Bosses from many of Bristol’s top hotels are stepping up efforts to tackle the recruitment crisis that has hit the sector in the city hard in recent years. A “perfect storm” of post-Brexit employment rules and the impact of the pandemic are having a huge impact on staffing in...
National property consultancy Carter Jonas has appointed Arthur Chambers as head of its Bristol office. Arthur, pictured, takes over from Andrew Hardwick, who leads the firm’s Bristol commercial office agency team. Chambers joined Carter Jonas as a graduate surveyor in 2006. Having started his career in Wiltshire, he moved...
Experts from the Bristol office of waste management firm Grundon have renewed their ties with a major music and food festival on the city’s doorstep as its steps up its drive for optimum sustainability. Planning for this year’s Valley Fest is now getting in full swing, with Grundon appointed...
The construction and engineering team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has appointed Katy Wall as a director. Katy, pictured, joins Burges Salmon after 10 years at international law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where she was a senior associate in its commercial construction & engineering team. Prior...
Bristol is to play a key role in a pioneering project to make clean hydrogen-fuelled buses a reality – helping support hundreds of jobs and saving millions of tonnes of CO2. The Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS), pictured, on the Bristol and Bath Science Park has been...
Bristol Airport is to press ahead with what it called “responsible growth” after the latest legal challenge against its multi-million pound expansion was rejected. Secretary of State for Levelling Up ruled there was “no compelling reason” to uphold the appeal by anti-expansion umbrella group Bristol Airport Action Network (BAAN). ...
Regional law firm Michelmores is to relocate its Bristol base after securing new grade A space in a redeveloped city centre office scheme. The firm, currently based in Broad Quay House on The Centre, will move into the 11,000 sq ft office in 10 Victoria Street, pictured, later this...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has appointed two of its partners as departments heads. Rick Read has become its new head of real estate while Jim Aveline now heads private client services. A partner in the firm’s real estate investment and asset management team, Rick, pictured, acts for...
International engineering consultancy Cundall has opened an office in Bristol to support its projects in the South West. The base, in flexible workspace operator Clockwise’s Generator Building at Finzels Reach, is the multidisciplinary consultancy’s ninth in the UK and 27th across the globe. It opens three years after office...
Conserving the fragile hull of Brunel’s SS Great Britain in Bristol in a climate conscious way has earned the trust that owns it a prestigious sustainability award. The SS Great Britain Trust was among 18 national venues to win at this week’s The Museums + Heritage Awards, which celebrate...
Bristol film studio TBY2 has become one of the first in the UK to be awarded a new industry sustainability standard. The £12m film and TV production facility, which opened last autumn as an expansion of the city’s highly successful Bottle Yard studio complex, was the second-highest scorer of the 12...
Hundreds more electric vehicle charging points are set to be installed across the West of England after £7m was secured by its combined authority to make plugging in as easy as filling up at the pumps. The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) will get up to £6.6m to...
Construction work has started on the first solar farm at Bristol Airport in a move that could help it achieve its ambitious target of becoming net zero by 2030. Roughly the size of one-and-a-half football pitches, the 2.8-acre scheme of ground-mounted solar panels is expected to be completed and...
