Nuts and Bolts, a supplier of fixings and power tools for the construction and engineering industry, is to move to new premises with financial support from Barclays. The six-figure finance package has enabled the firm to buy a 12,000 sq ft site on Weston-super-Mare’s Sunnyside Industrial Estate, giving it...
A Bristol meeting and training venue has achieved Gold in a nationwide quality ‘kite mark’ scheme for its industry. EEF Venues’ Engineers’ House in Clifton gained the stringent Accredited in Meetings (AIM) assessment – one of only 24 venues across the country to currently have the accreditation. These include...
Business leaders have welcomed the government’s historic decision today to go ahead with the £18bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, saying it will create a huge economic boost for the West of England and lead to thousands of new jobs. The final decision after years of delays –...
Bristol has been chosen as one of only three places in England to host a free one-day national roadshow of seminars and workshops aimed at helping smaller business owners. The events, staged by Britain’s biggest business representation group, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), will give practical advice and...
Specialist property developer Fusion Students has completed its £30m-plus conversion of a former Bristol city centre office building into high-end student accommodation – the latest in a series of schemes that are transforming the area. The former Froomsgate House on Rupert Street was acquired by Hertfordshire-based Fusion Students in...
Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone is to be increased in a landmark move that paves the way for the city’s highly successful Engine Shed innovation hub to expand into a much-needed second building. The approval this week by Bristol City Council’s cabinet will also trigger the redevelop of the...
Sustainable building and environmental technologies will be in the spotlight at the next Bristol and West of England China Bureau ‘pow wow’, held in conjunction with Low Carbon South West. Pow wow’s are popular business networking events that allow directors from across the region to meet exporters who are...
Experts from the Bristol office of chartered surveyor and property consultancy Sanderson Weatherall have helped a new yoga centre overcome planning issues to open in London. A team led by Bristol-based associate partner Owen Pike provided a range of services to YogaWorks London, including town planning, agency and architecture,...
By Brady George, managing director of facilities management business Almeda. For many employees who work in an office, sitting stationary for long periods of time can be tedious. But recent research highlighting the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle reveals the effects of a 9-to-5 day on employees’ physical and...
Regional property consultancy Alder King has promoted two members of its Bristol planning team. Karl Scholz and Nicola Sully have become associate and principal planner respectively. Karl joined Alder King as a senior planner in 2008 from Cardiff Council and has played a major role in achieving consents on...
Somerset brewery Wild Beer Co has become the latest business to open at Bristol’s cutting-edge Wapping Wharf food and drink hub. The firm’s new restaurant offers craft beers and ‘new school’ fish and chips in a light and spacious modern setting on the Harbourside alongside some of the city’s...
Some of the UK’s most radical thinkers in areas spanning technology, energy and transport are sharing their views this weekend at a pioneering event in Bristol. The Radical Technology Conference at the University of Bristol, which starts this evening, will explore a more radical approach to technology and its ability...
Cats Protection, the UK’s largest feline welfare charity, has called on a Bristol property agency to help with its hunt for a suitable location in the city to host a new rehoming centre. The charity, which has 32 centres and more than 250 volunteer-run branches across the UK, helps...
