Independent commercial building consultancy Hollis has appointed three University of the West England (UWE) students to the graduate programme in its Bristol office. Phil Jackson, William Hughes and Sean Jones – who all join as building surveyors – are among 21 graduates joining 10 of its UK offices this...
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High streets and retail centres can survive the onslaught of online rivals if they adapt by offering ‘experiences’ as well as shopping, a panel of experts told the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta Business Breakfast. More than 200 members of the city’s business community gathered for the annual event, staged...
Bespoke pre-built homes have been craned into an existing building on one of Bristol’s busiest streets in a UK-first that has also brought so-called modular construction back into focus as a way of helping to solve the city’s housing crisis. Bristol-based developer Urban Creation is behind the pioneering approach to...
Three alternative schemes to transform Bristol’s Cumberland Basin into one of the city’s largest mixed-use development sites will be unveiled for public consultation next week. The area, to be renamed as Western Harbour, has up to 20 hectares of developable land with the potential for 3,500 homes along with...
A ground-breaking medicine dispensing system developed by Bristol tech firm Invatech Health is being hailed as having the potential to revolutionise the pharmacy industry in the way that Uber has disrupted taxi hire. Called Titan, the system aims to speed up the user experience for patients and practice owners. ...
Ambitious Bristol technology firms are being invited to enter a major awards scheme that recognises the UK’s fastest-growing businesses in the sector. Entries are now open for the 22nd annual UK Technology Fast 50 Awards staged by global accountancy group Deloitte. The awards are open to firms that use a...
Annual revenue in the UK arm of international law firm Osborne Clarke, which has its roots in Bristol, has grown by 7.7% to pass £150m for the first time. UK net profit earned on the £150.1m rose by 2.9% to £63m while the firm, which employs more than 500...
Specialist IT group SCISYS, which has a base in Bristol, has added to the success of its newsroom software, services and training business by winning another major contract from a major European broadcaster. The contract, secured by the Chippenham-headquartered group’s Germany-based Media Solutions division, is with an unnamed broadcaster,...
By Donna Kehoe, Bank of England agent for the South West of England UK temperatures reached record highs last month, but the UK economy has not been heating up this summer. Instead, as world trade tensions and worries about a no-deal Brexit have risen, the economy has been slowing...
Global real estate advisory firm CBRE has appointed Nathaniel Heavens as senior director of its building consultancy team covering the South West and South Wales. Based at CBRE’s Bristol office, Nathaniel, pictured, will help drive business development and grow the team, which provides commercial property consultancy services such as...
Lawyers at Bristol commercial law firm Meade King have advised on the formation of the South West’s first GP super-partnership. The firm worked with Stafford Medical Group, which runs the Locking Castle Medical Centre in Weston-super-Mare and is one of seven GP practices in the area that have merged...
Bristol companies that export to Europe are being urged to register for non-EU trade ahead of a possible no-deal Brexit or face potential problems once the UK has left the European Union. The warning has come from Business West, the South West’s largest business organisation, which points out that...
