One of Bristol’s top restaurants has returned after more than a decade. Melbournes became an institution during its 15 years on Park Street, ranking alongside the city’s highest-regarded and most successful restaurants. Co-owner Tony Wilshaw sold the business in the 1990s as competition grew from a new generation of...
Bristol-based brick cladding specialist Eurobrick has had the most successful 12 months in its 24-year history and has moved to a larger base to accommodate further growth. Turnover at the firm, which installs lightweight brick slips and stone-faced cladding systems for clients such as Sainsbury’s, Tesco, McDonalds, Timberland, Wimpey...
Business growth consultancy Cool Ventures has helped secure a £10m maintenance contract for client Gregor Heating, Electrical and Renewable Energy. Yate-based Cool Ventures, which advises owner-managed businesses on their growth strategies and preparing for external investment, wrote the winning bid for Gregor to service and install gas boilers for...
National property agency DTZ has made five promotions at its Bristol office as part of its continued growth. The appointments are among 101 announced by the national firm across the UK. James Marsh has been promoted to director in professional advisory services while Philip Cranstone, of industrial agency, and...
Bristol independent cinema The Cube’s fundraising appeal has given the self-styled ‘microplex’ a happy ending – allowing it to buy the freehold of the building and determine its own future. The Cube raised the £185,000 needed from donations by supporters and fundraising events along with a £90,000 contribution from...
Shops and bars along Bristol’s Gloucester Road, Britain’s longest street of independent traders, are preparing for a boost from Bank Holiday Monday’s cricket international between England and India. Some 16,000 cricket fans will descend on the area for the first of the Royal London One-Day International series at the...
Independent Bristol property consultancy Williams Gunter Hardwick has broadened its range of business space expertise with the appointment of Mike Woodliffe as senior surveyor. Mike, pictured, has nearly 20 years’ experience in the South West property market having worked with Donaldsons (now DTZ) and, more recently, with Colliers International,...
A shared love of bikes, art and coffee has brought a varied collection of businesses together to turn an empty Clifton Village shopping scheme into a vibrant pop-up community. The venture, called THAT Clifton Pop-up, brings together Bath-based coffee house group Jika Jika, Bath Ales’ craft beer brand Beerd...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Campaigners against the West of England’s Metrobus project were in London today to call on the Government to scrap its funding for the controversial public transport project. The Alliance to rethink Metrobus group delivered a letter, and a cardboard white elephant, to the office of...
Iconic sportswear brand Puma is to open a showroom in Bristol to showcase its new and upcoming collections to retail buyers. The base, which will not be accessible to the public, will be at Bath Road Studios, the landmark former HTV building which has been converted to office and...
North Somerset-based AP Burt, one of the UK’s biggest paper bag manufacturers, is predicting growth after moving premises for the first time in 80 years. The firm has relocated to a 52,000 sq ft property at First Avenue, Portbury, leaving the factory in Harbour Road, Portishead, where it first...
A 50% stake in Cabot Circus, Bristol city centre’s prime shopping development, has been bought by the property arm of French insurance giant AXA for nearly £268m. UK property giant Land Securities, which funded the development of Cabot Circus with Hammerson, released a statement saying it had exchanged contracts...
Bristol Airport has announced a £8.6m extension of its terminal – the first major expansion of the building since it opened in 14 years ago. The scheme forms the latest stage of a large-scale, phased development at the airport which will lift capacity from 6m to 10m passengers a...
