Real estate sector experts from Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon have advised property development and construction group Skanska UK on a £8m residential development land sale in Bath. The Burges Salmon team, led by real estate partner Ross Polkinghorne, advised Skanska on all real estate aspects of deal...
Bristol’s rapidly-recovering office market is poised for a number of significant deals over the next few months which will make 2014 the strongest year since before the recession. Increased take-up in the third quarter means Bristol has already overtaken the annual average for the previous five years. Now property...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Rebecca Tregarthen, Chairman of IoD Bristol, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? Lucy starring Scarlett Johanssen Book you read? Marianne Dreams...
Bristol and its Chinese sister city Guangzhou are to explore closer links between their important educational, industrial and energy sectors following the second visit by a high-powered delegation to Bristol in as many weeks. A Bristol-Panyu Urbanisation and Cooperation group is to be established to look at how the...
Bristol business leaders today welcomed the latest positive national economic figures but concerns remain that the pace of growth is slowing and further problems could lie ahead. The Office for National Statistics figures show the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.7% in the three months to September...
Bristol-based Integral Build has completed an eight-month refurbishment project at the city’s historic The Red Maids’ School, creating contemporary facilities for students, teachers and visitors within its original Edwardian complex. The £1.6m transformation involved building a new library in a two-storey void in the centre of the main school building in Westbury-on-Trym, extensive modernisation and...
Property agency GVA has expanded its office agency team in Bristol with the appointment of Alex Riddell as a senior surveyor. Alex, pictured, joins GVA at a time of strong growth for the Bristol office and its office agency team in particular, which has just been placed at the...
Commercial law firm Thrings has appointed two solicitors to its fast-growing commercial property team as a result of continued organic growth and a series of new client wins. Associate Steve Schofield and solicitor Beth Nicholls will further strengthen Thrings’ commercial property and construction offering across its four main offices...
The architect behind Bristol Old Vic’s plans to transform its front-of-house spaces has won the RIBA Stirling Prize, the profession’s most-prestigious award. Haworth Tompkins scooped architecture’s top national prize for the best building of the year last night for their work on the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. They were...
By Matt Cross, Invest Bristol and Bath The value of investment to economic growth cannot be underestimated: it lessens our reliance on public sector support, creates jobs and drives up wages. This is as true for a small business – a café expanding into new premises and taking on...
Bristol PR agency JBP has been appointed by the Bristol Music Trust, which runs the city’s iconic music venue Colston Hall, to provide media and political communications support for its £45m transformation appeal. The agency will manage the communications campaign Thank You for the Music which aims to make...
Jennifer Angus, a graduate planner in the Bristol office of property adviser GVA, has received a highly-prestigious national award from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) for her MSc Urban Planning Dissertation project. Jennifer’s thesis was selected as the winning entry in the Excellence in Spatial Planning Research student...
National law firm Clarke Willmott is expanding its social housing team following a number of high-profile client wins. Jonathan Stokes, pictured, has been appointed as head of plot sales in the firm’s commercial property team based in the Bristol office. The move means a return to Clarke Willmott for...
