Bristol-based student accommodation specialist Unite is to raise around £100m through new shares to speed up its development programme in key UK university cities. The firm said half the new funding would be used in this way to take advantage of cyclically-low development costs. The other half will be...
Bristol concert venue Colston Hall is to unveil its two new-look café/bars this evening following a major refurbishment by Bath Ales, the independent brewer and restaurant chain which took over the iconic building’s food and drink contract last November. Bath Ales has transformed the first-floor restaurant into a charcuterie...
Bristol’s role as the UK’s most-competitive and innovative city will be demonstrated at the highest-profile gathering of the global property market next month. MIPIM, staged annually in Cannes, brings together the most senior players in international property development and investment and acts as a showcase for business and development...
A radical regeneration of the area around Bristol Temple Meads station and the new arena site to improve access for pedestrians and cyclists is being put forward for nearly £21m in funding. The scheme will vastly improve the semi-derelict Temple Circus – an eyesore for decades – and provide...
Verve Properties, the niche developer behind Bristol's highly-successful Paintworks creative quarter, has started work on the first speculative office refurbishment in the city for five years as the market recovery continues to gathers pace. London-based Verve said it saw a gap in the Bristol office market for trendy office...
Bristol-based property developer Ashfield Land has joined forces with housebuilder Barratt Developments for one of its largest schemes so far – a £600m, 2,450-home development in Buckinghamshire. Ashfield – a major landowner near Bristol and best known in the city for its redevelopment of the landmark former Maples store...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Supporters of Bristol Rovers’ plans to sell its Memorial Stadium for a supermarket development are to visit Downing Street to hand in a petition backing the project. Prime Minister David Cameron will receive the 12,000-signature petition next Wednesday by fans, club chairman Nick Higgs and...
West firms of all sizes are being urged to enter their directors in the region’s top award scheme recognising excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The South West Institute of Directors (IoD) Awards 2014 celebrate the achievements of the region’s outstanding business people and their contribution to the its...
Commercial property owners and investors could lose out on hundreds of thousands of pounds of tax relief under new capital allowance rules that come into force in April. The changes will restrict an owner’s ability to claim relief on the cost of the fixtures and fittings of a commercial...
The Bristol Old Vic, which celebrates its 250thanniversary in 2016, has launched a membership scheme for the city’s business community to help secure the future of the theatre for another 250 years. Called The Twenty Twenty Club, the scheme has already signed up its first member – international property...
Bristol’s long hoped for arena cleared its final hurdle this week as its funding package was agreed by the full city council. Work will now begin on appointing an operator to run the 12,000 capacity venue on disused land near Temple Meads station in a move that will deliver...
The Bristol Property Agents Association (BPAA) has appointed Jeremy Richards, head of international chartered surveyors Jones Lang LaSalle’s office in the city, as its new president. Jeremy, who replaces outgoing president Andrew Main, head of office at Savills in Bristol, officially took up the post at an inauguration ceremony...
Bristol-based property refurbishment and maintenance firm Matrix Solutions UK has gone into administration after a significant drop in business. Accountancy firm Grant Thornton, which has been appointed administrator, today warned of ‘numerous’ redundancies among Matrix’s 30-strong workforce. Grant Thornton said it waspotentially looking to sell the firm, which dealt...
