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...
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...
