The new visitor centre under construction at historic Clevedon Pier reached a significant milestone this week as regional construction company Beard installed glass panels into the walls and ceiling of the centre’s restaurant and tea room. Beard is working with Bristol-based O’LearyGoss Architects on the £1.8m scheme. The Swindon-based firm...
Bristol is the number one UK regional city for law firms, according to a new survey which measured how much office space the legal sector occupies outside London. Bristol, with nearly 875,000 sq ft of office space used by its law firms, heads the table of the 10 cities...
Facilities management firm Almeda has recruited experienced hospitality sector manager Gordon Cox to head its recently-launched catering division. Gordon was previously food and beverage manager at Wyevale Garden Centres. He first encountered the Almeda team while working at its Endsleigh Garden Centre in Devon and was so impressed the...
By Tim Stringer, director, Integral Build. This year the Queen celebrates her 90th birthday. Not for a moment do I imagine she is reflecting on the changing face of the office over that time. But if she were, she’d think about what have we experienced and what have we...
The first in a series of Inspiring Women talks organised by the South West branch of Women In Property takes place in Bristol tomorrow with guest speaker property developer Mandy St John Davey. The events aim to inspire more women to consider being part of the property and construction...
Bristol’s year as European Green Capital officially ended this afternoon with a pledge by its key players to keep the city at the leading edge of sustainable business innovation. A closing ceremony staged at Colston Hall looked back over Bristol’s year in the green spotlight and at its legacy....
Development in Bristol city centre’s next growth area is to get underway following city council consent for the demolition and archaeological investigation of a derelict site in Redcliffe. The decision paves the way for phase two of the Redcliff Quarter development – an area of 330 high-quality new homes,...
Bristol’s Colston Hall, Hippodrome and SS Great Britain were among the winners at last night’s prestigious South West Tourism Excellence Awards. Held in Exeter Cathedral, the awards championed the quality and breadth of the region’s tourist industry – from guest houses, hotels, campsites and pubs to large attractions, cultural...
Bristol facilities management firm Almeda has launched a new catering division with the ambition of making the traditional staff canteen a thing of the past. The Keynsham-based family business wants large firms to think about the way they feed their staff and so change perceptions about food and drink...
National law firm Bevan Brittan has appointed Tim Rowe as a partner in its Bristol-based property practice. Tim, pictured, joins from TLT Solicitors, where he worked for nearly 10 years and was a partner. He specialises in commercial property with a particular emphasis on large-scale development projects for landowners,...
Drew Nesbitt, a senior associate in Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon’s real estate team, has been appointed as the new regional chairman of an organisation that mentors and encourages the next generation of professionals to become future leaders in the office sector. British Council for Offices (BCO) NextGen also...
National property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has boosted its West of England senior property management team with the appointment of associate director Kevin Mills. Kevin, pictured, will be based in LSH’s Bristol office where he will be responsible for managing estates held by clients including Mayfair Capital, Canal...
National law firm TLT has decided to stay in its Bristol headquarters building, signing a new 10-year lease and kick-starting a major expansion and refurbishment scheme for the landmark One Redcliff Street city centre office block. TLT, which will occupy around 90,000 sq ft on the top floors of...
