Regional property consultancy Alder King has made another key appointment in its Bristol office to meet continuing demand for its planning services. Portia Banwell has joined the firm’s planning team as a planner, having previously worked at Bristol City Council. Portia, pictured, is drawing on her experience in...
Monday 22 August Interim: Wireless Group EGM: Restore Tuesday 23 August Interims: Cape, Hansteen Holdings, Hostelworld, Persimmon AGMs: Northern Bear, redT energy Economics: CBI trends, selling prices, total orders Wednesday 24 August Interims: Carillion, Costain, Glencore, Gresham Computing, Headlam Group, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Molins, OneSavings Bank, Paddy Power Betfair, Sportech, Xaar, WPP Trading statement: WH Smith AGMs: Collagen...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has thrown down the gauntlet to the government over its delay in giving the go-ahead the Hinkley Point C project. With billions of pounds of investment and thousands of jobs hanging in the balance, Business West has called for swift action. In...
Can businesses operate with a purpose was theme of the annual Bristol Balloon Fiesta Business Breakfast – with nearly 200 early-riser guests enjoying the debate. The event, sponsored by regional law firm Thrings for the fourth consecutive year, heard from an expert panel made up of Steve Fuller, from...
The UK’s largest independent manufacturer of ladders is moving from its Yatton base into two warehouse units on the Tweed Road Industrial Estate in Clevedon. Ladder producer Titan Ladders, which was formed in 1933, produces aluminium, timber, fibreglass and steel ladders for trade, industrial and domestic use nationwide. It...
The lack of industrial space in Bristol has been underlined by a deal on a building that has been empty for more than eight years. Netting and fencing equipment manufacturer Tildernet is to move to the 55,677 sq ft unit on Cater Road in Bishopsworth following an extensive refurbishment...
Bristol’s iconic Watershed film and digital media centre has been shortlisted for UK Cinema of the Year 2016 at the prestigious Screen Awards, which showcase excellence in film distribution, exhibition and marketing in the UK film industry. The nomination recognises an exceptional 12 months for Watershed in which its...
Bristol software development firm Scott Logic has made a further addition to its growing workforce. Paulin Shek has joined as a software developer after spending a year working as a data science consultant with Mango Solutions in Chippenham. Originally from Wimborne, Dorset, Paulin, pictured, graduated from the University of Oxford with...
Sanderson Weatherall’s Bristol office partner Mark Sheridan has joined colleagues from the chartered surveyor and property consultancy’s other offices in completing its annual charity bike ride from London to Paris. The 215-mile feat raised more than £3,000 for The British Heart Foundation. The annual fundraising ride, now in its...
Take-up of large industrial units in the South West has soared this year to its highest level since the recession, with a number of huge distribution schemes around Bristol putting the city in the driving seat. The total take-up reached 2.4m sq ft during the first six months of...
Confidence among West of England firms has dropped significantly following the vote to leave the European Union, according to one of the first regional surveys conducted since the historic referendum result. A third of businesses expect sales to flatline over the next 12 months while more than half plan...
Cidermaker Thatchers has continued to build its brands among West of England sports fans by stepping up its sponsorship in the blue half of Bristol. The North Terrace at Bristol Rovers’ Memorial Stadium has been renamed The Thatchers End. Ironically, the stand was once named after Blackthorn cider –...
Work to convert a landmark building on the former Cadbury’s factory site in Keynsham into modern workspace is underway and on schedule for completion next summer. The 100,000 sq ft of high-quality employment space in what will be branded as The Chocolate Factory is being viewed as key to...
