Construction work on one of the first speculative industrial developments in Bristol for five years started as confidence returns to the market. The five starter business units, totalling 15,000 sq ft, are being built at Caxton Business Park in Warmley on the former Lawson Marden Packaging site. The 2.4...
Tribal Group, the international supplier of products and services to the education sector, is to relocate its Bristol headquarters in a move property advisers are championing as the second-biggest city centre office deal this year. Tribal, which works with governments, education providers and training organisations across the world, has...
SETsquared, the centre for innovative part run by the University of Bristol, has been named as the top university business incubator in Europe and second best in the world. In a ranking published by the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, SETsquared, whose Bristol base is at the Engine Shed...
Two chartered surveys from the Bristol office of property group Colliers International have been selected for the top two posts on a regional group representing young professionals in the industry. Jessica Jones from the investment property management team takes over as chair of the Bristol and West Country branch...
The Engine Shed, Bristol’s focal point for innovation, has collected another award for its imaginative reuse of part of Brunel’s original Temple Meads station. The building, re-engineered by Bristol architects Childs & Sulzmann, topped the heritage category in the South West Built Environment Awards. Judges said it “demonstrated a...
West architects, design practices and planners will be thrust into the international spotlight next week as part of a national campaign to promote exporting. Members of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will get the chance to showcase their talents in a Living Cities Challenge – an interactive...
Avonmouth specialist construction group Churngold is urging charities and community organisations to apply for funding to support projects that maintain or improve public spaces and buildings for community use. Churngold’s set up its Environment Fund in 1997 to help small groups in Bristol, North and South Somerset, Bath and...
Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei is to open a research and development base in Bristol, it revealed this week. The centre, part of its UK Innovation Programme, will initially recruit 30 high-calibre R&D employees and have a primary focus on researching ICT chips, software, and the analog chip technology...
Bristol is one of the UK’s most successful cities for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) and is helping the South West outperform most other regions in a highly-competitive market, according to new research published today. Bristol is ranked sixth in a list of leading UK cities in global accountants...
Filmscape Media, a leading supplier of film and television equipment, has become the latest creative industry firm to set up at Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios. The camera, lighting and grip equipment rental company, whose head office is based at The Perfume Factory in central London, is expanding operations and...
By Paul Wilson, chief executive, West of England Local Enterprise Partnership Bristol is on a roll. It’s the best place to live in the country. The 100,000 people who engaged in the art of sliding down Park Street sparked a national debate on modernising city centre management. Bristol Food...
International property consultancy JLL has made a number of graduate appointments to its Bristol office as the market continues to improve. Four have joined with a fifth due to start in September – the highest number of graduate appointments made by the office since 2007. Head of JLL’s Bristol...
National employment and training firm Seetec has relocated its Bristol base to a refurbished office block on the edge of the city centre – the latest in a series of moves triggered by the economic recovery. Bristol property agents say good quality office accommodation is being snapped up as...
