Nearly 6,500 Bristol businesses were in ‘significant financial distress’ between July and September as the coronavirus pandemic hit the city, according to a new report. The total of 6,476 was a 4% increase in the number of firms struggling in the previous three months, according to the figures from...
A full-size, futuristic house capable of being built on the surface of Mars is to be created on Bristol’s Harbourside in a pioneering collaboration between artists, scientists, architects and engineers. The house is the outcome of an ongoing public art project called Building a Martian House led by Bristol artists...
Bristol business leaders have joined calls for regional politicians to urgently unite the West of England by allowing North Somerset to join its powerful combined authority. North Somerset Council declined to become part of the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) when it was set up in 2016. Bristol...
Commuters and visitors to Bristol are now able to hire carbon-neutral e-scooters to ride around the city’s streets as part of a year-long trial aimed at encouraging low-carbon travel. Initially, 100 scooters supplied by Swedish firm Voi will be available to hire in Bristol along with 50 in Bath – with...
A Bristol-based independent retailer specialising in clothing and zero-waste accessories made from bamboo has expanded into Bath. Mabboo, which operates a shop in The Galleries, has taken over a former Timberland outlet in Bath’s main Southgate shopping area. The 1,065 sq ft unit, pictured, stocks a range of T-shirts, watches, sunglasses...
Construction industry marketing specialist Carol Heneghan has joined construction group Bouygues UK as business development manager for the South West. Carol, pictured, has worked in construction and development for more than 20 years. Her pervious roles have spanned designing water management and drainage systems and working in the regeneration...
Bristol firms are being urged to prepare now for the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1 next year, despite many questions of how it will work in practice remaining unanswered. The government has launched a campaign for businesses with the strapline ‘Time is running out’ as...
Bristol Law Society has secured a deal to use its city centre base as a ‘Nightingale Court’ building to ease pressure on Bristol Crown Court caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The temporary courts will occupy the conference room, boardroom and three mediation rooms in the 1,800 sq ft Colston...
Work is to begin next month on a major Bristol city centre office scheme following the appointment of its main contractor. One Portwall Square developer Nord has appointed Skanska on the six-storey, 33,750 sq ft building next to Bristol City Council’s 100 Temple Street office. Construction is due to...
Specialist legal expenses insurance group DAS UK is to relocate its Bristol head office in one of the most significant deals in the city’s commercial property market this year. DAS will move its 550 Bristol employees to 37,828 sq ft of refurbished space at 2 Trinity Quay, pictured, the...
Building contractor Willmott Dixon is using its work on some of Bristol’s largest construction projects to prepare it to become the industry leader in sustainability. The Hertfordshire-headquartered firm, which has a regional office at Ham Green, near Bristol, this week announced a series of ambitious commitments as part of...
Business West, the group that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, has welcomed the latest government job and self-employment support measures – but warned that many firms, including those in the city’s vital hospitality and events sectors, continue to miss out. The new support package was announced yesterday by Chancellor...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised innovative commercial property developer Sätila Studios on two exciting schemes in the heart of the capital. Clerkenwell-based Sätila Studios, a small privately owned company run by brothers Ted and Oliver Grebelius, originally from Gothenburg, Sweden, has a mission to buy and reinvent buildings and...
