Bristol Business News is to launch GAMECHANGERS – a unique and highly innovative project to identify the 50 individuals shaping the future of Bristol’s economy. These inspirational people are helping make Bristol the UK’s most exciting city through their innovation, enterprise and creativity. Some will be well known, others...
Bristol Airport’s multi-million pound terminal extension has been officially opened by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal – 15 years after she performed a similar ceremony at the then-new terminal building. In 2000, when The Princess Royal officially opened the terminal, the airport handled just 2.2m passengers. Numbers have...
Demolition work is under way on a key site in the heart of Redcliffe in preparation for the first phase of a major mixed use regeneration project that will revive an underutilised part of the city centre. Developer Change Real Estate secured planning consent in April to transform the...
Regional law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bristol, has bolstered its commercial property offering with the appointment of Richard Pike as associate solicitor. A highly-experienced commercial property specialist, Richard, pictured, joins from Swindon law firm Clark Holt, where he worked for just over two years. He previously...
A 50,000 sq ft industrial building at Avonmouth has been acquired for £5.4m by a London-based property investment fund. The unit on Poplar Park, pictured, part of Avonmouth’s Cabot Park distribution hub, is fully let to global spa and skincare products distributor Elemis as its headquarters. Bristol-based property agent...
Global building consultancy group Arcadis is to relocate its two Bristol offices to the £40m, 2 Glass Wharf flagship office scheme at Temple Quay in the largest city centre office deal of the year. The move has also prompted the 100,000 sq ft building’s owners Salmon Harvester and NFUM...
Bristol’s iconic Avon Gorge Hotel is under new ownership following its sale to the group behind the Hotel du Vin and Malmaison brands. The 75-bedroom Avon Gorge, famous for its terrace overlooking the Clifton Suspension Bridge, will continue under its existing name into next year when new owner Frasers...
Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub celebrates its two-year anniversary by inviting guests to the launch of Boxworks, a custom-designed workspace in 20 re-imagined shipping containers for the creative, digital and hi-tech industries. Boxworks expands the Engine Shed by 30% – enough space for around 120 entrepreneurs – and will provide much-needed...
Some of Bristol’s top employers have taken part in a day-long ‘Seeing is Believing’ visit designed to show them first-hand the key role businesses in the city can play to support people who face barriers into employment. Creating meaningful employment is one of the most significant ways that businesses contribute...
Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT has advised Canadian investment management company Fengate Capital on the acquisition of two UK solar parks. The sites – a 7.1MW park at Roanhead, Cumbria, and a 38MW park at Raventhorpe, Scunthorpe – are the first UK projects in Fengate Capital’s renewable energy portfolio. Together...
Triodos Bank has bought its showpiece Bristol head office for £11m in a move the ethical lender says demonstrates its long-term commitment to the city. Triodos moved into the 30,500 sq ft Grade A office building in Deanery Road in February 2012 – part of an award-winning mixed-use scheme...
Bristol tech businesses are to have access to a £10m specialist investment fund launched in the city this week. Great Western Ventures will back small, fast-growth tech firms with seed funding – so plugging a widely acknowledged gap in the city’s otherwise high-quality business support ‘eco-system’. The fund, backed...
Changes to the plans for Bristol’s long-awaited arena – including road closures and extra trains for major events – have been announced. The revised plans were this week submitted to Bristol City Council for approval following public consultation. The council said there was strong support for the 12,000-capacity arena...
