A ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of building works on Montpelier’s much-needed new health centre has taken place. The two-storey community surgery will have six consulting rooms, a treatment room, pharmacy and staff facilities. It will enable existing services to be transferred from the Sussex Place Branch surgery....
Business Secretary Vince Cable is to meet West business leaders on a high-profile visit to Bristol next month to discuss the role of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). His visit is being organised by the Institute of Directors (IoD) Bristol branch in partnership with Business West, the CBI and the...
Ground work is about to start on the last remaining major regeneration scheme on Bristol’s Harbourside. The site preparation at Wapping Wharf also marks the beginning of the first city centre residential development this year – signalling a possible resurgence of the housing market. The work, which will last...
Bristol-based property consultancy Alder King partner and head of agency Simon Price has been elected chairman of the Great Western branch of the Forum for the Built Environment (FBE). A leading networking organisation for the property, development and construction industries, the FBE has more than 2,000 members nationwide, including...
Bristol online furniture retailer Contemporary Oak Furniture, which trades as Oak Furniture Solutions, has moved into a 40,953 sq ft (3,805 sq m) warehouse at Avonmouth to meet growing demand. The new distribution hub, more than twice the size of its previous warehouse also at Avonmouth, is in the...
Property advisers CBRE has strengthened its Bristol operation with the appointment of James Morgan as head of the industrial agency department. James, pictured, who previously worked for Bristol agents Hartnell Taylor Cook, has been an agent in the South West for the past eight years and brings with him...
Invest in Bristol and Bath, the recently-formed inward investment body for the West region, is reviewing important leads received at the world’s top property fair. The body created a show-stealing, 50 sq m mural at its stand at MIPIM in Cannes earlier this month to grab attention for the...
London Zoo’s pair of Sumatran tigers are safely in their new 2,500 sq m home, which opened to the public today, thanks in part to specialist Bristol sub-contractor Base Structures. The firm was responsible for the detail design and installation of the mesh net surrounding the new enclosure, which...
Innovative Bristol restaurant group Thali has secured a £100,000 finance package from HSBC to support the launch of its fifth outlet in the city. The company has used the finance to acquire the lease and refurbish the restaurant in the Tobacco Factory in Southville. It is due to open...
Affordable housing provider Knightstone has staged a topping-out ceremony at its head office in Weston-super-Mare as the 40,000 sq ft building nears completion. The state-of-the-art office on Weston’s Gateway Business, close to junction 21 of the M5, is being built by Dowlas UK and Midas Construction. The topping out...
Work is about to start on Bristol’s first speculative office development for four years – a £35m, 100,000 sq ft scheme in the city’s Enterprise Zone. Two Glass Wharf at Temple Quay is being developed by Salmon Harvester Properties, a joint venture between Salmon Developments and NFU Mutual. As...
The Chancellor’s surprise announcement to bring in the Help-to-Buy scheme was welcomed by the property and construction industries – with housebuilders in particular enjoying some rare good news. The property sector in the West picked up on some of the positives – but like most other industries, considered that...
Conveyancing firm Hoffman Male is to open an office in Bristol as it expands down the M4 from its Swindon heartland. The firm, established in Swindon since 1979, is to take space in serviced office firm Regus’ base at Aztec West. As well as conveyancing, Hoffman Male specialises in...
