The Local Government Association (LGA) welcomed the move giving councils £300m to provide discretionary business rates relief. Chair of its resources board, Claire Kober, said: “We have long argued that giving councils the freedom and funding to set discounts and reliefs locally would help them better support small businesses...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, described Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring Budget as “underwhelming” but warned there were some measures that will make firms nervous. These included the National Insurance increase for the self-employed – which it feared could dampen entrepreneurship – and the impact of business rate...
The Bristol office of national commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has appointed a new surveyor to its expanding valuation division. Roseanne Falconer, pictured, an RICS registered valuer, will focus on development appraisals and investment property for secured lending purposes in her new role. She will work in...
Bristol’s only speculative office building, the 95,000 sq ft Aurora at Finzels Reach, has scooped a rare BREEAM ‘outstanding’ accreditation – the only office scheme outside London to have achieved the rating. Aurora, which is still under construction, is part of a new quarter being created by Bristol-based developer...
Avamore Capital, the specialist bridging and development finance lender, is looking to expand its Bristol network within the property sector as the city goes from strength to strength. The London-based firm has strong links with Bristol having already funded a number of schemes in the city and has further aspirations...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Bevan Brittan has been shortlisted for a major title in the 2017 Partnerships Awards, which recognise and reward the best organisations involved in public-private partnerships (PPPs). Now in their 19th year, the Partnerships Awards are the largest of their kind and attract more than 100...
Chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to tear up the rule book on business rates and introduce a much fairer form of local corporation tax in his Budget next week. The plea comes from Bristol-based regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming. It wants to see an urgent and radical reform...
South West independent property consultancy Alder King has promoted three of its Bristol office staff to associates. Emma Smith and Tom Dugay from the firm’s award-winning agency team, and Catherine Norris from the planning team, took up their new roles this week. Tom joined Alder King as a graduate...
Philip Thompson, a former in-house legal director for national housebuilder Bovis, has joined the Bristol office of national law firm Clarke Willmott as a partner in its commercial property team. Philip joins from the Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke where he was divisional legal director. He...
National law firm Bond Dickinson, which has its second largest office in Bristol, has been re-appointed to The Crown Estate’s two-firm energy, minerals and infrastructure legal panel to advise on its minerals and infrastructure portfolio. The firm, which also advises on The Crown Estate’s rural and coastal portfolio, will continue...
Property advisory firm CBRE has appointed Tom Morris as associate director of the capital markets team in its Bristol office. Tom, pictured, has moved into his new role from CBRE’s valuation team. He will now be responsible for advising clients on the acquisition and disposal of their real estate...
World-class innovation hubs in and around Bristol specialising in sectors ranging from aerospace and automotive to food and drink are a step closer following the announcement of extra growth funding for the West of England from the government. The pioneering centres have been included on a list of schemes...
Nine apprentices at leading housebuilder Redrow Homes’ Bristol operations are taking part in a national challenge to promote apprenticeships to potential employers and youngsters considering their future career options. Grace Knight, Rhiannon Trower, Abigail Hipkiss, Liam Fitzpatrick, Joe Page, Jacob Leworthy, Dario Lanciano, Ben Farrow and Caleb Law will...
