Bristol-based property agency Williams Gunter Hardwick has been appointed by expanding electronic cigarette retailer Ecigwizard to help it open a string of new outlets. The Peterborough-headquartered firm plans to more than double its store portfolio with at least 50 openings in an area stretching from Wales and the South...
Bristol business leaders have welcomed the publication of the ‘value for money’ reports on the location of the city’s much-delayed arena – even if they suggest it is likely be built north of the city at Filton rather than the originally planned site near Temple Meads. Accountancy giant KPMG’s...
Two senior associates in national firm Clarke Willmott’s Bristol office have been promoted to partner. Tim Copplestone and Natalie Read are among four promotions at the firm, which has seven offices across England and Wales. Tim, pictured right, who represented Great Britain at kayaking, joined Clarke Willmott in 2007...
Two new lettings at Bristol’s oldest retail centre, The Arcade in Broadmead, have left just one unit remaining – with its marketing agents expecting to sign up an occupier for that soon. Many of the 24 units in the Grade II listed scheme, which is almost 200 years old,...
Eight Bristol directors will go head to head with some of the South West’s top bosses next week in one of the region’s most prestigious business award schemes. The eight are among the finalists in this year’s South West Director of the Year Awards. The coveted awards will be presented...
Bosses at Bristol Airport have welcomed the government’s confirmation of support for regional airports as part of its controversial decision to give the green light to a third runway at Heathrow. Transport Secretary Chris Grayling told the House of Commons earlier this week that as well as expanding Heathrow,...
Bristol firms that go the extra mile to ensure their staff are cheerful and fulfilled are being invited to enter the annual South West Happiest Workplace Competition. The brainchild of Bristol-based workplace and interior design consultancy Wylde IA, the contest has successfully championed enlightened businesses since it was launched...
National property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has boosted its South West property management team with the appointment of a new associate director. Nicola Storry, pictured, will be based in LSH’s Bristol office, where she will be responsible for managing assets held by clients including Mayfair Capital, Canals and...
A Bristol construction firm has ceased trading with the loss of 50 jobs just weeks after being named as one of UK’s most inspiring small and medium-sized businesses. Ikon Construction, which was established in 2001 and has completed many high-profile projects in and around Bristol, was placed into administration...
A landmark Bristol office building on the fringes of the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone is being marketed with a near-record rent for the city after undergoing a multi-million pound refurbishment. Temple Point in Redcliffe Way has 51,000 sq ft available at a time when the supply of Grade A...
A major regeneration project on the edge of St Pauls that will bring much-needed new homes and business space to the area is to get underway this summer after several years’ delay. The scheme by Places for People, the national place-making organisation, will transform the former Dove Lane industrial...
Bristol’s property industry is being urged to come together to change the lives of young homeless people in the city. More than 80 senior Bristol property professionals recently met to form the South West Fundraising Board for LandAid, the property industry charity. LandAid chief executive Paul Morrish, Bristol City...
Two experienced senior managers have been appointed by Butcombe Brewery to support its continued expansion. John Breading has been appointed as UK sales director at the firm, based at Wrington, near Bristol, while Phil Rowsell joins as operations manager at its recently opened 54,000 sq ft distribution centre in...
