Bond Dickinson, the national law firm with an office in Bristol, has been ranked in the top 10 for planning law in an annual survey. The firm’s planning and infrastructure team came joint ninth in the Planning Resource survey, which is based on responses from other solicitors and barristers...
Bristol-based planning and development consultancy Origin3 has helped real estate investment client LXB get the go ahead for a £150m housing and retail development in Cornwall. The consultancy was involved throughout the masterplanning, design and consultation process for the 28-hectare development, working closely with Jersey-based investors LXB and supermarket...
Bristol law firm Meade King has appointed Alex Lyttle as a senior solicitor in its dispute resolution team. Alex, pictured, joins after spending six years at Wards, the 10-office Bristol firm, where he was an associate solicitor. His arrival comes just under a year after Meade King relocated to...
Lloyds Bank is to sponsor this year’s South West Manufacturing Dinner hosted by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation. The flagship event – now in its third year – is a celebration of the region’s dynamic and flourishing manufacturing and engineering sectors. It was established to encourage networking, greater collaboration and...
Engineering and management consultancy Clarkebond has appointed transport professional David Knight as associate director to lead the transport planning department in its Bristol Office. A recognised authority on several aspects of transport and development, David, pictured, has gained expertise over 25 years in senior positions in leading transport planning...
Monday 30 March Interims: James Halstead, Quadrise Fuels International Finals: AA, Al Noor Hospitals, Central Asia Metals, Instem, Miton, Outsourcery, Plant Health Care, Polymetal International, XL Media Trading statement: Compass EGM: Serco Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply Tuesday 31 March...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Pete Snowman, owner of Bristol Cider Shop, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? True Romance – in the 20th Century Flicks...
The campaign to get a new motorway junction on the M4 east of Bristol was officially launched today with supporters saying it would bring a massive boost to the city’s economy. Kingswood MP Chris Skidmore kicked off the Gateway2Growth campaign two days after he secured the backing of the...
Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub has added £8m to the local economy after being in operation for just over a year, according to a new study. The centre, which is home to the Bristol SETsquared university business incubator and Invest Bristol and Bath, the West of England’s inward investment...
THE start of work on North Somerset Enterprise and Technology College’s (NSETC) new campus has been marked by a turf-cutting ceremony. The development, at Weston-super-Mare’s Junction 21 Enterprise Area, will be the UK’s only new-build enterprise and technology school in an enterprise area. It will feature a three-storey building...
Global management, engineering and development consultancy Mott MacDonald is to become the latest tenant at the showpiece 10 Templeback office development in Bristol city centre. Mott MacDonald hopes to move its 100-strong team from its Prince Street office in June. The consultancy is taking 10,000 sq ft on the...
South Gloucestershire brewery Severn Vale Brewing Co is raising a toast to one of its beers, which has been named the best standard bitter in the country. Nibley Ale, made by Severn Vale brewer Steve McDonald, scooped a gold award at the national BeerX run by SIBA (Society of...
Burges Salmon, the Bristol-based national law firm, has been appointed to the legal panel of construction and engineering group Costain for three years. The firm will provide legal advice across its business including in relation to engineering & construction, insurance, real estate, corporate, IP (intellectual property)/IT/data protection and employment...
