New investment and high-quality offering earns health club and spa coveted national award again

December 5, 2024
New investment and high-quality offering earns health club and spa coveted national award again

A health club and spa on Bristol’s doorstep featuring a gym that recently underwent a £1m upgrade has won a prestigious national award for the third time. Theclub and spa at Cadbury House, Congresbury, pictured, topped the Health Club of the Year category at the National Fitness Awards – a...

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Innovative Bristol social housing scheme gives glimpse of how city can combat its homes crisis

December 5, 2024
Innovative Bristol social housing scheme gives glimpse of how city can combat its homes crisis

Work on a pioneering pilot project that could help ease Bristol’s housing shortage has reached its final stage of construction. The innovative Gap House concept, which has been developed in the city, is being used to turn a disused council-owned garage plot in Horfield into much-needed affordable housing, pictured. Designed...

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Solarsense helps wildlife trust slash its energy bills with roof panels while staying close to nature

December 5, 2024
Solarsense helps wildlife trust slash its energy bills with roof panels while staying close to nature

A nature charity caring for more than 1,000 hectares is looking to reduce its energy bills by around a quarter after adding solar PV panels to its head office and visitor centre. Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust called in Clevedon-based Solarsense to complete the work after admitting that at first it...

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Savills’ Bristol-based development team welcomes back former member as a new director

December 5, 2024
Savills’ Bristol-based development team welcomes back former member as a new director

Property agency Savills has taken on Chris Barako as a director in the development team based in its Bristol office. The appointment marks Chris’s return to the team, which he originally joined in 2010.  Having spent more than seven years with Savills, during which time he was promoted to...

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Hat-trick of landmark international deals completed by cross-firm teams at Burges Salmon

December 5, 2024
Hat-trick of landmark international deals completed by cross-firm teams at Burges Salmon

Legal teams from Burges Salmon, the Bristol-headquartered national law firm, have advised on three major cross-border deals spanning the learning tech and renewable energy sectors. The firm’s corporate and M&A team worked with UK-based learning technology company Think Learning on its acquisition by Totara Learning Group, a global leader...

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Calling all canine-loving colleagues: Workplace design experts start the hunt for the UK’s top office dog

December 4, 2024
Calling all canine-loving colleagues: Workplace design experts start the hunt for the UK’s top office dog

A national competition to find Britain’s best-loved office dog has been launched by the design company behind many of Bristol’s top modern workplaces. Dog owners from across the UK can nominate their canine colleagues and share a photo of their pets at work – with a winner being chosen...

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Building firm’s unique light display brings some Christmas sparkle to children’s hospital patients

December 4, 2024
Building firm’s unique light display brings some Christmas sparkle to children’s hospital patients

Bristol building contracting group Shield Services is providing some Christmas cheer for young hospital patients and their families by setting up a special yuletide light display. The Warmley-headquartered group has used scaffolding on a building opposite the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children to stage the lightshow, which will stay...

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Experienced new arrivals at JLL strengthen its project and cost management offerings in the region

December 3, 2024
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Global real estate services firm JLL has made two key appointments to its South West project management and cost management teams. Henry Blunden has re-joined JLL as director of cost management, while Helen James takes on the role of associate in the Bristol project management team.  Henry, pictured, who has...

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Practice protection and forensic services partner appointment boosts Albert Goodman in Bristol

December 3, 2024
Practice protection and forensic services partner appointment boosts Albert Goodman in Bristol

South West chartered accounting firm Albert Goodman has strengthened its Bristol base with the arrival of Dawn Baker as partner, practice protection and forensic services. The firm, which opened the office last year, described Dawn’s appointment as a significant hire that bolstered its service offerings in forensic accounting as...

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