Bristol is growing much faster than predicted. But to make this growth manageable, and for everyone in the city to benefit, we must properly plan and control our own future. 2017 gives us an opportunity to do just that, argues James Durie, chief executive of Bristol Chamber of Commerce...
Accountancy group KPMG has appointed Maria Samra as a managing director to head up its consultancy practice across the South. Maria, pictured, will manage a growing team of management and risk consultants with expertise in technology-enabled business transformation, financial services, forensics and cybersecurity, programme management and assurance. She has held...
The West of England’s world-leading aerospace and tech sectors have helped strengthen business ties between the area and the Spanish city of Malaga. A delegation from the aerospace systems cluster of the Technology Park of Andalucía has been on a two-day visit to the area this week to explore...
Professional services firm PwC has launched its annual West of England Business of the Year Awards – widely regarded as the region’s most prestigious. Now in their 29th year, the eagerly-contested awards attract the cream of the region’s firms with a winners’ roll-call reading like a who’s who of...
The Bristol office of property agents Cushman & Wakefield has made two appointments to its retail asset services team. Caroline Cubbin joins as a senior surveyor while Melissa Woolston has been taken on as an estates technician. Caroline has four years’ experience, incorporating two years’ property and asset management experience....
Three members of staff in global real estate company Colliers International’s Bristol office are among 16 promotions across its UK operations. Ben Jones, who leads the holiday parks team, becomes a director, while Tom Watkins from the industrial & logistics team has been made a senior surveyor and George...
Bristol and the West of England should aim to become the UK’s first city-region to have full employment – but it must also tackle a huge social divide made worse by spiralling housing costs. The challenge has been thrown down to the soon-to-be-elected Metro Mayor, who will lead a...
Filming has begun at Bristol’s Bottle Yard on a new television show hosted by Noel Edmonds – his third at the fast-growing TV and film studios. Cheap Cheap Cheap which will be broadcast on Channel 4 later this year, is set inside an eccentric general store filled with weird...
Exclusive events venue Clevedon Hall has been shortlisted for two prestigious awards, recognising the seaside mansion as a premier location for luxury weddings. The nominations for Best Historic Wedding Venue and Best Coastal Wedding Venue in the UK Wedding Awards come following the completion of a £4.2m, six-year project...
Bristol Law Society, the oldest regional law society in the country, has acquired a new base in the city centre – the first time in its 246-year history it has owned its own premises. The move to the 1,800 sq ft of space over two floors on Colston Avenue will...
Bristol-based Rosemont has dropped the word ‘recruitment’ from its brand to reflect its growing partnership role in the service it provides to candidates and companies. Rosemont Partnership, as it is now known, specialises in mid to senior management roles in the built environment. Founded in 2012 by managing director...
Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT has advised on a deal that will develop the first ‘energy barns’ in the UK. The barns will use lithium-ion batteries to store energy that can be released at times of peak demand, helping to stabilise the electricity grid. The first four, which are in...
National property adviser GVA has appointed six new members of staff to its Bristol office, heralding an optimistic start to 2017 across its multidisciplinary business. Harry Hancock, Joanna Murray and Jordan Andrews have joined its building consultancy and architectural teams, Kimberley Brown and Emma Norman have been taken on...
