Bristol businesses are being urged to have their say on a major planning blueprint that will determine where future development takes place across the West of England over the next 20 years. The public engagement process on the final draft of the Joint Spatial Plan (JSP) closes next Wednesday,...
The British Council for Offices (BCO) has appointed Andrew Heath as chairman of its South West and Wales region. Andrew, pictured, is head of office agency at national property agents Cushman & Wakefield’s Bristol office. He has taken over from former chair of five years Mark Alker Stone, who...
Bristol firms considering doing business in China this year – or those already trading there – are being urged to take part in the region’s largest Chinese New Year reception and banquet. Organised by the Bristol & West of England China Bureau, the event brings together business leaders, key...
Carterwood, the Bristol-based specialist property consultancy dedicated to social care, has celebrated starting its 10th trading anniversary this year by making four senior promotions. The firm, which has grown to become a nationally recognised and innovative advisor in the healthcare sector, has promoted associate Alex Taylor to director, while...
Phil Smith, managing director of Business West – the regional organisation that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative – looks back at the highs and lows of 2017. After a tumultuous 2016, many of us were perhaps expecting 2017 to be something like the morning after...
Estate agency and property group Andrews’ chairman Jim Glover is standing down next week after serving two terms in the post over a period of six years. He will be succeeded by Steven Esom, who has had a long career mainly in the retail sector. During his time in...
Bristol Grade A office scheme One Cathedral Square has been sold for £33.5m in a deal that property industry figures say reflects the strength of the city’s market but also the marked shortage of prime space. The 56,000 sq ft three-storey building – which is fully let to the...
An app developed by a group of employees at the Bristol HQ of specialist financial services group Computershare could potentially save lives in an emergency similar to the Grenfell Tower fire, judges of a competition have said. The app, which won the contest, was created as part of a...
National property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has boosted its Bristol-based South West building consultancy division with the appointment of David Bridges as an associate director. David, pictured, arrives after six years in LSH’s Northampton office, where he worked across the full spectrum of building consultancy services. He joined...
Bristol’s oldest retail centre, The Arcade in Broadmead, is almost fully let for the first time in many years having repositioned itself in the marketplace. The relatively small shop units in the Grade II listed scheme, which is almost 200 years old, meant it lost popularity among bigger retailers...
Two more businesses – one of the UK’s leading special effects firms and a newly launched professional film and TV makeup stockist – have taken up residence at Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios’ creative hub. MTFX, which has its headquarters in Gloucester, produces special effects for TV, film and events...
Bristol’s standing as a leading global music city was underscored this week when iconic record shop Rough Trade opened in the city centre. The store at New Bridewell on Rupert Street, pictured, is only Rough Trade’s fourth in the UK and fifth worldwide. It has two outlets in London,...
Marketing agency Creation has relocated to Bristol city centre and continued to grow with the support of a five-figure finance package from HSBC. The full-service agency, which employs 30 people, moved from Ham Green on the outskirts of the city to St Georges Court in St Georges Road. ...
