Some of Bristol’s most influential business figures have lent their names to an open letter backing the re-election of George Ferguson as mayor. The letter, signed by 41 men and women, has been published with less than a week to go to the mayoral election next Thursday. The group...
By Matthew Midwinter, a chartered surveyor at property consultancy Sanderson Weatherall and the firm’s head of rating in the South of England. Businesses across the South West are about to receive their new business rates bills and for many ratepayers yet another increase in outgoings will prove unpalatable, if...
Leading Bristol entrepreneurs, creatives and philanthropists have thrown their support behind the Old Vic’s fundraising drive for its ambitious 250th anniversary redevelopment. They are following in the footsteps of theatre’s original investors by snapping up specially minted ‘silver tickets’, each costing £50,000. Back in 1766, the original theatre was...
The successful Business Showcase South West returns next month to again celebrate the best of the region’s innovation, creativity and enterprise. The event, the largest of its kind in the South West, this year takes place at Bristol’s newly redeveloped Ashton Gate Stadium, meaning it will be even bigger. Delegates...
West of England law firm Foot Anstey has promoted senior associate Stuart Cleak to partner in its Bristol-based real estate group. Stuart, pictured, who specialises in renewables and energy, heads a team advising developers and funders of energy projects. He has detailed knowledge and expertise in the sector and...
Two of South Bristol’s longest-established industrial estates are to be refurbished after being acquired by new owners. South Liberty Lane and Brookgate industrial estates have, between them, more than 300,000 sq ft of warehousing and industrial space in 34 units. The estates, three miles south of the city centre...
The regeneration of the north side of Bristol’s Harbourside is nearing completion after more than two decades of development with the imminent sale of the former Canon’s Marsh Gasworks site. The parcel of land, which sits between Anchor Road and the Floating Harbour, is the last remaining piece of...
Bristol’s vibrant food and drink scene is to get a boost from a Bath-based independent retailer when it opens in the Wapping Wharf development on Harbourside this summer. Speciality coffee house and artisan bakery Mokoko’s new venture on Gaol Ferry Steps will be its first foray into Bristol. Opening...
West firms and business organisations need to collaborate more and embrace innovation to help nurture the region’s talent pool, according to the regional president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Speaking to more than 500 delegates at the ICAEW annual dinner in Bristol last night,...
Regional construction group Beard, which opened an office in Bristol last year, is predicting strong growth this year as it builds on another record set of financial results. Pre-tax profits rose by 24% to £2.9m in the year to December 31 on turnover up 26% at £110.8m following a...
Unemployment has continued to fall in the South West, bucking the national trend and pointing to a brighter outlook for the region’s businesses. But Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, warned the national rise signalled a slowing economy and could impact on firms in the Bristol area if...
Two prominent waterside retail/restaurant units at Portishead Marina have been brought to the market. The adjacent units on the ground floor of the mainly residential Sixty8 building are being marketed by the Bristol office of property consultants Alder King and Bristol-based specialist property firm Insight Retail Consulting. Sixty8 is...
A games incubator which aims to strengthen Bristol’s burgeoning games sector and a creative skills programme that is developing its talent pool are the latest tenants in the city’s Engine Shed innovation hub. Game Boosters is seeking talented videogame developers to help them achieve success. Its objective is to...
