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...
The freehold of a large office building at Bristol’s Harbourside has been sold for £13m in an indication, according to its developer Crest Nicholson, of the emergence of the area as Bristol’s prime financial centre. The 50,000 sq ft building, 2 College Square, which has a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating,...
Claire Evans has been appointed as a senior consultant by property firm DTZ as part of the expansion of its Bristol-based regional public sector consultancy team. The 10-strong team provides strategic corporate real estate, development consultancy and planning advice to the public sector across the South West. Claire, pictured,...
West brewer Bath Ales has signed a lease for its biggest outlet to date and one that is set to become a flagship for the fast-growing business. At just over 5,000 sq ft, the new site is double the size of any of the Warmley-based brewery’s other outlets. Bath...
Two more firms have moved into the Bath Road Studios office complex recently created at ITV’s landmark Bristol building. IT support company Signal Networks has taken a five-year lease on the 1,773 sq ft Zone 9, while The Pilates Studio has leased a 1,037 sq ft ground floor studio,...
Eleven businesses have moved into the zone since its April opening, creating 306 jobs. Two have come from outside the UK and five from outside the West of England. A dedicated Enterprise Zone Control Committee has been established to streamline and speed up planning decisions. Local Development Orders have...
Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone is shaping up to give the city a unique opportunity to position itself as one of the UK’s most dynamic centres for creative, hi-tech and sustainable businesses, the latest event to showcase its progress was told. The 70-hectare (173-acre) zone also demonstrates that Bristol...
A prominent retail and office building in central Bristol is on the market with a £2m price tag. The 53,000 sq ft Southey and Aylward House, which occupies the corner site of Wine Street and Union Street opposite Castle Park and The Galleries shopping mall, sits on a 0.42-acre...
Ben Davies has moved from property firm Knight Frank’s rural department to join its industrial team in Bristol as an industrial agent, adding specialist knowledge of the renewable energy sector to the team. Ben, pictured, said: “I am delighted to be joining the industrial team, which is one of...
The University of Bristol has sold the freehold of a 1.2-acre site on Warren Lane, Long Ashton, to luxury retirement home specialists Blue Cedar Homes for a development of 12 cottages. The site was part of the university’s agricultural research station, which closed in 2003, and was subsequently sold...
Plans for a £11m green business park in South Bristol which could become a base for more than 100 fledgling environmental technology firms have been drawn up. The site, on the derelict site of Bristol’s original airport in Whitchurch, is owned by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). It...
The Galleries shopping mall in central Bristol has officially opened its new food court, marking the mid-way point in a 10-stage, £3m upgrade programme. The food court has been relocated from its former top-floor position to a more convenient space on the middle floor. Space has been doubled to...
Property advice group GVA has appointed Tom Keys-Toyer as a director in its national retail team based in its Bristol office. Mr Keys-Toyer brings 16 years’ experience as a specialist retail consultant with Jones Lang LaSalle (formerly King Sturge). Working on a national level, he will be focusing on...
