A major festival to be staged in Bristol this summer will give business leaders the opportunity to discuss key issues for the city ranging from the drive towards net zero to the reinvention of high streets with with government ministers and leading opposition politicians. The two-day Big Tent Festival...
Bristol firms are being urged to prepare for new rules on food waste as the government sets about increasing recycling levels. Waste management company Grundon, which has a base in Bristol, says the new food waste guidelines, which are expected to be announced imminently, are part of a bigger...
Influencing and networking organisation Women in Property has elected associate structural engineer Alice Brook as its new South West chair. Alice, pictured, replaces Sophie Endacott, a senior valuation surveyor in Avison Young’s Bristol office, in the year-long role. Women in Property, which was established in 1987, is committed to encouraging girls and...
Global property consultancy Knight Frank has expanded its property asset management team in Bristol with the appointment of Dom Kynaston as a senior surveyor. Dom, pictured, has seven years’ commercial property management experience and joins from Trinova Real Estate in London, where he advised clients on a portfolio of...
Businesses operating in Bristol’s night-time economy are to take part in a high-profile campaign of zero tolerance of harassment of women, including expert training for their staff. The initiative, the largest of its kind in the city, follows shocking results from a recent survey that revealed 100% of women...
Bristol businesses are being invited to support a transformational skills programme led by UWE that will create opportunities in the green economy for young people from the city. Green Skills for Jobs and Entrepreneurship has been launched against a backdrop of economic recovery following the Covid pandemic and the demand...
Law firm Foot Anstey’s Bristol-based Islamic finance team has continued its growth in the commercial property sector by advising on another major deal. Its support for Riyad Bank’s London branch on the refinancing of health and beauty retail group Superdrug’s £21.5m corporate headquarters is the second such deal for...
International law firm Osborne Clarke has awarded a multi million-pound contract to workplace design-and-build consultancy Interaction to design its new flagship Bristol office. Bath-based Interaction, which has been behind a number of major office projects in Bristol in recent years, describes itself as on a mission to banish boring...
Global real estate advice firm Avison Young has promoted three of its Bristol-based staff – Daniel Rich, Matthew Dingle and Nicole Kruger – to associate director. Daniel joined the firm in 2013 as a graduate and gained his RICS chartered status in 2016. A member of Avison Young’s land...
Bristol-headquartered engineering, energy and sustainability consultancy Hydrock has appointed Mark Campbell as regional director to lead its Geo business in the South West and Wales. Mark, pictured, has joined from consulting engineers Jubb, where he was its Bristol-based head of ground engineering for six-and-a-half years. He has a 30-year...
A team from regional law firm Michelmores has helped create an innovative partnership described as a ‘game-changer’ in the way developers can ensure their schemes are sustainable. The link-up between Environment Bank and specialist alternative asset manager Gresham House will introduce the sector’s first compliance solution that drives biodiversity net gain...
Global real estate advisor CBRE has strengthened its Bristol-based UK development and retail investment teams with three new appointments. Director James Blundell and associate director Steph Passey, who both joined from rival firm’s Cushman & Wakefield’s Bristol office, are now part of CBRE’s UK development and residential capital markets...
The first major event staged by the Western Gateway economic partnership takes place next month to bring together key figures from business, academia and local and national government on both sides of the Severn to explore the potential of the cross–border powerhouse. Called Green Growth within the Western Gateway, the day-long...
