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Glass ceiling makes Bristol Zoo’s gorilla house clear winner in innovative building awards

May 30, 2014
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Glass ceiling makes Bristol Zoo’s gorilla house clear winner in innovative building awards

Bristol Zoo Gardens’ new gorilla house, featuring an overhead glass panel that allows visitors to see the 32-stone animals walking above their heads, has won a regional award for its inspirational and innovative design. The £1.4m refurbishment of the existing Grade II listed building has transformed and extended the...

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Bristol Arena site starts to be ‘unlocked’ as work gets underway on green bridge over Avon

May 28, 2014
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Bristol Arena site starts to be ‘unlocked’ as work gets underway on green bridge over Avon

Work to ‘unlock’ the site of Bristol’s Arena with a new bridge over the River Avon started this afternoon yesterday with communities minister and Bristol West MP Stephen Williams taking the controls of a digger to mark the start of the £11.5m infrastructure work on the former diesel depot...

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Green Capital Bristol can take centre stage in global debate on future shape of cities

May 23, 2014
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Green Capital Bristol can take centre stage in global debate on future shape of cities

Bristol can be a lightning rod for a global debate on the look and shape of the city of the future as it prepares for its role next year as Europe’s green capital. Its year in the international spotlight can also help it shape future thinking about what makes...

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New arrivals at its Bristol office point to strengthening market, says Colliers

May 23, 2014
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New arrivals at its Bristol office point to strengthening market, says Colliers

Commercial property specialists Colliers International has made a number of new appointments at its Bristol office to meet a steep increase in workload as the city’s property sector continue to recover strongly. The firm said activity levels are returning to pre-recession levels, which in turn is triggering significant increases in...

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Planning consent is last piece of jigsaw for Bristol’s pioneering Harbourside regeneration

May 23, 2014
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Planning consent is last piece of jigsaw for Bristol’s pioneering Harbourside regeneration

The final building in the 11-year redevelopment of Bristol’s Harbourside has been given planning approval by the city council. Building 3a at Canon’s Gate will be the final piece in the jigsaw that has transformed the 16.3-acre site from a wasteland of disused rail tracks and a derelict gasworks...

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Specialist land surveying equipment firm opens office in Almondsbury

May 23, 2014
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Specialist land surveying equipment firm opens office in Almondsbury

Precision measurement technology firm Opti-cal Survey Equipment has opened an office in Bristol as part of its national expansion. The firm, which has its headquarters in Reading and satellite offices in Crawley, Milton Keynes and Huddersfield, has moved into Apex Court Business Park at Almondsbury – the latest tech...

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Mitie maintains strong growth as major new contracts lift annual profits by 4.3%

May 19, 2014
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Mitie maintains strong growth as major new contracts lift annual profits by 4.3%

Bristol-based outsourcing group Mitie predicted further strong growth this year as it unveiled a 4.3% increase in annual pre-tax profits to £113.3m. The increase came on revenues up 8.2% to £2.14bn – the result of a number of major contract wins during the year to the end of March. ...

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Bristol’s historic St Vincent’s Works comes onto the market

May 16, 2014
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Bristol’s historic St Vincent’s Works comes onto the market

Bristol’s distinctive St Vincent’s Works industrial building, described as the city’s very own Disney castle, has gone onto the market for the first time in more than 20 years. Built when Queen Victoria was still on the throne as the headquarters of Bristol company John Lysaght, the Grade II*...

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New public square opens to become key part of Bristol’s regenerated Harbourside

May 16, 2014
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New public square opens to become key part of Bristol’s regenerated Harbourside

Work on the first phase of a new public square on Bristol’s waterfront have been completed. Museum Square has been created as part of developer Umberslade's £26m, 3.5-hectare Wapping Wharf scheme and was this week be handed over to the city’s M Shed museum to be used as an...

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Potential operators line up to bid to run Bristol’s arena

May 16, 2014
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Potential operators line up to bid to run Bristol’s arena

Bristol City Council has opened the bidding process to operate the city’s long-awaited arena – and according to Mayor George Ferguson there is no shortage of potential operators for the 12,000-capacity venue. The council staged a bidders’ day yesterday for would-be partners when they were given full details of...

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Promotions for pair in Lambert Smith Hampton’s Bristol office

May 12, 2014
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Promotions for pair in Lambert Smith Hampton’s Bristol office

Commercial property agency Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has promoted two of its Bristol staff as part of series of national senior promotions. Simon Redgers, who works in the Bristol office’s building consultancy, and Hollie Ruddle of its capital markets team, have been promoted to associate director level. The firm...

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Historic Bristol conference venue meets the gold standard after positive feedback from users

May 9, 2014
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Historic Bristol conference venue meets the gold standard after positive feedback from users

Engineers’ House, the Grade II listed conference centre on Clifton Down, has received accreditation in a prestigious national scheme – one of only 29 venues out of 360 assessed nationwide to receive the accolade. The BDRC Continental VenueVerdict Gold Standard Accreditation is the only scheme of its kind determined...

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Global expert strengthens AECOM’s Bristol office

May 6, 2014
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Global expert strengthens AECOM’s Bristol office

AECOM, the international technical and support services consultancy, has appointed Dr Gordon Mudge as global director of its impact assessment and permitting (IAP) practice based in its Bristol office. Dr Mudge, pictured, brings more than 25 years of extensive international experience to the role, having worked in more than...

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