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Bristol property experts use home advantage to seal ‘difficult’ sale

November 16, 2012
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Bristol property experts use home advantage to seal ‘difficult’ sale

An investment property in Clifton’s historic Royal York Crescent has been sold successfully at a Bristol auction after failing to find a buyer at a similar sale in London. The one-bedroom flat sold by Auction House (West of England), whose special experience and knowledge of the local property market...

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Lights, camera, action! Mulberry founder’s film set restaurant pops up

November 15, 2012
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Lights, camera, action! Mulberry founder’s film set restaurant pops up

West entrepreneur and founder of the iconic Mulberry brand Roger Saul is taking on the restaurant world this week, adding a unique movie set inspired ‘pop-up’ restaurant as the latest attraction to his Kilver Court designer village in Shepton Mallet. Using quirky props and lighting to recreate the feel...

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Top award for GVA’s healthcare division

November 9, 2012
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Top award for GVA’s healthcare division

GVA Health, the Bristol-based specialist healthcare team at independent property adviser GVA, has had its expertise within the primary care sector recognised with a major industry award. Senior director Richard Taylor, who heads the primary care team with fellow director Tim Scruton, picked up the Property Adviser of the...

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North Bristol headquarters for growing insurance group

November 9, 2012
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North Bristol headquarters for growing insurance group

Insurance firm April UK, one of the country’s leading providers of income protection and health policies, has opened its new headquarters at Almondsbury Business Centre, North Bristol. The company has taken the ground and first floors, equivalent to 5,544 sq ft, at one of the centre’s office buildings, which...

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Successful landfill waste policy amounts to nothing

November 6, 2012
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Successful landfill waste policy amounts to nothing

A group of commercial properties in Bristol has cut to zero the amount of rubbish they send to landfill thanks to an innovative waste management scheme. The programme has been pioneered by property managers in the Bristol office of Colliers International working closely with waste handling experts Saica Natur....

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Oxford Brookes student block project for Bristol’s GSSArchitecture

November 2, 2012
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Oxford Brookes student block project for Bristol’s GSSArchitecture

Bristol-based has completed its latest project for Oxford Brookes University – a £15m accommodation scheme at the university’s Harcourt Hill Campus.  The scheme has created two large blocks, providing 318 en-suite rooms with shared kitchens and double bed studio rooms. The development includes separate common rooms for under and...

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Bristol building products group Burdens offloads half its branches to rival

November 2, 2012
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Bristol building products group Burdens offloads half its branches to rival

Bristol-based building products supplier Burdens is to sell 22 of its 50 branches to rival Wolseley UK for £30m. Around 600 of Burdens’ employees will transfer to Wolseley UK, which is retaining the Burdens brand name and will run the branches as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Emersons Green-based Burdens, which...

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GVA boosts South West building team with key appointments

October 24, 2012
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GVA boosts South West building team with key appointments

Property advisors GVA have appointed Tim Scruton to the role of regional head of building for the South West and South Wales region. Tim, a director in the firm and a qualified chartered surveyor, has previously led GVA’s specialist primary healthcare building team and will now absorb this into...

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Bristol commercial property expert slams Govt over rates revaluation ‘bombshell’

October 22, 2012
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Bristol commercial property expert slams Govt over rates revaluation ‘bombshell’

Government plans to postpone business rates revaluations have been slammed as an “underhand tactic” to rake in even more cash from already-squeezed businesses, according to a senior Bristol property figure. The proposals, announced last week, have also been described as a bombshell by Martin Davenport, partner in charge of...

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Property giant Hammerson snaps up Bristol retail park

October 22, 2012
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Property giant Hammerson snaps up Bristol retail park

Bristol’s Imperial Retail Park has been bought by property developer Hammerson as part of a £254.5m package of four shopping centres acquired from The Junction Unit Trust. The 32,000m2 (340,000ft²) scheme in Hartcliffe is anchored by a 10,000m2 (105,000 sq ft) B&Q, and includes Next, Boots, HomeSense, Pizza Hut...

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New appointment to Colliers International’s Bristol team

October 19, 2012
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New appointment to Colliers International’s Bristol team

Surveyor Mark Kelly has joined commercial property specialists Colliers International to strengthen its investment property management (IPM) team in Bristol. Originally from Nailsea, Mark has spent the past four years with Bristol chartered surveyors Hartnell Taylor Cook. He has experience of working for a wide variety of property experts...

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Redevelopment scheme for Bristol General Hospital gets green light

October 19, 2012
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Redevelopment scheme for Bristol General Hospital gets green light

Redevelopment of Bristol’s iconic General Hospital is to go ahead after a U-turn by the city council. Councillors gave the go-ahead last night to a scheme to develop housing and retail on the site. The hospital, parts of which date back more than 150 years, closed to patients earlier...

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New Bristol city centre home for Business Growth Fund

October 16, 2012
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New Bristol city centre home for Business Growth Fund

The Business Growth Fund (BGF), the £2.5bn equity investment company providing long-term capital to fast-growing small and medium-sized businesses, has set up a permanent office in central Bristol. In a deal brokered by the Bristol office of property agents DTZ, the BGF has taken has taken 1,500 sq ft...

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