Business leaders from Bristol and across the West of England will get their first chance to hear the views of the CBI’s recently appointed president and its incoming regional chair at the organisation’s annual dinner next week. The event is traditionally a high point of the region’s business calendar,...
The Bristol office of national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has been appointed by the owners of an office scheme in the city to market the site as well as provide a range of consultancy services. LSH’s appointment follows work it provided to Dorset-based Broadshade Group when it...
A showpiece campus scheme on one of Bristol’s most prominent vacant city centre sites has moved a step closer with the appointment of agents to market offices in its first phase. Assembly Bristol on Temple Way will be a mixed-use scheme with office space, public realm, shops, restaurants and...
A major regeneration project to convert two long-empty office buildings into stylish student homes has been completed – the latest schemes to add to the transformation of the city centre. Bristol-based developer Urban Creation sold the site last year to London Stock Exchange-listed student property specialists Empiric Student property...
Landmark Bristol city centre office scheme The Spectrum Building is now 70% let following a number of recent deals. The building’s owners London-based Affinity Global, advised by V7 Asset Management, also based in London, has completed a total of 16,500 sq ft of lettings. Software and outsourcing specialist Civica...
Thousands of businesses are still missing out Research & Development (R&D) tax credits and time is running out for them to claim for calendar year 2014, warns Smith & Williamson, the accountancy, investment management and tax group with a large office in Bristol. New figures from HMRC show that...
The state-of-the-art Future Space business workspace at UWE’s Frenchay Campus has been handed over to the management team at Oxford Innovation as its third business moves in. Future Space provides a unique destination for science and technology companies and includes shared and co-working offices, an equipped lab, upgradeable workshops and...
Property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has boosted its Bristol-based national telecoms team with a new assistant surveyor. Alice Odonkor, pictured, a Real Estate Management graduate of the University of Westminster, joins from the Freshwater Group, where she was assistant property manager. Alice said: “Being in the telecoms team...
Bristol has the opportunity to become a global hub for nuclear industry innovation with the potential to create thousands of skilled jobs following the historic decision to build the Hinkley Point C power plant, business figures said today. The final go-ahead for the £18bn project, after nearly a decade...
Bristol business leaders welcomed the government’s historic decision to go ahead with the £18bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, saying it will create a huge economic boost for the West of England and lead to thousands of new jobs. Business West, the region’s largest business organisation which last...
National planning consultancy Boyer has opened an office in Bristol to cover the South West and expanded its workforce. The new base adds to the consultancy’s existing office network across the South of England and Wales and is headed by director Alistair Macdonald, who joins from RPS Bristol where...
By Sullivan Gardner, business development manager, Amarelle. You’re an expert in your industry. You know how much things cost and more importantly who to trust. But, as is often the case with office fit-out projects, if you’re the internal key stakeholder you may not be well versed in office...
Nuts and Bolts, a supplier of fixings and power tools for the construction and engineering industry, is to move to new premises with financial support from Barclays. The six-figure finance package has enabled the firm to buy a 12,000 sq ft site on Weston-super-Mare’s Sunnyside Industrial Estate, giving it...
