An independent estate agency with offices in and around Bristol has been acquired by its management in a deal put together by two law firms in the city. Westcoast Properties’ director Nicholas Webber and associate finance director Lindsay Pickles, pictured below, have taken ownership of the estate agency with...
The Chancellor’s Summer Statement introduced measures aimed at supercharging the ailing UK economy and soon all eyes will be on Rishi Sunak’s Autumn Budget. Considering certain areas before taxes start to rise could bring real benefits to business owners in the long term. Zoe Thomas, tax partner at professional...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has advised on a major battery storage project at Avonmouth which has given an international renewable energy group its first venture in the UK. TLT secured a 25-year lease on the site for Hallen Energy, part of the French-owned Voltalia Group. The site, which...
Firms in the South West are among the most pessimistic in the UK about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, with many expecting to shed jobs when the government’s furlough scheme ends, according to a new survey. The Lloyds Bank Business Barometer, which takes the pulse of 1,200 firms...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has welcomed the launch today of the government’s Kickstart scheme, which offers subsidised job placements to out-of-work young people. Under the £2bn programme, 16 to 24 year olds claiming Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment, will be able to gain...
All Bristol’s main hotels are expected to have reopened within the next two weeks with those that are already accepting guests seeing occupancy climbing and advanced bookings looking ‘promising’. The Bristol Hoteliers Association (BHA), which represents 40 establishments in and around the city, says occupancy rates are now just...
The coronavirus pandemic has hit profits at more than 60% of firms in the West of England – with nearly one-in-seven fearing they will never return to pre-Covid levels of activity, according to the largest business survey in the region. Just under a quarter of firms have, or plan...
Two recently opened Bristol developments are in the running for prestigious regional property awards. The Wave, the inland surfing lake opened last November on the city’s outskirts, and the four-storey Copper Building in South Bristol are shortlisted in the 2020 Michelmores Property Awards. The awards, staged by regional law firm...
A scheme aiming to make city leadership in Bristol more diverse by unlocking talent and helping people reach their potential is to be extended. Stepping Up, an innovative talent programme specifically for black and minority ethnic people, disabled people and women, was launched two-and-a-half years ago by Baroness McGregor-Smith,...
A steep rise in corporate insolvencies linked to the coronavirus pandemic is being predicted for this winter – and could start as early as October. New research from insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 indicates that lack of funds to pay their rent is likely to be the biggest...
Mobius Works, the Bristol-based integrated services contractor behind many of the city’s most exciting drinking, dining and working spaces, has launched a rebrand to accompany its growth plans. The new identity has been created in collaboration with Bristol branding agency Hey? What! and includes a new logo, website and...
The hospitality and leisure sectors across the West of England urgently need more targeted help from the government to avoid devastating closures and job losses, experts today warned. With the sectors employing 40,000 people and contributing £40m to Bristol’s economy, their survival is essential. Yet many commercial landlords are failing...
Development projects around Bristol ranging from a long-awaited new railway station and an upgrade of one of the city’s busiest roads to pioneering academic and industrial research have received financial support from a government scheme aimed at getting Britain building in the post-Covid era. The seven-strong list of projects...
