The Land Registry has appointed West of England law firm Ashfords as a provider of legal services to its corporate procurement team following a tender process. The team is responsible for all major spending by the Land Registry, principally on information and communications technology (ICT) and facilities management (FM)...
Three of the Bristol area’s most successful firms will go head to head next week in the South West’s most prestigious business competition. Global financial administration company Computershare Investors Services, Loungers – the business behind the successful café/bar chain – and Chipping Sodbury-based Ian Williams, one of the UK’s...
Showpiece Bristol city centre office scheme 66 Queen Square has been sold for nearly £33m – before building work is even finished. Swedish construction group Skanska exchanged contracts this week to sell the 61,500 sq ft building to Aviva Investors Property Trust. Skanska immediately said it was looking to...
A distribution base at Portbury has been acquired in a £5.75m deal with the new owners looking at a possible redevelopment of the site. The 12.2 acre plot, pictured below, only houses a 64,000 sq ft unit leased by car distributor Walon – and with its 15-year lease expiring...
More than 80% of West of England firms fear leaving the EU would pose a risk to the UK economy, according to results of a survey among nearly 1,000 businesses in the region. Two thirds also believe it would be bad for their own business. The survey by Business...
Bristol Airport is to build a £24m extension to its terminal featuring state-of-the-art technology aimed at streamlining passenger security checks and ending peak-time bottle necks. The airport, the UK’s ninth largest and one of its fastest growing, is holding talks with security firms to install the industry’s most-advanced equipment...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon has advised Ahli United Bank UK (AUB UK) on the sale of its entire student accommodation portfolio in a £271m deal with the Unite UK Student Accommodation Fund (USAF). AUB’s UK Student Accommodation Fund was set-up as a Sharia-compliant vehicle and in 2011 bought...
By Barbara Davies, chief executive, West of England Local Enterprise Partnership. Our newly refreshed LEP board met for the first time on June 17. There are some new faces following the local elections and a business-led selection process. Great news that Colin Skellett has been reappointed as chair of...
Accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson has launched a free tax calculator to enable businesses to work out how much tax they could be saving on their research and development (R&D) costs. The online tool has been set up in the light of research suggesting that thousands...
Bristol firms’ contribution to more sustainable ways of operating – and the city’s year as European Green Capital – will be recognised next week when Business Green Week takes place. Events during the week will aim to inspire more businesses to adopt sustainable practices in the workplace. The 39...
The Bristol office of building surveying, cost consultancy and project management firm Watts is on the lookout for new recruits as it continues to grow. The independent consultancy, which celebrates 21 years in the city this year, says the economic recovery and greater certainty following the General Election has...
Fledgling businesses in Bristol’s burgeoning creative, digital and hi-tech industries will soon be able to set up home in a new workspace scheme to be made out of 20 shipping containers. Called Boxworks, it will provide additional capacity for the neighbouring Engine Shed innovation hub at Temple Meads, whose...
Undergraduates Megan Peeks and Victoria Gosden have been chosen to represent the South West region at the annual National Association of Women in Property (WiP) National Student Awards. Megan, who is studying architecture and planning at UWE, and Victoria, a landscape architecture student at the University of Gloucestershire, were...
