From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com The Government has finally given the go-ahead for the rapid MetroBus scheme in South Bristol, linking Ashton Vale with the city centre and Temple Meads. Some 18 months after a public inquiry was held, and with no sign of the report from the independent inspector,...
Business West, the organisation that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, is backing the South Bristol Link Road scheme ahead of a council meeting today which could decide in its fate. The application for the project – which Business West believes is for economic growth and would help regenerate the...
The Bristol office of property advisers CBRE has appointed Rebecca Maddison as a graduate surveyor – one of 30 graduates recruited nationally by the firm as part of its in-house two-year training programme. Rebecca recently graduated from Northumbria University with a first-class honours degree in Estate Management. During her...
Global cleaning equipment brand Kärcher has acquired a 7,404 sq ft unit St Phillips Causeway in Bristol – its first retail unit in the UK. The German-owned firm has taken the building, on a half-acre site, on a sublease until 2026 with a commencing rate of £75,000 per year....
Fast-growing specialist internet and digital media services provider CableCom is preparing for further expansion following its acquisition earlier this week. Independent private equity house Inflexion paid an undisclosed amount for the firm, based near Clevedon, providing an exit for owners ISIS Equity Partners and its management. They had acquired...
Retailers in Bristol’s Broadmead shopping centre have voted in favour of a Business Improvement District (BID) scheme for a third time. Nearly three quarters of Broadmead businesses taking part in the ballot, including those in The Galleries shopping mall, approved the BID, which means paying an extra levy on...
Major South West transport company Gregory Distribution has relocated its Bristol warehouse operations to a recently-refurbished industrial unit on the Patchway Trading Estate, north Bristol. In a move seen as further proof of market confidence, Devon-based Gregory has taken the 41,470 sq ft building – One Highwood Road –...
Further evidence of a marked improvement in Bristol’s commercial property market emerged today with a report showing that 2013 is on course to far exceed the city’s five-year average annual take up of office space. The research from leading property agent Jones Lang LaSalle shows that, so far this...
A four-company consortium led by Yate-based building group ERH has retained its a place on a regional construction framework agreement covering projects valued at £1m-plus. The Builders Consortium South West (BCSW) was formed in 2009 to compete on the first phase of the Construction Framework South West. It is...
Property consultancy CBRE’s Bristol office has celebrated 10 years of successful trading in the city – a period in which it has grown from four staff to nearly 40 despite the near market meltdown and the worst recession in living memory. The office, which started out in an attic...
The £14bn Hinkley C nuclear power plant has gained official Government go-ahead, delivering a massive boost to the economy of the West of England but re-opening the debate on the cost of the massive project for consumers. The two nuclear reactors to be built by French giant EDF Energy...
One of Bristol’s most-respected property industry figures has said he is horrified by the city council’s planned parking restrictions in Clifton, condemning them as “illogical” and “absurd”. Grant Watson, chairman of property consultants Alder King and a veteran of Bristol’s commercial property market, pictured, says he is concerned for...
Women in Property’s South West branch has launched a contest for schools around Bristol to design a sustainable four-bedroom house suitable for modern lifestyles. The competition for Year 9 students also aims to raise awareness of sustainability, as well as inform young people about the construction process and the range...
