Two sewage and food waste-powered trucks bought by utility group Wessex Water will hit Bristol’s roads this summer, ushering in a transport revolution that could potentially slash greenhouse gas emissions and improve the city’s air quality. The vehicles, pictured, which follow in the tyre tracks of the firm’s pioneering ‘poo...
Boxpark, the trendy London street food outlet, has selected Bristol for its first venture outside the capital, with a scheme that will regenerate the city’s last remaining undeveloped Harbourside buildings. Called BoxHall, it will open next year in the O&M Sheds on Welsh Back, transforming buildings that at one...
The region’s largest business group has urged the Prime Minister to help create a more sustainable future for business at this weekend’s G7 summit in Cornwall. The British Chambers of Commerce South West (BCCSW) – which includes Bristol Chamber of Commerce parent group Business West – has written to...
Bristol-based timber supplier Taylor Maxwell Group, which started life in 1959 as a brick and timber merchant operating from one showroom in the city, has been acquired by a smaller rival in a deal worth up to £63m. Key senior management and around 190 staff will transfer to new...
The BBC has confirmed it is to relocate a large part of its Bristol operation from Whiteladies Road in Clifton to a modern city centre office building. Staff from BBC Studios, which includes its globally renown Natural History Unit, will move to Bridgewater House, pictured, part of the Finzels...
The West division of construction and regeneration group Vistry Partnerships has completed a board restructure, appointing Kevin Trow as operations director, as it targets ambitious growth across the region. The division, based in Bradley Stoke, is responsible for some of Bristol’s largest new home developments, including Blackberry Hill in...
Bristol’s small and medium-sized businesses are being urged to take advantage of grants which can make them greener while also saving them money. But they need to hurry as applications for the grants close on June 25. The Green Business Grant scheme is run by the West of England...
Global architecture and engineering design practice BDP has appointed Bristol-based Nick Fairham as its next chief executive, a role that will involve him leading more than 1,000 staff working in studios around the world. Nick, pictured right, who is currently responsible for BDP’s bases in Bristol, Cardiff, the Middle East...
Bristol chartered surveying firm ETP has made two strategic hires to support its ambitious growth strategy. Nathan Clark joins as a director and Cameron Brown as a graduate surveyor to expand its commercial real estate agency department. ETP, which has operated across the South West for the past 140...
National planning and development consultancy Turley has made three promotions in its Bristol office, including two associate director appointments. Jadine Havill, pictured, has been made associate director in Turley’s planning team. She has worked on several high-profile projects across the region, including the redevelopments of Wiltshire College’s Salisbury and...
Bristol-headquartered regional property consultancy Alder King has made another strategic appointment in its planning team. John Shakespear has joined the practice as a senior planner from Tetra Tech Planning in Bristol. John, pictured, is the fourth planner to join Alder King from global consultancy Tetra Tech’s Bristol office in...
Specialist laboratory facilities, services and support for Bristol’s expanding science and engineering ecosystem have come a step closer as construction of the city’s £6m deep tech incubator passes the half-way mark. The 30,000 sq ft incubator in Old Market will house up to 250 highly skilled workers in the...
Bristol’s landmark Royal West of England Academy (RWA) building is to be transformed in a £3.8m project led by the city office of regional specialist building firm Beard. The Grade II* listed RWA on Whiteladies Road was Bristol’s first public art gallery when it opened in 1858 but is...
