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Exam passes for trio of Colliers graduates boosts its Bristol office

June 22, 2017
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Exam passes for trio of Colliers graduates boosts its Bristol office

The Bristol office of property agents Colliers International has been strengthened after three of its graduates become full members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Emma Stanbridge from investment property management, Danielle Hatton from national capital markets and Andrew Frost from development recently passed their Assessment of Professional...

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‘Truly astonishing’ campaign emerges from plasterboard firm’s tricky marketing brief

June 22, 2017
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‘Truly astonishing’ campaign emerges from plasterboard firm’s tricky marketing brief

Portbury-based Plasterboard manufacturer Siniat has used humour in its latest marketing campaign to increase awareness of its product range among homeowners and builders. The firm, formerly Lafarge Plasterboard, called in Bath-based brand, creative and digital agency Mr B & Friends for what it admitted it knew was “tricky brief...

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Andrews Property Group’s charitable shareholders receive £0.5m dividend payout

June 22, 2017
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Andrews Property Group’s charitable shareholders receive £0.5m dividend payout

The two charitable trusts that own West estate agency and property group Andrews are to share nearly £500,000 in annual dividend payments. Andrews Charitable Trust (ACT) and the Christian Book Promotion Trust are the sole shareholders of Keynsham-based Andrews Property Group, which has 56 offices across the South of...

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Land manager takes up role at Lovell to build further growth

June 22, 2017
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Land manager takes up role at Lovell to build further growth

Housing developer Lovell has appointed Richard Williams as land manager to drive its ambitious growth strategy for its residential developments portfolio across the South West. Richard, pictured, brings wide-ranging knowledge of the regional property market to his new role. His 17-year career has included working as a property consultant...

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Corporate finance partner appointed at Bishop Fleming

June 22, 2017
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Corporate finance partner appointed at Bishop Fleming

Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has its largest office in Bristol, has promoted its director of corporate finance Charles Davey to corporate finance partner. Since arriving at Bishop Fleming in 2015 from NatWest Structured Finance, Charles has been instrumental in completing a number of major deals for clients....

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Heathrow planning director joins Bristol Airport as it begins to draw up 20-year vision

June 21, 2017
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Heathrow planning director joins Bristol Airport as it begins to draw up 20-year vision

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 &...

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University of Bristol calls on city firms to help shape its £300m Temple Meads campus

June 19, 2017
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University of Bristol calls on city firms to help shape its £300m Temple Meads campus

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...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

June 17, 2017
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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,...

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Partner appointment strengthens Grant Thornton’s South West corporate finance team

June 14, 2017
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Partner appointment strengthens Grant Thornton’s South West corporate finance team

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...

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Weak pound gives strength to South West exporters but post-Brexit outlook is less clear

June 14, 2017
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Weak pound gives strength to South West exporters but post-Brexit outlook is less clear

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...

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Lambert Smith Hampton strengthens Bristol office with two director promotions

June 13, 2017
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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...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

June 10, 2017
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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...

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Managing associate joins Bond Dickinson’s Bristol planning & infrastructure team

June 9, 2017
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Managing associate joins Bond Dickinson’s Bristol planning & infrastructure team

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...

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