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...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Rebecca Tregarthen, Chairman of IoD Bristol, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? Lucy starring Scarlett Johanssen Book you read? Marianne Dreams...
Bristol and its Chinese sister city Guangzhou are to explore closer links between their important educational, industrial and energy sectors following the second visit by a high-powered delegation to Bristol in as many weeks. A Bristol-Panyu Urbanisation and Cooperation group is to be established to look at how the...
Bristol business leaders today welcomed the latest positive national economic figures but concerns remain that the pace of growth is slowing and further problems could lie ahead. The Office for National Statistics figures show the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.7% in the three months to September...
Bristol-based Integral Build has completed an eight-month refurbishment project at the city’s historic The Red Maids’ School, creating contemporary facilities for students, teachers and visitors within its original Edwardian complex. The £1.6m transformation involved building a new library in a two-storey void in the centre of the main school building in Westbury-on-Trym, extensive modernisation and...
Property agency GVA has expanded its office agency team in Bristol with the appointment of Alex Riddell as a senior surveyor. Alex, pictured, joins GVA at a time of strong growth for the Bristol office and its office agency team in particular, which has just been placed at the...
Commercial law firm Thrings has appointed two solicitors to its fast-growing commercial property team as a result of continued organic growth and a series of new client wins. Associate Steve Schofield and solicitor Beth Nicholls will further strengthen Thrings’ commercial property and construction offering across its four main offices...
