National estate agents Connells has appointed Paul Matthews as new homes partner covering Bristol and South Gloucestershire. He will be responsible for working with the company’s local, regional and national housebuilder partners. Paul, , previously on the estate agency side of the business and brings many years’ experience and...
Bristol City FC’s plans to redevelop their Ashton Gate stadium have received unanimous backing from councillors. The club’s £40m scheme would result in a major upgrade of the existing 21,500-capacity stadium to a modern 27,000-capacity venue. The proposal includes demolishing and rebuilding the Williams and Wedlock stands, remodelling the...
An ambitious plan is being drawn up to harness Bristol and the West of England’s creativity and innovation to potentially create more than 100,000 jobs over the next 17 years. The emphasis will be on five key sectors spanning digital to aerospace, and in which the area is already...
Bristol estate agent Holbrook Moran has become the first to accept Bristol Pounds in a move that means tenants can now pay their rent in the pioneering local currency. Holbrook Moran will also accept payment in Bristol Pounds for fees, bringing closer the day when residents and businesses will...
Santander has relocated its Bristol-based corporate and commercial team into new offices in the city as a result of its continued growth. The move, from Baldwin Street to Glass Wharf at Temple Quay, is part of the bank’s strategic plan to grow its presence across the UK. Santander said...
Bristol’s hotels are enjoying a strong recovery as the city increasingly becomes a centre for major conferences and cultural events, according to a new survey. Month-on-month increases in room yields and occupancy levels are stronger than those for the UK as a whole, accountancy and business advisory firm BDO...
The vision behind the UK’s first inland surfing destination is on the menu at the latest meeting of the Bristol Curry Club today. The club, an informal monthly gathering of property industry professionals, has lined up co-founder/director of The Wave UK Nick Hounsfield to speak about the ambitious plan....
The Bristol office of commercial property agents Colliers International has been strengthened in response to a significant increase in activity in the sector. The firm’s development consulting team has appointed Ben Meynell to help deal with a range of local authority, institutional and private company clients predominantly on residential...
Property agency Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has appointed Allan McCabe as facilities manager within its growing property management team in Bristol. Allan, pictured, who joins from Vinci Facilities, has 26 years’ experience in facilities management. At LSH he will be responsible for a mixed portfolio of facilities management (FM)...
An office building on Portishead’s Gordano Gate Business Park has been sold to a private investor for £600,000 in a deal handled by the Bristol offices of property consultants Alder King and Savills. The detached 7,700 sq ft office building is let on a 10-year lease, which started on...
Businesses have welcomed the approval of plans to build the long-delayed South Bristol Link Road, saying the move will deliver a major boost to the economy of the city’s ‘poor relation’. Councillors on North Somerset’s planning committee last night gave the scheme the green light. However, it still has...
Property agency Knight Frank has promoted Nick Snowden to partner in its recently-formed residential valuation, investment & development national division, which is based in its Bristol office. The move is in response to a period of sustained recovery in the residential development market and the re-emerging mixed-use development market....
Plans to build a long-hoped-for cinema and restaurant complex in Yate have moved closer to becoming a reality this week with the town’s shopping centre owners lodging an application for the development to South Gloucestershire Council. The £12m scheme would create 150 jobs during construction and up to a...
