Bristol’s industrial property market is heading for a record year as its biggest-ever logistics development gets under way and a rash of speculative schemes are poised to start. Homeware retailer The Range bought the 55-acre site at Severnside earlier this year to build a 1.2m sq ft distribution centre...
A company specialising in rope access and rigging and a casting agency for young local actors are the latest firms to join the expanding creative hub at Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios. Figure Nine and Briz Kidz Casting bring two more important production needs that are frequently required by incoming...
Jeremy Richards, head of the Bristol office of international property agents JLL, said that while the Autumn Statement was had a macro-economic outlook there were some important messages for the regions, including the South West. “Hammond acknowledged that Britain’s economic prosperity is too heavily focused in London and the South East and the announcement...
Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bristol, described Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement as a clarion call to industry to be more productive and to make the UK ‘match fit’ for a bumpy Brexit ride ahead. It said the Chancellor’s first fiscal statement promised billions of government...
Bristol businesses will welcome Chancellor Philip Hammond’s focus on investment in the Autumn Statement, particularly in areas where growth pressures are highest, according to Business West. Phil Smith, pictured, managing director of the region’s largest business organisation, described the statement as “a sombre, not flashy, affair” which reflected the...
Business organisation the CBI “warmly welcomed” Chancellor Philip Hammond’s commitments to boost research and development, housing and infrastructure. But it said these must be acted on. Director-general Carolyn Fairbairn, pictured below, said: “The Chancellor has prioritised a pragmatic down payment on future productivity growth. “His emphasis on R&D, housing...
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s housing market measures in the Autumn Statement have been welcomed – but were seen as not going far enough to ease the homes crisis in cities like Bristol. Martin Blake, pictured right, director of Keynsham-based estate agency Andrews’ land & new homes division, approved of the commitment to release £1.4bn...
Chancellor Philip Hammond presented his first Autumn Statement this afternoon. Here are the main points, as announced: Office for Budget Responsibility says growth this year will be 2.1%, 1.4% next year (down from 2.2%), 1.7% in 2018 (down from 2.1%), 2.1% in 2019/20 (down from 2.1%) and 2% in 2020/21,...
Bruton Knowles, the national commercial property agency, has appointed experienced chartered building surveyor James Leeks to its Bristol-based building constancy team. James was the national head of building consultancy at ES Group, responsible for a team of 14 chartered surveyors, prior to its acquisition by Lambert Smith Hampton acquisition,...
Bristol business leaders have called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to go all out to boost confidence ahead of Brexit as he prepares to deliver his first Autumn Statement next Wednesday. With the economic climate expected to get decidedly chilly next year as the UK works towards leaving the EU,...
Creative digital consultancy Wattle has expanded into newly refurbished office space at Bristol’s Bath Road Studios following a period of growth. The firm has taken an additional 840 sq ft of space in the landmark former HTV television studio building and now occupies 1,230 sq ft in total. Founded...
Bristol Airport is to invest £20m on improving and expanding its car parking after gaining consent for three new schemes. At least 3,500 more spaces will be added to its Silver Zone parking area to cope with the airport’s rapid growth. Passenger numbers are on course to top 7m...
The £1bn devolution deal for the West of England – which will bring funding and powers back from Westminster – moved another step closer this week after the area’s three local authorities gave their consent on its Parliamentary Order. Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset (B&NES) and South Gloucestershire...
