The basement of a 1970s Bristol city centre office block has been transformed into the UK’s highest-rated employee cycle area. Castlemead, opposite Castle Park and at 18-storeys Bristol’s tallest commercial building, is undergoing a £2.1m refurbishment, partly to prepare it for a commuting revolution likely to be sparked by...
One of the world’s largest student accommodation schemes built to low-energy Passivhaus standards is to be developed on UWE Bristol’s campus. Work on the 280,000 sq ft scheme – described as a game changer for the student accommodation market – will begin this September. It has been designed by...
A business support programme showing how small and medium-sized Bristol firms can benefit from sustainable innovation has been launched by world-leading business incubator SETsquared and the University of Bath. The three-year programme, which has been funded by the European Regional Development and available for firms based in the West...
Law firm Foot Anstey’s Bristol-based Islamic finance team has advised a Saudi-based management firm on its acquisition of an office block worth £19m. The 39,000 sq ft Grade A building in Brentwood, Essex, was bought by Sidra Capital, with Foot Anstey working on the deal from inception to completion. ...
A new partnership that includes national law firm TLT and ethical bank Triodos’s UK business – both based Bristol – is seeking to support growth of employee ownership. Backed by the Employee Ownership Association, the partnership will share its members’ collective insight and expertise on the benefits of staff...
Bristol-based utilities scale-up The Bunch has moved to new premises following a period of rapid expansion, despite the challenges brought by the pandemic. Founded in 2017 by then-student Elliott Herrod-Taylor, The Bunch consolidates household bills into one monthly payment for students. This helps ease the stress around bills while...
Innovative roadside hotel brand Mollie’s Motel is to open its second base at Cribbs Causeway in July. The launch comes two years after Nick Jones, founder and CEO of London’s iconic restaurant chain and private members’ club group Soho House, debuted the American-inspired motel diner concept in Oxfordshire. The...
French engineering and support firm Efinor – a key player in the South West nuclear sector – is to open a manufacturing and technology centre in Bristol four years after arriving in the city with just two staff. The Normandy-headquartered, €70m revenue firm, which is working on fellow French...
Bristol architects Childs Sulzmann, the practice behind many iconic buildings in the city such as the Arnolfini, Engine Shed and Watershed, has been sold to its management. Founding partner Nick Childs, who launched the practice 28 years ago, has handed over control to directors Mike Cox and Matt Parsons...
Bristol market-disrupting specialist software firm Terrafirma has been bought by a leading international business in the sector for £12m. Terrafirma, which is based at Aztec West, specialises in identifying ground hazards which may have been hidden for years. Its team of geologists, soil scientists and mining engineers have developed...
Craft brewery Butcombe has opened its first taproom, converting a former traditional Bristol pub into a showcase for its award-winning beer and food. Named after the Wrington-based brewery’s founder Simon Whitmore, The Whitmore Tap, pictured, is housed in the former Penny pub on Whiteladies Road in Clifton. Mr Whitmore,...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has acted for residential property companies Tanda Homes and Mendip Developments on the acquisitions of their latest development sites. The sites, in Frome and Bourton, are the sixth and seventh acquired by the group since 2016 and follow on from its successful developments...
Bristol tourist chiefs are to receive funding from national tourism agency VisitEngland to help promote the city as an ideal place for staycations this spring and summer. With traditional foreign holidays likely to shunned by many people this year to due Covid restrictions, VisitEngland is heavily marketing a range...
