The Bristol Hoteliers Association has appointed Imran Ali, general manager of the city’s Radisson Blu Hotel, as its new chairman. Imran, pictured, has taken over from Mark Payne, general manager of The Bristol Hotel, who held the position for the past year. Mark helped reform the association, which previously...
Global engineering technology firm Renishaw has strengthened its support for Bristol’s iconic music venue Colston Hall by agreeing to sponsor a room in its new education suite. The room, which has not yet been named, will be created in the venue’s unused Victorian cellars as part of the £48.8m...
The head of property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield’s Bristol office has raised more than £4,000 for the young people’s development charity Youth Adventure Trust after completing a seven-day trek across Ethiopia. Tim Davis walked for between eight and 13 hours a day to reach the summit of Ras Dashen,...
National commercial property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield has made two appointments to its Bristol office. Tim West joins the office’s valuation team as a surveyor while Rory Sergeant joins its project & development services team as a senior building surveyor. Originally from Poole, Tim arrives from Savills’ South Coast...
A major redevelopment of part of Bristol’s Old City including extensive regeneration of some of its most historic buildings has been unveiled. The plans include buildings fronting Broad Street, including Natwest Court and the ornamental Everards Printing Works building with its unique Art Nouveau façade. These buildings will be...
Architects from the Bristol office of international firm BDP are behind the design of a major new-generation £79.5m surgical centre, which has just been given the go-ahead by the government. BDP’s Bristol studio was appointed by Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust to design a new surgical and critical...
Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT has completed its third land acquisition in four months for housebuilding group Persimmon Homes. The latest site – in Tuffley, Gloucester – has planning permission for 250 residential units. Persimmon says the development will go some way to addressing the increasing demand for new homes...
Bristol-based neighbourhood café-bar operator Loungers has used the opening of its 100th outlet to unveil ambitious plans to invest £10m in further 16 Lounges this year 2018. The firm, which also owns the Cosy Club bar-restaurant brand, promised no let-up in pursuing its expansion strategy across the UK. Its...
South West property consultancy Alder King has appointed Hugh Collins to its highly successful graduate programme in Bristol. Hugh, pictured, has joined the firm’s award-winning investment and energy teams as a junior surveyor, initially focusing on land acquisition for a number of energy sector clients while also working towards...
Bishop Fleming, the regional accountancy firm with its large office in Bristol, was today named as the official sponsor of the Institute of Directors (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards 2018. Bishop Fleming, which has seven offices across the South West and West Midlands, has teamed up...
Business West, the region’s largest business body and the organisation that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, is collaborating with two other powerful chambers to highlight the impact of uncertainty over Brexit a year before it takes effect. The Three Chamber Alliance – which includes the London Chamber of Commerce...
Property consultancy Colliers International has strengthened its building surveying and project management team in the South West with the appointment of Jessica Harding as a trainee surveyor. Jessica, who will be based in the Bristol office, will be involved in work on behalf of commercial landlords and tenants on...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has expanded its partnership with two promotions in its corporate tax and construction & engineering teams. The promotions of Ian Carnochan and Richard Adams, which take effect from May 1, follow the recent arrival of Sarah Lane as a partner in its corporate tax...
