GVA, the national property consultancy, has further strengthened its Bristol office with two director-level appointments. Laura Stamboulieh joins as senior director in its public sector advisory service team while Mike Ware arrives as director and regional head of property management. Laura, pictured, will be responsible for developing GVA’s public...
The Bristol Hoteliers Association has appointed Imran Ali, general manager of the city’s Radisson Blu Hotel, as its new chairman. Imran, pictured, has taken over from Mark Payne, general manager of The Bristol Hotel, who held the position for the past year. Mark helped reform the association, which previously...
Global engineering technology firm Renishaw has strengthened its support for Bristol’s iconic music venue Colston Hall by agreeing to sponsor a room in its new education suite. The room, which has not yet been named, will be created in the venue’s unused Victorian cellars as part of the £48.8m...
The head of property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield’s Bristol office has raised more than £4,000 for the young people’s development charity Youth Adventure Trust after completing a seven-day trek across Ethiopia. Tim Davis walked for between eight and 13 hours a day to reach the summit of Ras Dashen,...
Expert advice on the financial and legal aspects of caring for someone with dementia will available at a free seminar in Bristol next week. Bristol-based Whitechurch Financial Consultants has teamed up with the dementia research charity BRACE and South West law firm Clarke Willmott for the event on Friday....
National commercial property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield has made two appointments to its Bristol office. Tim West joins the office’s valuation team as a surveyor while Rory Sergeant joins its project & development services team as a senior building surveyor. Originally from Poole, Tim arrives from Savills’ South Coast...
Business growth consultancy Cool Ventures has appointed experienced business coach Peter Bridge as an advisor. Peter, pictured, a former senior commercial manager with HSBC bank, will work with businesses enrolled on the Bath Business Support Programme, which is delivered by Yate-based Cool Ventures. The programme provides up to 12...
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A major redevelopment of part of Bristol’s Old City including extensive regeneration of some of its most historic buildings has been unveiled. The plans include buildings fronting Broad Street, including Natwest Court and the ornamental Everards Printing Works building with its unique Art Nouveau façade. These buildings will be...
Architects from the Bristol office of international firm BDP are behind the design of a major new-generation £79.5m surgical centre, which has just been given the go-ahead by the government. BDP’s Bristol studio was appointed by Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust to design a new surgical and critical...
Bristol print firm Kingsdown Printers today went into administration with the loss of all 60 jobs. Kingsdown, which has operated for more than 30 years, specialised in designing, producing and supplying lithographic and digital printed materials to clients, including print management companies and blue-chip customers. Over recent months it...
Long-established Bristol public relations consultancy Empica is expanding by joining forces with a smaller Bristol-based PR agency. Empica, which has been in business since 1989, has taken over Inform Media, with Inform’s founder Neil Fraser now heading its business-to-business offering. Neil, an experienced journalist and PR professional, founded Inform...
A 70% rise in average annual profits over the past three years served up by Bristol-based Caribbean restaurant chain Turtle Bay has put it among the UK’s fastest-growing firms. The firm, launched by chief executive Ajith Jayawickrema in 2010, appears in the latest annual Sunday Times BDO Profit Track...
