housebuilder Redrow’s Bristol office have been named finalists in a prestigious national hunt to find the UK’s most diligent and enthusiastic apprentices. After four months of hard work, the nine-strong team has been chosen to represent the South West in the finals of the Brathay Apprentice Challenge,...
Pioneering Bristol firms Ziylo and NuNano have become the first tenants to take up residence at the city’s newly launched Unit DX scientific innovation centre. The companies were both founded at the University of Bristol and members of SETsquared Bristol – the world-class incubator based at nearby Engine Shed....
Bristol has so far shrugged off the impact of Brexit and continued to attract investment from overseas firms, according to new research. The city secured nine projects last year, the same number as in 2015, but across the wider South West they fell by a quarter from 37 to 28. Experts...
Real estate advisory firm GVA has promoted Gordon Isgrove to regional senior director in its Bristol office, replacing Jo Davis following her promotion to a national role. Gordon, pictured, who as senior director leads GVA’s land and development team in Bristol and Cardiff, has 20 years’ experience in the...
Bristol’s only adult hospice care provider, St Peter’s Hospice, is appealing for a helpful landlord to lend it some warehouse space ahead of it opening a large shop in the city. The charity, which has 50 shops in the area, is opening the 5,000 sq ft furniture and electrical...
The redevelopment of one of Bristol’s long-overlooked inner city areas is gather pace after the sale of a high-profile site for £3.6m. The derelict site on the corner of Dean Street and Wilder Street, just off Portland Square, has planning permission for 246 student bedrooms. Agents Hartnell Taylor Cook...
Amarelle, the Bristol-based office design and build specialist, and construction industry recruitment firm Kingston Barnes have teamed up to stage a charity mixed touch rugby tournament next month. The event, at Cotham Park Rugby Club on June 15, will raise funds for Bristol hospitals charity Above & Beyond. All...
Property group Colliers International has strengthened its Bristol-based hospitality team with the appointment of Ed Jefferson. Ed joins from national licensed trade specialists Sidney Phillips and will take over the South West territory south of the M4. A fully qualified chartered surveyor, he is also a Fellow of the...
International property and construction consultancy Gleeds has continued the expansion of its public sector team in the South West with the appointment of Gary Fisher and Mark Plenty as directors based out of its Bristol office. Mark, pictured right, joins as director of project management, having spent the past...
Upmarket wedding and corporate events venue Clevedon Hall has appointed James Matthews as its new managing director. James, pictured, took over in April after two years as operations director at Clevedon Hall, which stages bespoke events and weddings on an exclusive basis for up to 250 guests, with luxury...
Collaboration among Bristol’s creative firms has helped put the city in the top 10 for growth in a new report highlighting the strength of the sector in the UK’s regions. Bristol ranks eighth overall in the table of UK provincial cities – with Manchester taking top spot – but...
Bristol’s ability to attract international property investment has been underlined by a consortium of South Korean institutional investors buying a major business scheme at Avonmouth. The freehold interest in Accolade Park was sold by Keller Group for £62m. The property, developed in 2008, includes a modern high-specification, high bay packaging,...
