Work has started on a £5.3m refurbishment project to convert a former tax office in central Bristol into high-specification student accommodation. Swindon-based construction firm Beard is working with Bristol architects Stride Treglown and Stamford Goldhawk to convert 4,500 sq m Norfolk House in Water Lane into 152 studio apartments...
Bristol’s strength in innovation and its high quality of life has been put on the map in Westminster at a high-powered gathering of MPs and key Government figures aimed at challenging the so-called Northern Powerhouse. A giant map charting some of the area’s success stories and future opportunities was...
Bristol entrepreneurs are being invited to apply for a place on a free accelerator programme offering support, mentoring, networking and office accommodation in the city. Entrepreneurial Spark, which is backed by NatWest, will open the hub for start-up businesses from all sectors this summer. Applications are now open. Up...
The West of England’s strength in innovation and its high quality of life are to be showcased in Westminster this afternoon when a giant map is unveiled. Compiled by the area’s Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the map and accompanying policy document champions the area’s success stories and future opportunities...
Bristol-based serviced accommodation pioneer SACO – one of the city’s business success stories of the past two decades – has merged with international investment group Oaktree Capital Management in a move that creates a £60m business with a portfolio of nearly apartments 1,650 worldwide. SACO was launched 16 years...
Ahead of this Sunday’s International Women’s Day, the Association of Women in Property (WiP) is this evening hosting an event to highlight the work of Concern Universal, the charity aiming to bring opportunities to communities worldwide and help to beat poverty. The drinks and tapas reception at The Lido,...
Landmark Clifton office block Embassy House is now fully let following the arrival of TV production company Endemol UK. The firm, which films its Deal or No Deal game show at Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios, has agreed to a new 10-year lease for 5,176 sq ft (480 sq m)...
Bristol-based Integral Build is using its completion of a £7m refurbishment contract at a North London leisure centre to put in the top division for similar schemes. The 11-month project for client Fusion Lifestyle has transformed Tottenham Green Leisure Centre. The work came on the back of Integral Build’s...
West of England property consultancy Alder King has promoted five members of staff in its Bristol head office. Emma Smith and Tom Dugay, who specialise in industrial and office agency respectively, have become senior surveyors, reflecting their success in securing a significant volume of transactions through a challenging period...
Savills Bristol has appointed Chloë Clark as senior planner. Chloë, pictured, who qualified as a chartered town planner in 2012, joins Savills from Hunter Page Planning in Cheltenham. Chloë has experience of a range of residential and commercial development projects, as well as urban regeneration and rural conversion schemes...
Children and young people’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent has sold the freehold of its former regional office in north Bristol to another charity. Property consultancy Alder King has finalised the sale of Unit E, Abbey Wood Business Park in Filton, to Africa Inland Mission International, which is relocating from...
Barclays has become the latest blue-chip company to sponsor Business Showcase South West 2015 – the region’s biggest business exhibition which returns for a second year in May. Barclays joins First Great Western and Enterprise Rent-a-car in sponsoring the event staged again at Bristol’s Colston Hall. Following last year’s...
Bristol specialist software firm Iken Business has relocated into larger waterfront offices to support its continuing expansion. The move to 1 Georges Square off Victoria Street has also been triggered by the redevelopment of its previous base – the 1970s Lewins Place block in Lewins Mead, which is among...
