Bristol Zoo Gardens has appointed Owain Cassidy as its new head of marketing, public relations and development. Owain, who was previously the head of marketing and communications for a children’s charity in Wales called Ty Hafan, has worked in the marketing sector for nine years. He said: “Bristol Zoo...
DTZ’s Bristol project and building consultancy team is providing professional building surveying services for the £35m regeneration of Dolphin Square Shopping Centre in Weston-super-Mare. The 200,000 sq ft scheme is to be transformed into a complex including an eight-screen cinema, 112-bed Premier Inn hotel, an indoor bowling alley and eight...
A Bristol-based heritage property specialist is calling for action to ensure the future of redundant churches, schools and theatre buildings in the South West – or the region could lose some of its most interesting buildings. James Edwards, a town planner with Colliers International said: “There is a real risk...
More 350 of the South West’s senior business figures will gather this Thursday for the CBI South West’s annual dinner when the keynote speaker will CBI director-general John Cridland. The black tie event at The Marriott City Centre Hotel, Bristol, will also hear from Major General Andy Salmon CMG...
Three Bristol-based entrepreneurs will explain how they have risen to the challenge of retaining creativity in their businesses at an event next week. The three – Griff Holland, co-founder of whole food outlet Friska, Mark Mason, chief executive of Mubaloo, the UK’s largest developer of mobile phone applications, and...
Wessex Exploration, the Bristol-based hydrocarbon prospecting company, has signed an assurance agreement for a production-sharing contract that secures an area off the coast of the Western Sahara known as the Imlili Block. The deal, made with joint venture partners Tower Resources, is somewhat speculative since it has been made with...
SciSys, the Chippenham firm, which also has offices in Bristol, looks set to gain significant business from the £1bn British Army Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle upgrade programme announced last week by Prime Minister David Cameron during a visit to Lockheed Martin UK. As a member of the Warrior Transformation Team with...
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets has extended its South West and South Wales team with the appointment of Paul Harvey as business development director. Paul joins the Bristol-based team after six years at the helm of Barclays Corporate in the South West and brings with him 30 years’ experience in...
Social enterprises and charities from across the South West will get the advice and expertise they need to compete, flourish and grow at a unique one-day exhibition staged tomorrow. The exhibition at the UWE Bristol Exhibition and Conference Centre is hosted by the university’s Bristol Business School in partnership...
Afrika Eye, Bristol’s African film festival, got underway last night with music, dancing and a sell-out screening of Sing Your Song, a powerful and inspirational documentary of American singer Harry Belafonte, highlighting his roles in the US civil rights movement and worldwide struggle for equality and peace. The festival,...
Developer HDG Mansur has expressed "huge relief" over the successful renegotiation of its Section 106 agreement with Bristol City Council on the £255m regeneration of Finzels Reach, the high-profile former Courage Brewery site. The moves means the company, which is struggling to make the scheme viable, has been freed...
Significant opportunities for investment in waste treatment plants will continue as local authorities fall short of providing adequate facilities. This view emerges today from Bristol environmental research and consulting firm Eunomia as it launches a review of the UK’s mixed waste treatment infrastructure at a major conference on waste...
Bristol’s African film festival, Afrika Eye, takes place this weekend at Watershed with a great line up of African cinema, live music and discussion inspired by revolutionary developments in North Africa. The range of films and events demonstrate how music and song – as well as political events –...
