An affordable homes scheme being developed by Bristol-based specialist social housing firm Autograph Partnerships and housing association Curo has been praised by the Mayor for “putting residents and the environment first”. The scheme, pictured, will provide 32 affordable homes in Old Market, close to the city centre. It has been designed by Bristol-based...
Cazoo, the fast-growing online car retailer, has opened a based in Bristol by converting a traditional used car showroom into a distribution and customer hub. The firm has invested £1m in the former Imperial Cars site on Bath Road, Brislington, to create the centre, pictured, which gives car buyers...
Bristol’s economy will shrink by just over 9% this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic but should recover strongly next year, according to a new forecast. According to global accountancy group KPMG, the decline in the city’s gross value added (GVA) – at 9.2% this year –...
The bosses of Bristol’s top hotels are calling for more government support to secure their long-term future after a new forecast showing their revenues are likely to be slashed in half this year. With the furlough scheme set to end next month, and new restrictions such as the ‘rule...
Quartet, the community foundation covering Bristol and the West of England, has appointed its philanthropy director Ronnie Brown as interim CEO following the departure of Sue Turner. Sue, pictured, who has led the organisation for more than five years – a period in which she helped more than double...
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has appointed real estate partner Fiona O’Kane as the new head of its Bristol office, replacing banking partner Julian Kinsey, who held the post for four years. Fiona, pictured, joined the firm – then Bond Pearce – in 2001, three years after it opened...
Bristol businesses are being urged to help make cancer care in the city the best it can possibly be as part of a new campaign which launched this week. Bristol Against Cancer has been started by Above & Beyond, the NHS charity for University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS...
The Bristol architects responsible for the much-acclaimed redevelopment of the city’s Southmead Hospital have won another top award – with judges praising the project for its “fantastic approach to health and wellbeing”. The Bristol studio of global architecture practice BDP’s design of the hospital’s new 800-bed Brunel Building earned...
The boss of Bristol Airport today joined calls for urgent government action to avoid further damage to the aviation and airport sector. Bristol Airport chief executive Dave Lees said he was hugely disappointed that ministers had not given the go-ahead for Covid-19 testing for passengers arriving at airports. As...
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...
