The first new road bridge across the River Avon in Bristol for more than 100 years swung into place this week – opening up the development site that will be home to the city’s long-awaited arena. The £11.3m, 63-tonne steel bridge will connect the previously isolated Arena Island to...
Alder King, the South West focused property consultancy with its head office in Bristol, has made six promotions. Planner Matt Halstead and investment specialist Oli Stretton have been appointed partners while Rebecca Priestley, Lucy Round, Ben St Quintin and Andrew Cullen have become associates. Matt Halstead joined Alder King’s...
The powerful recovery in Bristol’s commercial property market has made it one of the UK’s office hotspots – with two of the country’s three largest deals taking place in the city. Research from property consultancy Knight Frank shows that during the second quarter of this year the sale of...
Bristol fleet management firm ALD Automotive has drawn up plans for a new headquarters building at Emersons Green – the first major out-of-town pre-let office scheme in the city for five years. The firm, which employs nearly 400 staff at its outdated Fishponds HQ, hopes to relocate to the...
The Bristol office of international property and construction consultancy Gleeds has been appointed to project and cost manage the conversion of one of the city’s most iconic Georgian parades. The six Grade II listed Georgian townhouses at 3-8 Redcliffe Parade West have been used as offices for many years...
Global property agency DTZ has promoted Sarah James-Nock, a member of its Bristol-based retail asset management team, to senior surveyor. Sarah, pictured, joined DTZ a year ago and now manages shopping centres in Torquay and Port Talbot and leisure parks in Southampton, Leicester and Huddersfield. In total, DTZ’s Bristol...
Property advisory firm CBRE has gone up in the world for its new Bristol base, taking a penthouse suite on two floors of the city’s highest office building. The move follows a period of sustained growth for the firm with an expanding portfolio of clients and increased staff numbers...
The Bristol office of property consultancy Bruton Knowles has added to its growing team with the appointment of James Vowles as building surveyor. James joins from Somerset County Council, where he was involved with the full range of building surveying services including design and specification, contract administration, surveys, planning...
A high-profile office building in Bristol city centre is now fully occupied for the first time since before the recession. The two new lettings at 10-22 Victoria Street – a five-storey building with 47,000 sq ft of grade A office space near Bristol Bridge – reflect spiraling demand for...
Links between Bristol’s creative sector and UWE will be strengthened by the large-scale redevelopment of its Bower Ashton campus. The university said the city’s growing reputation as a cultural and creative hub – with its internationally-renown filmmaking, animation and visual art – was making it a magnet for students...
Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone’s record in attracting 2,000 jobs in just over three years has earned ministerial praise. Communities and local government minister James Wharton recognised the achievement as he was shown around the site yesterday. The landmark figure includes jobs in a range of sectors including engineering,...
Bristol video production agency Mendip Media has up-scaled its operations by building a state-of-the-art filming and photography facility. The investment milestone coincides with its 10th year in business and is part of a project supported by Barclays and the West of England Growth Fund. The new 800 sq ft...
More than half the businesses in the South West fear they will not be able to recruit enough high-skilled workers for their future success, according to an alarming new report. The annual CBI/Pearson Education and Skills Survey – which gauged the views of 101 firms across the region –...
