West firms have worked together to design and build two zero-carbon homes in North Somerset that produce more energy than they use have been completed. Halsall Construction, based in Bath, was selected for the design and build contract by housing association Alliance Homes through competitive tender and worked closely...
Bristol’s office market is showing marked signs of improvement with a 50% increase in take-up compared to the same period last year, according to one of the city’s leading property figures. Phillip Morton, head of agency and development at agents CBRE’s Bristol office, said a major deal and the...
An out-dated Eighties office building in North Bristol has been brought back to life following an intensive refurbishment programme. The 6,000 sq ft Bradley Stoke property is owned and occupied by the Society for Endocrinology, which has 62 staff spread across its three floors. When its new chief executive...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson has told newly-relegated Bristol City to ditch plans to build a new stadium and redevelop their Ashton Gate ground instead. Mr Ferguson’s comments follow the club’s demotion to the third tier of English football from the Championship with three games...
Fast-growing Chinese restaurant and takeaway chain Hotcha is to open a restaurant in Yate Shopping Centre as it continues its ambition to be the UK’s number one takeaway chain within the next few years. A planning application has been submitted for change of use of the former electrical showrooms...
West businessmen Kam Wong and David Parkinson have joined an elite organisation in Bristol’s Chinese sister city Guangzhou that forges relationships with other countries. The pair from Portishead-based DPS Environmental Technologies, which works in the oil, gas and environmental sectors, were elected as overseas council members of the Guangzhou...
The biggest free annual get-together for West landlords, Landlord Expo, takes place in Bristol next Thursday from noon until 7pm. The event, sponsored by estate agents Andrews, features more than 80 exhibitors ranging from local authority stands to letting agents, financial experts, trades people and suppliers. Held at the...
The complex tax issues faced by housing providers will come under the spotlight later this month at a seminar hosted in Bristol by business advisory firm Grant Thornton. The half-day event is aimed at finance and development professionals and takes place at the firm’s Victoria Street offices on Thursday,...
Bedminster is to receive £400,000 to continue efforts to smarten up its run-down retail area and pay towards community projects. The funding, secured as a result of local businesses voting for a Business Improvement District (BID), follows the South Bristol suburb’s selection as one of the inaugural Portas Towns...
One of mobile communications giant Everything Everywhere’s major offices at Aztec West has been sold to a group of Middle Eastern investors and London-based investment firm for £19m. The 80,000 sq ft building – 2620 The Quadrant – was formerly part of the North Bristol group of offices occupied...
Naomi Chesterman, an associate in the property litigation team at Bristol law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards, is the new chairman of the South West branch of Women in Property (WiP). Naomi, pictured, who has been a member of WiP for five years, will serve a one-year term at the...
Specialist industrial parts distributor Antifriction Components is investing more than £300,000 in its Bristol logistic and office facilities as it continues to build its national brand. The firm, with more than 90 staff across 12 UK sites, will is opening a 20,000 sq ft warehouse at Pioneer Park, St...
The South West is one of only two UK regions to record growth in the industrial property sector last year, according to the latest report by agent Jones Lang LaSalle. The research shows take-up of industrial and distribution floorspace increased by 2% across the region – much of it driven...
