Bristol Rovers have been taken over by the Jordanian Al-Qadi family, the League Two club confirmed today. Jordanian Football Association member Wael Al-Qadi has been named club president and the family has acquired a 92% stake in Rovers. Wael Al-Qadi told BBC Radio Bristol: “I’m a football man, I’m...
Businesses and organisations from across Bristol were rewarded for their efforts in driving environmental sustainability in the workplace at the inaugural Go Green Awards last night. Go Green was launched in February last year and is a collaboration between business leadership organisations Business West and Low Carbon South West....
Bristol’s “wonderful” relationship with China was celebrated at a Chinese New Year banquet in the city attended by more than 200 business leaders and representatives of its Chinese community. Among those present at the event at Zen Harbourside restaurant were Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson – who praised links...
Bristol’s tallest office building – the iconic Castlemead in Lower Castle Street – has been acquired by London-based Oval Real Estate. The sale of the office block, standing at a height of 80 m over 18 floors, is another sign of the strength of the city’s commercial property market....
Amarelle, the Bristol-based office design and build specialist, has officially opened its new showroom and design centre as it enjoys more growth. The firm, formed six-and-a-half years ago and now employing 13 staff, relocated from its previous cramped base in Temple Way to its new home last month. Once...
The Bristol office of regional law firm Foot Anstey is working with Weston College to support its plan to create a Law and Professional Services Academy. The multi-million pound project, which will be based at the recently acquired Arosfa Hotel and Winter Gardens Pavilion in Weston-super-Mare, was devised in...
Animation, film and journalism students from UWE Bristol swept the board at the RTS West of England Student Awards 2016, claiming the top prizes in all four categories. The winners will now progress to the national finals. Arty Hunt was the winner in the Animation category for his environmentally...
M4 corridor commercial law firm Thrings has advised the shareholders of specialist timber importer and merchant T Brewer on its acquisition by UK and Ireland-based building materials business Grafton Group. T. Brewer has been supplying timber to the London and the Home Counties construction markets since 1888. It trades...
A high-profile employment tribunal ruling against Starbucks for victimising a dyslexic worker has thrust the condition into the spotlight – but Bristol designer Ian Richmond says his dyslexia is actually beneficial at work. Ian, pictured, a graphic designer with online marketing company GWS Media, believes it helps him to...
Filwood Green Business Park, which was constructed for Bristol City Council to mark the city’s status as European Green Capital 2015, is in the running for a European environmental award. The business park has been nominated for the BREEAM Awards 2016 which recognise the finest examples of sustainable buildings...
Independent brewery Bath Ales has reintroduced its popular seasonal light ale Golden Hare on draught as spring approaches. The brewery – based at Warmley near Bristol – describes the beer as having ‘fresh and zesty flavours’ to coincide with the lighter evenings. It said sales of Golden Hare were...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has again called on the Government to do more to tackle youth joblessness and the skills crisis following another fall in unemployment. Figures released earlier this week by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show unemployment in the South West is now the...
Bristol City Council has appointed the UK arm of international construction group Bouygues as preferred bidder to build the city’s long-awaited £90m Bristol Arena. Bouygues UK, which has an office at Bradley Stoke, is one of the country’s top construction and development companies. It has a long track record...
