Bristol Airport has appointed Simon Earles as planning and sustainability director to oversee the development of its new masterplan, which is now being drawn up to meet future demand for air travel over the next 20 years and beyond. In a related move, the airport’s head of planning &...
Businesses are being given the chance to shape to design of the University of Bristol’s new £300m campus next to Bristol Temple Meads station as part of a major consultation on the scheme. The university this week revealed its initial vision for the project – one of the city’s largest...
Monday 19 June Interim: Caretech Final: Bonmarche AGMs: Caledonia Mining, Mission Marketing, Oxford Pharmascience, Panther Securities, Premier Technical Services, Rasmala, St Mark Homes 11 EGMs: Aberdeen Asset Management, Draper Esprit, Standard Life Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 20 June Interim: RWS Holdings Trading statement: Wolseley AGMs: 21st Century Technology,...
Accountancy group Grant Thornton has boosted its South West and Wales corporate finance advisory team with the appointment of Trefor Griffith as a partner in its Bristol office. Trefor, pictured, already leads the consumer industry group for the firm nationally, having been based in Grant Thornton’s London office since...
Firms across the South West have taken advantage of the slump in sterling to go on an exporting spree, with the value of goods from the region sold overseas soaring by 30%. New figures from HMRC, which collates information on exports, shows exports from South West-based companies hit £6.3bn in the first three months...
Two senior managers in the Bristol office of national commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) have been promoted to the position of director. James Banks, pictured right, who leads the South West lease advisory team and has more than 10 years’ experience in the property sector, joined LSH...
Monday 12 June Finals: Eckoh, Mitie, Motorpoint AGMs: Ascent Resources, CEPS EGMs: Eagle Eye Solutions, Europa Oil & Gas, Mitie Tuesday 13 June Interims: Autins, Crest Nicholson, Oxford BioDynamics Finals: Abzena, Ashtead, CML Microsystems, Evgen Pharma, FIH Group, Halma, iomart, Oxford Instruments, Park Group, Telecom Plus, Trifast AGMs: Action...
National law firm Bond Dickinson has strengthened its planning & infrastructure team with the appointment of Jennifer Holgate, who joins as managing associate in its Bristol office. Jennifer, pictured, qualified as a solicitor in 2010 and joins from London law firm Pinsent Masons. She will work alongside the renewable...
Bristol-based national law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV) has continued its growth in the North London and Hertfordshire areas by teaming up with niche private client law firm Seabourne Lawleys. Northwood-based Seabourne Lawleys specialises in a range of legal work, mostly for private clients including residential property, family and related...
Bristol Airport has appointed Nigel Scott to the newly created position of business development director. Nigel, pictured, was previously sales and marketing director with cleaning technology company Kärcher and a former European marketing director for Dyson. He brings a wealth of international business experience to the role, which will...
Two appointments at Bristol and West of England China Bureau will add key skills to the organisation as it steps up regional business initiatives with China. Banking and insurance professional Michael Dando has been appointed as director of business projects while Saso Puksic, pictured, a financial analyst at Wotton-under-Edge...
An acute lack of supply in the industrial property market in the Greater Bristol area forced up rents by 8.3% in the first half of this year, according to new research. While some speculative schemes are now being built, demand is still outstripping supply as occupiers’ needs change. Research...
Southmead Police Station has been sold to Care UK Partnerships, one of UK’s largest independent care home providers, for a sum in excess of £2.3m. Avon & Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner closed the station earlier this year following the decision to rationalise and modernise the force’s facilities. It...
