Bristol charity Aid Box Community is appealing for storage space as it struggles to cope with a huge increase in demand for its services triggered by a rise in the number of refugees and asylum seekers arriving in the city. Aid Box Community (ABC) has a hub and free...
Pioneering pharmaceutical firm Vectura is planning to develop a centre of research and development excellence in Bristol as it looks for further global growth opportunities under new owner, tobacco group Philip Morris International (PMI). The Chippenham-headquartered group, which was controversially acquired by PMI for £1.1bn last September, says the...
Work has started on the £12m redevelopment and expansion of Bristol’s highly successful film and TV studio The Bottle Yard as it aims to attract more productions to the city. The work, which will add three new sound stages and is being funded by the West of England Combined...
Bristol’s construction and manufacturing businesses will be able to boost their employees’ green skills as part of a new scheme backed by the West of England Combined Authority. More than 100 firms across the region are being invited to take part in the 18-month Skills for Clean Growth programme to...
Research projects ranging from using electric buses to transfer passengers to their planes to planting carbon-absorbing flowers and grass are to be explored by Bristol Airport as ways of lowering its emissions. The airport is to fund five projects in partnership with organisations ranging from two leading airlines to...
Specialist surveying and construction consultancy Rund Partnership has appointed Stuart Binnie to its Bristol office as associate director. Rund launched its Bristol office last year in response to increasing client demand for the firm’s multidisciplinary services. The firm provides professional consultancy services across the UK to improve the quality...
Bristol-headquartered property consultancy Alder King has made two new appointments to its planning and energy teams as the firm continues with its structured expansion programme. Simon Metcalf has joined the firm’s planning team as an associate while Alsadeq Safieddine is now a negotiator in its energy team. A chartered town planner...
Ways of making sure the built environment achieves net zero – including lessons learnt from a pioneering Bristol housing scheme – are to be explored at a virtual event staged next week by the city office of national law firm Foot Anstey in partnership with Innovate UK. The event,...
National law firm Ashfords has continued to grow its offer to the energy and waste sectors with the appointment of Carl Thompson as energy and construction partner in its Bristol office. Carl, pictured, joins from Osborne Clarke in Bristol, where he worked for 14-and-a-half years, rising to partner to...
PillTime, the Bristol-based online pharmacy, is poised for a period of rapid expansion this year, including acquiring a new head office and growing its workforce by 20%. The firm is one of the only pharmacies in England to provide medication in daily dose pouches – helping patients more easily...
Business organisations have welcomed the green light for Bristol Airport’s expansion, announced by planning inspectors this week, despite the decision sparking outrage among local political leaders and green groups. The government’s Planning Inspectorate, to which the airport appealed following North Somerset Council’s refusal of the scheme, pictured, two years...
Bristol-based property developer Cubex has made another key appointment to its team as it looks to drive ahead with more logistics, residential and mixed-use developments across the South West and in Wales. The firm, best known for its Finzels Reach regeneration project in Bristol, has recruited Tom Lewis to...
The Bristol office of independent commercial building consultancy Hollis has welcomed two new arrivals – Michael Warren as an associate and Catherine Peters as a building surveyor. Michael has become a member of Hollis’s dispute resolution team, providing expert dilapidations advice to commercial landlords and tenants, while Catherine rejoins the...
