CARGO, the successful Bristol food and drink hub made from shipping containers, is to be extended by more than three times its current size as it continues to attract an eclectic mix of retailers, bars and restaurants. The first of 49 containers arrived on site this week to make...
Two landmark deals have been struck to bring the first occupiers to the Horizon 38 business park, Bristol’s largest speculative industrial development for decades. The deals with building materials supplier Selco and Village Hotels are being viewed as a clear vote of confidence in the 65-acre, 1m sq ft...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised on a loan facility that makes £14m available to residential care provider Bradbury House as it continues its expansion across the South West. Bradbury House Organisation has become an established, high-quality care provider for adults with learning disabilities following its...
Engine Shed, Bristol’s innovation hub, has formed a partnership with City of Bristol College to help develop stronger links between further education and business. The collaboration is an invitation to businesses to engage more easily with apprenticeship provision and find out about the talented young people across the city...
Privately owned Henbury Lodge Hotel, which was recently named as the best in Bristol, has been sold. The 20-bedroom luxury hotel, pictured, changed hands for an undisclosed sum. It was recently voted the top hotel in Bristol on TripAdvisor. The hotel occupies an historically-significant Grade II listed building in which...
Experienced property and construction lawyer Ian Stubbs has been appointed as a partner in South West law firm Foot Anstey’s Bristol office. Ian, pictured, brings more than 30 years’ experience in the sector to the firm’s construction team, having begun his career as a quantity surveyor and a contracts...
Plans have been submitted to Bristol City Council for a massive redevelopment of part of the Broadmead shopping centre, including demolishing some outdated shops and building new retail units, bars, restaurants and apartments. Broadmead owner the Bristol Alliance, which also owns Cabot Circus and Quakers Friars, said the redevelopment...
Bristol’s Thali Cafe business is to expand its unique ‘Taste of India’ offering and open at least 10 more restaurants in cities across the UK over the next five years. The multi award-winning business, which has well-known chef and food writer Meera Sodha as its guest chef, believes there...
Bristol-based brand engagement agency Synergy Creative has moved to larger premises following a period of strong growth. The firm, which works with blue-chip clients to engage their employees and customers through creative communications and campaigns, has relocated from Westbury-on-Trym – where it has spent the past eight years –...
Around 100 Bristol property professionals enjoyed an exclusive tour of the city’s newest luxury residential development at an event organised by developer Kersfield and accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson. The invitation-only gathering was an opportunity to see the transformation of Burwalls, the Wills family’s Grade...
Work starts on Monday on the S-shaped bridge over the Floating Harbour which will connect Castle Park with Finzels Reach, the new city quarter being created on the former Courage Brewery site. The 91m curved steel bridge will be assembled from parts weighing up to 20 tonnes transported by...
Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub has celebrated its third anniversary by looking back at its success and ahead to its next phase of growth. Engine Shed houses the world-leading SETsquared business incubator, the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Invest Bristol & Bath and a number of other...
Drew Nesbitt, a senior associate with Bristol-based law firm Burges Salmon, has been named Rising Star of the South West at the British Council for Offices (BCO) NextGen Awards. The inaugural awards are part of BCO’s NextGen programme, which mentors and encourages the next generation of professionals to become...
