National multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Clarkebond, which has an office in Bristol, has been ranked as the UK’s second-fastest growing consultancy. The firm leapt 31 places in the recently published 2014 Building Magazine’s Top 150 Consultants list to the number two position as a result growth in its offices in...
Stands for The Business Showcase South West – the major business event which celebrates the best of the region’s innovation, creativity and enterprise – are now on sale and pre-registration for delegates has also gone live. Following the huge success of the inaugural event in April this year, The...
Bristol city centre’s landmark Colston Tower has been sold for £12.3m – earning its London-based owners a £2m profit since they bought it three-and-a-half years ago. Property investment companies Development Securities and Ellandi bought the 15-storey office block in a 75:25 joint venture from the HSBC Pension Fund in...
More than 100 ‘fintech’ jobs are to be created in Bristol by one of South Africa’s largest financial services groups in a move that was today welcomed by Prime Minister David Cameron. MMI Holdings, which acquired Bristol-based financial technology firm Blue Speck Financial earlier this year, plans to open...
Nailsea mechanical and electrical engineering (M+E) consultants Wye Solutions has been acquired by independent national building and property consultancy Tuffin Ferraby Taylor. Wye, whose high-profile clients include Siemens, Highcross Strategic Advisers and Ashdown Phillips, has a strong reputation and significant expertise in technical due diligence and dilapidations. TFT said...
Keynsham-based estate agency chain Andrews plans to grow its network of branches across the South of England after promoting Emma Cox to the new role of business development manager. Emma, pictured, has been promoted as Andrews continues with an ambitious expansion programme. It is market researching new commercial opportunities...
Victoria Moore, a graduate of Northumbria University, has joined national property agents DTZ’s Bristol office-based valuation team. Victoria, pictured, is one of 36 graduates to have recently joined the firm’s UK office network. Following an induction week at DTZ’s City of London office, Victoria has started a two-year training...
Specialist IT firm WPC Software has moved to a larger office in Bristol to accommodate its fast-expanding team. The firm, which employs nearly 30 people, has relocated from Keynsham, where it was based for 15 years, to premises in Longwell Green as it develops new software for the public...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Tim Stringer, divisional director of Integral Build, the Bristol-based specialists in construction, interiors, refurbishment and fit out, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Wolf...
The regeneration of Bristol’s Redcliffe area has stepped up a gear following a new land acquisition deal and a planning application for a mixed-use scheme. Redcliffe MCC, a joint venture between Change Real Estate and Cannon Family Office, submitted plans to Bristol City Council to develop a 0.8 acre...
Land owners and land agents will have the opportunity to get to grips with the latest regulatory and tax changes at a seminar taking place in Bristol this month. The annual tax update seminar run by accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson will include presentations on VAT,...
Inward investment agency Invest Bristol & Bath is on track to hit its target of helping to create 1,380 jobs over two years, new figures show. Since its launch January 2013, the organisation has assisted in generating more than 1,200 jobs by attracting a number of high-profile businesses to...
One of the most prominent buildings in Bristol’s Queen Square is almost full following its letting to marketing and comms agency Proteus Creative Communication. The firm, which has relocated from Redcliffe Parade, has taken nearly 2,500 sq ft of contemporary, open plan space on a 10-year lease at King...
