Specialist IT firm WPC Software has moved to a larger office in Bristol to accommodate its fast-expanding team. The firm, which employs nearly 30 people, has relocated from Keynsham, where it was based for 15 years, to premises in Longwell Green as it develops new software for the public...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Tim Stringer, divisional director of Integral Build, the Bristol-based specialists in construction, interiors, refurbishment and fit out, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Wolf...
The regeneration of Bristol’s Redcliffe area has stepped up a gear following a new land acquisition deal and a planning application for a mixed-use scheme. Redcliffe MCC, a joint venture between Change Real Estate and Cannon Family Office, submitted plans to Bristol City Council to develop a 0.8 acre...
Land owners and land agents will have the opportunity to get to grips with the latest regulatory and tax changes at a seminar taking place in Bristol this month. The annual tax update seminar run by accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson will include presentations on VAT,...
Inward investment agency Invest Bristol & Bath is on track to hit its target of helping to create 1,380 jobs over two years, new figures show. Since its launch January 2013, the organisation has assisted in generating more than 1,200 jobs by attracting a number of high-profile businesses to...
One of the most prominent buildings in Bristol’s Queen Square is almost full following its letting to marketing and comms agency Proteus Creative Communication. The firm, which has relocated from Redcliffe Parade, has taken nearly 2,500 sq ft of contemporary, open plan space on a 10-year lease at King...
Bristol-based recycling company Boomeco, which specialises in the reuse and recycling of wood and black bag waste, has invested around £3m in its Avonmouth site. The move has strengthened its recycling and recovery services with highly-specialised equipment including a wood shredder, an automatic baling press and new vehicles to...
International design and engineering group Arup was today named as the latest business to sponsor Bristol’s year as European Green Capital 2015. The firm, which employs 280 people in Bristol and has been involved in many of the city’s major building projects, will be ‘built environment for future cities’...
A £50m landmark building planned by UWE Bristol for its Faculty of Business and Law has been given the go-ahead by South Gloucestershire Council. The 17,200 sq m, five-storey building will house Bristol Business School and Bristol Law School and is part of UWE’s Frenchay Campus ambitious development plan...
Bristol’s fast-growing Bottle Yard Studios has attracted another major creative business – Emmy award-winning creative audio company Radium Audio. The London-based firm, which designs music and sound for blue-chip clients such as Sky, National Geographic and the BBC, opened its 3,600 sq ft production studio space at the South...
Bristol-based café/bar group Loungers is to relocate its head office to larger premises following a period of rapid expansion. The group, formed by long-standing friends Alex Reilley, Jake Bishop and Dave Reid, opened its first venue on North Street in the Bedminster in 2002 and now runs nearly 50...
Real estate sector experts from Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon have advised property development and construction group Skanska UK on a £8m residential development land sale in Bath. The Burges Salmon team, led by real estate partner Ross Polkinghorne, advised Skanska on all real estate aspects of deal...
Bristol’s rapidly-recovering office market is poised for a number of significant deals over the next few months which will make 2014 the strongest year since before the recession. Increased take-up in the third quarter means Bristol has already overtaken the annual average for the previous five years. Now property...
